Samm Sacks is a Senior Fellow with the Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center and New America. She is writing a book (to be published by the University of Chicago Press) on U.S.-China relations and the geopolitics of data privacy and cross-border data flows. Her research examines China’s information and communications technology (ICT) policies, with a focus on China’s cybersecurity legal framework, the U.S.-China technology relationship, and data governance.
Previously, Sacks launched the industrial cyber business for Siemens in Asia and worked as an analyst and Chinese linguist with the U.S. government. She also led China technology analysis for the political risk consulting firm Eurasia Group.
Sacks has published in outlets including The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, MIT Tech Review, Lawfare, and Slate. She testifies regularly before Congress on China’s technology and cyber policies. She is widely cited in media including The New York Times, Politico, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post and has appeared in TV and radio including NPR, Bloomberg, CNBC, and MSNBC. Sacks also advises corporate clients on China’s technology regulations and is a Senior Fellow with the Cross Border Data Forum.
