Michael Breger

Headshot of Mike Breger

Michael Breger

  • Communications Manager

Shorenstein APARC
Stanford University
Encina Hall, Room E301
Stanford, CA 94305-6055

(650) 736-0656 (voice)
(650) 723-6530 (fax)

Biography

Michael (Mike) Breger joined APARC in 2021 and serves as the Center's communications manager. He collaborates with the Center's leadership to share the work and expertise of APARC faculty and researchers with a broad audience of academics, policymakers, and industry leaders across the globe. 

Michael started his career at Stanford working at Green Library, and later at the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, serving as the event and communications coordinator. He has also worked in a variety of sales and marketing roles in Silicon Valley.

Michael holds a master's in liberal arts from Stanford University and a bachelor's in history and astronomy from the University of Virginia. A history buff and avid follower of international current events, Michael loves learning about different cultures, languages, and literatures. When he is not at work, Michael enjoys reading, music, and the outdoors.

In The News

Brandon Yoder, Stanford Next Asia Policy Fellow
News

Political Signaling in an Uncertain World: Brandon Yoder’s Empirical Lens on Chinese Foreign Policy

Brandon Yoder, APARC’s 2024–25 Stanford Next Asia Policy Fellow, focuses on a central challenge in international politics: how states can credibly signal their intentions and avoid war. His work investigates this question in high-stakes contexts, such as during power shifts, amid strategic uncertainty, and in multi-actor settings where traditional signaling models often fall short.
Political Signaling in an Uncertain World: Brandon Yoder’s Empirical Lens on Chinese Foreign Policy
Shilin Jia
News

Tracking Elite Political Networks: Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow Shilin Jia’s Data-Driven Approach to Understanding Chinese Bureaucracy

APARC’s 2024-25 Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow on Contemporary Asia Shilin Jia researches the careers of high-level Chinese political elites during the economic reform period from 1978 to 2011. Using a quantitative approach, Jia explores how China's party-state orchestrated elite circulation as a governance tool during a time of significant economic and political transformation.
Tracking Elite Political Networks: Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow Shilin Jia’s Data-Driven Approach to Understanding Chinese Bureaucracy
Pita Limjaroenrat
News

Inside Thailand’s Political Struggle for Democracy: Insights from Pita Limjaroenrat

At a discussion hosted by APARC’s Southeast Asia Program, Thai politician and democracy advocate Pita Limjaroenrat assessed the challenges facing Thailand and provided a hopeful vision for its future, one that relies on perseverance, strategic electoral victories, and the pursuit of a more just and equitable political system.
Inside Thailand’s Political Struggle for Democracy: Insights from Pita Limjaroenrat
OSZAR »