• B.A., Kalamazoo College
• M.A., Monterey Institute of International Studies
• Ph.D. program (all-but-dissertation), University of California, Los Angeles

• RMA and defence transformation
• Military modernization in the Asia-Pacific region
• Defence industries and armaments production
• Managing defence technologies
• Conventional arms trade

Professional Activities

• Member, editorial board, International Studies Perspectives
• Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United States
• Finalist, U.S. Government Exceptional Analyst Program
• Member, Council on Foreign Relations Working Group on “The Arms Trade and the Transnationalization of the Defense Industry,” Council on Foreign Relations
• Member, Center for Strategic and International Studies Working Group on “The Future of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base”
• Member, Center for Strategic and International Studies Working Group on “Transatlantic Defense Industrial Cooperation”

• “Dual-Use Technologies, Civil-Military Integration, and China’s Defense Industry,” in Nan Li, ed., Chinese Civil-Military Relations, Routledge, 2006.
• “Come the Revolution: Transforming the Asia-Pacific’s Militaries,” Naval War College Review, Fall 2005.
• “Why do Small States Produce Arms? The Case of South Korea” (with Mikyoung Kim), Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Fall 2005.
• “Offsets and Defense Industrialization in Developing Countries: The Case of Indonesia and Singapore,” in Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne, eds., Arms Trade and Economic Development, Routledge, 2004.
• Towards a Brave New Arms Industry? Adelphi Paper No. 356, International Institute for Strategic Studies/Oxford University Press (London), 2003.
• “A Paper Tiger No More? The United States Debates China’s Military Modernization,” in Satu Limaye, ed., Asia’s China Debate, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, 2003.
• “Just the Facts, Ma’am: The Challenge of Analyzing Chinese Military Expenditures,” China Quarterly, March 2003.
• Gearing Up for High-Tech Warfare? Chinese and Taiwanese Defense Modernization and Implications for Military Confrontation Across the Taiwan Strait, 1995-2005 (with Bates Gill), Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 1996.
• “The Globalization of the Arms Industry – The Next Proliferation Challenge,” International Security, Fall 1994.
• “Arms to Go: Chinese Arms Sales to the Third World,” International Security, Fall 1992.