• 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, Asian Politics & Policy, 2010-
• Member, editorial board, International Studies Perspectives, 2005-2010
• Visiting Fellow, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, UC San Diego, January 2010
• Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United States , 1999-2000
• Finalist, U.S. Government Exceptional Intelligence Analyst Program , 1999-2000
• Member, Council on Foreign Relations Working Group on “The Arms Trade and the Transnationalisation of the Defence Industry,” 1998-2003

• “China’s Defence Technology and Industrial Base in a Regional Context: Comparing Chinese Defence Industrialization to Experiences of Other Asian-Pacific Nations,” Journal of Strategic Studies, Summer 2011.
• “Military Modernization in the Asia-Pacific: Assessing New Capabilities,” in Strategic Asia 2010-11: Asia's Rising Power and America's Continued Purpose (Ashley J. Tellis, Andrew Marble and Travis Tanner, eds.), National Bureau for Asian Research, 2010.
• “A New Arms Race? Explaining Recent Southeast Asian Military Acquisitions,” Contemporary Southeast Asia, April 2010.
• The Modern Defence Industry: Political, Economic and Technological Issues (editor), Praeger Security International, 2009.
• “Why War is Unlikely in Asia: Facing the Challenge from China” (with Barry Desker),Survival, November-December 2008.
• “Come the Revolution: Transforming the Asia-Pacific’s Militaries,” Naval War College Review, Fall 2005.
• Towards a Brave New Arms Industry? Adelphi Paper No. 356, International Institute for Strategic Studies/Oxford University Press ( London), 2003.
• “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.

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