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The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

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ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS<br />

DANIEL ALDERMAN is a Bridge Award Fellow<br />

<strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ional Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). Prior<br />

to joining NBR, he was a 2008-09 N<strong>at</strong>ional Security<br />

Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Program Boren Fellow in Beijing, China.<br />

He is the author of “<strong>The</strong> <strong>PLA</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Abroad</strong>:<br />

Assessing the Oper<strong>at</strong>ional Capabilities of China’s Military,”<br />

2009 People’s Liber<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>Army</strong> Colloquium Brief<br />

(Carlisle, PA: Str<strong>at</strong>egic <strong>Studies</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>, U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />

War College, 2010). Mr. Alderman is currently a master’s<br />

c<strong>and</strong>id<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong> the Elliott School of Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Affairs<br />

<strong>at</strong> the George Washington University <strong>and</strong> holds a<br />

B.A. in history <strong>and</strong> political science from Presbyterian<br />

College.<br />

KENNETH ALLEN <strong>at</strong> the time the conference was<br />

held, Mr. Allen was a Senior China Analyst <strong>at</strong> CNA<br />

China <strong>Studies</strong>; however, he is currently a Senior China<br />

Analyst <strong>at</strong> Defense Group Inc. (DGI). He is a retired<br />

U.S. Air Force officer with many years of analytic<br />

work on China. His extensive service abroad includes<br />

a tour in China as the Assistant Air Attache, plus assignments<br />

in Taiwan, Japan, <strong>and</strong> Berlin. <strong>The</strong> author<br />

of numerous articles <strong>and</strong> three major monographs on<br />

Chinese military affairs, including China’s Foreign<br />

Military Rel<strong>at</strong>ions, he also authored the seminal English-language<br />

monograph on the <strong>PLA</strong> Air Force th<strong>at</strong><br />

remains the cornerstone for research on the Chinese<br />

Air Force. A Chinese linguist, he holds an M.A. in intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

rel<strong>at</strong>ions from Boston University.<br />

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