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

Security (2007) with Justin Liang; edited the volume,
Right-Sizing the People’s Liberation Army: Exploring the
Contours of China’s Military (2007), with Andrew Scobell;
and edited the volume, The “People” in the PLA:
Recruitment, Training, and Education in China’s Military
(2008), with Andrew Scobell and Travis Tanner.
DAVID LAI is Research Professor of Asian Security
Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of
the U.S. Army War College. Before joining the SSI, Dr.
Lai was on the faculty of the U.S. Air War College.
Having grown up in China, Lai witnessed China’s
“Cultural Revolution,” its economic reform, and the
changes in U.S.-China relations. His teaching and research
interests are in international relations theory,
war and peace studies, comparative foreign and security
policy, U.S.-China and U.S.-Asian relations, and
Chinese strategic thinking and operational art. Dr. Lai
holds a bachelor’s degree from China and a master’s
degree and Ph.D. in political science from the University
of Colorado.
KEVIN POLLPETER is China Program Manager at
Defense Group Inc.’s Center for Intelligence Research
and Analysis. Previously, he was a researcher at the
Rand Corporation. Mr. Pollpeter is widely published
on China national security issues and focuses on the
Chinese space program. He has travelled widely in
Asia, including China, where he lived for 2 years. Mr.
Pollpeter has advanced Chinese language skills and
holds a master’s degree in international policy studies
from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
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