• 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
• Member, editorial board, Asian Politics & Policy
• Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United States , 1999-2000
• Finalist, U.S. Government Exceptional Analyst Program , 1999-2000
• Member, Council on Foreign Relations Working Group on “The Arms Trade and the Transnationalisation of the Defence Industry,” Council on Foreign Relations
• Member, Centre for Strategic and International Studies Working Group on “The Future of the U.S. Defence Industrial Base”
• Member, Centre for Strategic and International Studies Working Group on “Transatlantic Defence Industrial Cooperation”

• “Why War is Unlikely in Asia: Facing the Challenge from China” (with Barry Desker), Survival, November-December 2008.

• “ China’s ‘Revolution in Military Affairs’: How Fast? How Furious?” Stockholm Journal of East Asian Studies, December 2007.

• “Reforming China ’s Defence Industry: Progress in Spite of Itself?” Korean Journal of Defence Analysis, Fall 2007.

• “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.

• Towards a Brave New Arms Industry ? Adelphi Paper No. 356, International Institute for Strategic Studies/Oxford University Press ( London), 2003.

• “Just the Facts, Ma’am: The Challenge of Analyzing Chinese Military Expenditures,” China Quarterly, March 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.