Areas of Expertise: China and Southeast Asia
Dr. Andrew D. Taffer is a Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University. His research areas include Chinese military and security affairs, U.S.-China relations, and Chinese territorial disputes, cross-strait dynamics, and China-Russia relations. Prior to arriving at INSS, Dr. Taffer was a Research Scientist in the China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs division at the Center for Naval Analyses. He also formerly served as an analyst with the Long Term Strategy Group and a researcher with the congressionally-chartered U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
His writings have appeared in Asian Security, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the Washington Post, among other outlets. His book, The Cost of Control: The Evolution of China's Strategy in the South China Sea, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press. His work has been supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Eisenhower Institute, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A.L.D. from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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