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Roy Kamphausen
Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
rdk14@columbia.edu
Biography:
Roy Kamphausen teaches East Asian Security. He is Senior Associate of Political and Security Affairs at The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), where he is responsible for substantive contributions to NBR security initiatives. Prior to this role he was Senior Vice President of Political and Security Affairs and Director of the Washington, DC Office.
Mr. Kamphausen was a career U.S. Army officer, designated as a China Foreign Area Officer. He served two tours at the US Embassy in Beijing, China and four tours in the Pentagon as China Policy Chief for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and then Secretary of Defense.
His areas of professional expertise include: East Asian Security, China's national security, US defense policy toward the Asia-Pacific and China's People's Liberation Army. He has edited five book volumes on the Chinese military, as well as numerous other journal articles and book chapters.