Roger Cliff is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Project 2049 Institute. His areas of research include China’s military doctrine, China’s future military capabilities, China’s defense industries, and their implications for U.S. policy. He has authored or edited more than ten research monographs and over a dozen journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Cliff previously worked for the RAND Corporation, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and VERAC, Inc., of San Diego. He received his PhD in International Relations from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He also holds an MA in Chinese Studies from the University of California, San Diego, and a BS in Physics from Harvey Mudd College. He speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese and has spent a total of over four years living in China and Taiwan.