Roy D. Kamphausen
Senior Vice President for Political and Security Affairs, and Director of the Washington, D.C., Office
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
Roy D. Kamphausen is Senior Vice President for Political and Security Affairs and Director of NBR’s Washington, D.C., Office.
As Senior Vice President for Political and Security Affairs, Mr. Kamphausen manages NBR research programs on political and security issues in Asia. As Office Director, he manages the operations and outreach of NBR’s office in Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining NBR, Mr. Kamphausen served as a U.S. Army officer—a career that culminated in an assignment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as Country Director for China-Taiwan-Mongolia Affairs. Prior postings included assignments to The Joint Staff as an intelligence analyst and later as China Branch Chief in the Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy (J5). A fluent Chinese (Mandarin) linguist and an Army China Foreign Area Officer (FAO), Mr. Kamphausen served two tours at the Defense Attaché Office of the U.S. Embassy in the People’s Republic of China.
His areas of professional expertise include China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), U.S.-China defense relations, U.S. defense and security policy toward Asia, and East Asian security issues. He co-authored the chapter “Military Modernization in Taiwan” in Strategic Asia 2005–06: Military Modernization in an Era of Uncertainty, with Michael Swaine; wrote the chapter “PLA Power Projection: Current Realities and Emerging Trends” in Assessing the Threat: The Chinese Military and Taiwan’s 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; edited the volume The People in the PLA: Recruitment, Training, and Education in China's Military (2008), with Andrew Scobell and Travis Tanner; and edited the forthcoming volume Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions Other Than Taiwan (April 2009), with David Lai and Andrew Scobell. He is editing the forthcoming volume The PLA At Home and Abroad: Assessing the Operational Capabilities of China’s Military (due out June 2010).
Mr. Kamphausen holds a BA in Political Science from Wheaton College and an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University. He studied Chinese at both the Defense Language Institute and Beijing’s Capital Normal University. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), and the Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP). He is married to Arminda (née Armitage) Kamphausen and together they have three children—Abigail, Hudson, and Delaney.
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