Phillip Saunders is Director of the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs at the Institute for National Strategic Studies. Dr. Saunders served as Director of Studies for the Center for Strategic Research and has previously worked at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Dr. Saunders is co-author with David Gompert of The Paradox of Power: Sino-American Strategic Restraint in an Era of Vulnerability (2011) and co-editor with Andrew Scobell of PLA Influence on China’s National Security Policymaking (2015). He has published numerous articles and book chapters on China and Asian security issues in journals such as International Security, China Quarterly, and The China Journal.
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