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China Has Big Plans to Win the Next War It Fights
Feb 12, 2018
Jeffrey Engstrom
Senior Political Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Washington Office
Education
Ph.D. in public policy, George Mason University; M.P.P. in public policy, University of Chicago; B.A. in political science and international studies, University of Nebraska
Overview
Jeffrey Engstrom is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. His research focuses on Asia-Pacific security and foreign policy issues; China’s warfighting concepts and capabilities; coercion theory and use of coercive military force; and military intervention and security cooperation.
Before joining RAND, Engstrom was a defense policy analyst at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in McLean, Virginia, where, in addition to researching East Asian military capabilities, he also developed expertise in war gaming. Prior to his work at SAIC, Engstrom served as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Engstrom received his B.A. in political science and international studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a M.P.P. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in public policy from George Mason University.
Research Focus
Selected Publications
Jeffrey Engstrom, Systems Confrontation and System Destruction Warfare: How the Chinese People's Liberation Army Seeks to Wage Modern Warfare, RAND Corporation (RR-1708), 2018
Michael S. Chase, Jeffrey Engstrom, et al., China's Incomplete Military Transformation: Assessing the Weaknesses of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), RAND Corporation (RR-893), 2015
Jeffrey Engstrom, "Taking Disaster Seriously: East Asian Military Responses to International Disaster Relief and the Implications for Force Projection," Asian Security, 9(1), 2013
Jeffrey Engstrom, "PLA's Growing Force Projection Capabilities," China Brief, 10(25), 2010
Honors & Awards
- 2020 Silver Medal Award, RAND Corporation, Office of the President
- 2015 Silver Medal Award, RAND Corporation, Office of the President
