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Kevin Pollpeter

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Biography
Kevin Pollpeter is a senior research scientist in the China Studies Division at CNA in Washington, DC. He is an internationally recognized expert on China's space program and is widely published on Chinese national security issues, focusing on Chinese military modernization, China's defense industry, and Chinese views on information warfare. Previously, he was a senior research analyst at Defense Group, Inc. (DGI). From 2013 to 2015, Pollpeter was deputy director of IGCC’s project on the Study of Innovation and Technology in China. Prior to working at IGCC, Pollpeter was the deputy director of the East Asia program at DGI, where he managed a group of more than 20 China analysts. Before DGI, he was a researcher at RAND. He is widely published on China national security issues, with a focus on China’s space program and information warfare issues. A Chinese linguist, he holds an MA in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Expertise and Interests
- China
- military
- defense technology
- artificial intelligence
- drones
- space
IGCC Activities
Deputy Director, SITC, 2013–15
Co-investigator, China’s Civilian and Military Space Programs, 2014–15
Affiliated Researchers
- Vinod Aggarwal
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- Esteban Klor
- David Laitin
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- Barry Naughton
- Gerard Padró i Miquel
- Kevin Pollpeter
- Kal Raustiala
- Brad Roberts
- Gregor Singer
- Jacob Shapiro
- Etel Solingen
- Scott Tait
- Robert Thomas
- Oliver Vanden Eynde
- Abigail Vaughn
- Barbara F. Walter
- Pierre Yared