Joel Wuthnow

Joel Wuthnow is a senior research fellow in the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the U.S. National Defense University and an adjunct professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. His recent books and monographs include “China’s Quest for Military Supremacy” (Polity, 2025, with Phillip C. Saunders); “Sea Dragons: Special Operations and Chinese Military Strategy” (Naval War College Press, 2025, with John Chen); “Crossing the Strait: China’s Military Prepares for War with Taiwan” (NDU Press, 2022, as lead editor); and “Gray Dragons: Assessing China's Senior Military Leadership” (NDU Press, 2022). His degrees are from Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, in public and international affairs), Oxford University (M.Phil. in modern Chinese studies) and Columbia University (Ph.D. in political science). He is proficient in Mandarin.