DR. MICHAEL PILLSBURY Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council of the United States;
Associate Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies Asian affairs, policy planning, defense planning
Prior to joining the Council, he spent a year as the special assistant for Asian Affairs at the Net Assessment Office of the Secretary of Defense, five years as U.S. Senate staff coordinator for the Congressional Task Force on Afganistan, and was assistant undersecretary of defense for policy planning, in charge of preparing scenarios for long-term defense planning. Michael has served on the faculties of UCLA, University of Southern California, and Georgetown University, teaching East Asian politics. He studied at Stanford, Harvard and Columbia Universities.

Gigs Associate Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense UniversitySenior fellow, Atlantic Council of the United StatesSpecial assistant for Asian Affairs, the Net Assessment Office of the Secretary of Defense U.S. Senate staff coordinator, the Congressional Task Force on Afganistan Assistant Undersecretary of Defense for policy planning, in charge of preparing scenarios for long-term defense planning
Creations Author, China Debates the Future Security Environment (1999) Editor, Chinese Views of Future Warfare (1997)

Education Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University; undergraduate and graduate studies at Harvard and Stanford
Affiliations Research fellow, Harvard University Center for Science and International Affairs National Defense Foreign Language Fellow in Chinese

Dr. Pillsbury's publications are posted on this website at www.michaelpillsbury.net.