Mr. Richard A. Bitzinger
Associate Professor
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Richard A. Bitzinger is an Associate Professor with the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), Honolulu, Hawaii, where his work focuses mainly on military and defense issues relating to the Asia-Pacific region, including the challenges of defense transformation in the Asia-Pacific, regional military modernization activities, and local defense industries, arms production, and weapons proliferation.
Mr. Bitzinger is the author of Towards a Brave New Arms Industry? (Oxford University Press, 2003), “Come the Revolution: Transforming the Asia-Pacific’s Militaries,” Naval War College Review (Fall 2005), and Civil-Military Integration and Chinese Military Modernization (APCSS Asia-Pacific Security Studies Series, December 2004). He has written several monographs and book chapters, and his articles have appeared in such journals as International Security, Orbis, China Quarterly, and The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis.
Mr. Bitzinger was previously a research analyst with the RAND Corporation, the Defense Budget Project, and the U.S. government. In 1999-2000, he was a Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council of the United States. He earned a Masters in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Affairs and a B.A. from Kalamazoo College. He is A.B.D. with the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.