Ken Allen
Senior Analyst
CNA Corporation
Kenneth Allen is a Senior Analyst at the CNA Corporation. Prior to this, he was a Senior Associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center, Executive Vice President of the US-Taiwan Business Council, and served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, including assignments in Taiwan, Berlin, Japan, Hawaii, China, and Washington DC. He was the Assistant Air Attaché in Beijing from 1987-1989 and was inducted into the Defense Attaché Hall of Fame in 1997. He has written several books and articles on China's military, including China's Air Force Enters the 21st Century, PLA Air Force: Lessons Learned 1949-2002, and China's Foreign Military Relations. He received a BA from the University of California at Davis, a BA from the University of Maryland in Asian Studies, and an MA from Boston University in International Relations.