Dr. James Mulvenon
Director, Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis
Defense Group, Incorporated
James Mulvenon is Vice-President of Defense Group, Inc.’s Intelligence Division and Director of its Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis. A specialist on the Chinese military, Dr. Mulvenon's research focuses on Chinese C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, and reconnaissance); defense research/development/acquisition organizations and policy; strategic weapons programs (computer network attack and nuclear warfare); cryptography, and the military and civilian implications of the information revolution in China.
Dr. Mulvenon is the author of numerous books and articles on the Chinese military and Chinese politics, including Soldiers of Fortune (2001), a study of the Chinese military's international business empire. As a former political scientist at the RAND Corporation, he was also a co-author of books such as A New Direction for China’s Defense Industry (2005) and Shanghaied? The Economic and Political Implication of Cross-Strait Information Technology and Investment Flows (2004). He is also a regular contributor to the China Leadership Monitor of the Hoover Foundation, where he writes on Chinese national security affairs.
Among his professional affiliations, Dr. Mulvenon is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a founding member of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, a member of the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations, and a member of the Association for Asian Studies. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and attended Fudan University in Shanghai from 1991-1992.