Faculty

Profile

Dr. Andrew S. Erickson is an Associate Professor in the Strategic Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College and a founding member of the department’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI). He is an Associate in Research at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. During academic year 2010-11, he was a Fellow in the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program. From 2008-11, he was a Fellow in the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations’ Public Intellectuals Program, and served as a scholar escort on a five-Member Congressional trip to Beijing, Qingdao, Chengdu, and Shanghai. He has taught courses at the Naval War College and Yonsei University, and has lectured extensively at academic and government institutions in the United States and Asia. Erickson previously worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as a Chinese translator and technical analyst. He has also worked at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong, the U.S. Senate, and the White House. Proficient in Mandarin Chinese and Japanese, he has traveled extensively in Asia and has lived in China, Japan, and Korea. Erickson received his Ph.D. and M.A. in international relations and comparative politics from Princeton University and graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College with a B.A. in history and political science. His research, which focuses on Asia-Pacific defense, foreign policy, and technology issues, has been published widely in such journals as Asian Security, Journal of Strategic Studies, Orbis, The American Interest, and Joint Force Quarterly. Erickson is coeditor of, and a contributor to, the Naval Institute Press book series, “Studies in Chinese Maritime Development,” comprising China’s Strategy for the Near Seas (forthcoming), Chinese Aerospace Power (2011), China, the U.S., and 21st Century Sea Power (2010), China Goes to Sea (2009), China’s Energy Strategy (2008), and China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force (2007); as well as the Naval War College Newport Paper China’s Nuclear Force Modernization. He is also co-founder of China SignPost™ 洞察中国 (www.chinasignpost.com), a research newsletter and web portal that covers key internal developments in China, its use of natural resources, its trade policies, and its military and security issues. Links to this, and his other publications, can be found at www.andrewerickson.com.

Specialties

• China’s military and foreign policy
• Japan/East Asia security and international relations
• Maritime and aerospace technology development
• Energy, resources, and geostrategy
• Military basing and power projection