Roy Kamphausen

Roy D. Kamphausen is "Director of National Security Affairs at The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)—a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution whose mission is to inform and strengthen Asia-Pacific policy—Mr. Kamphausen is integral to NBR endeavors involving U.S. national security interests in Asia.

"Prior to joining NBR, Mr. Kamphausen served as a U.S. Army officer—a career that concluded with an assignment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as Country Director for China-Taiwan-Mongolia Affairs. Prior postings included positions on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, first as an intelligence analyst and, later, as China Branch Chief in the Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy (J5). A fluent Chinese (Mandarin) linguist and Army China Foreign Area Officer (FAO), he served two tours at the Defense Attaché Office of the U.S. Embassy in the People's Republic of China.

"His areas of professional expertise include China’s Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), U.S.-China defense relations, U.S. defense and security policy toward Asia, and East Asian security issues. His recent research has included a focus on PLA modernization, Taiwan defense and security issues, changing U.S. defense policy and posture in Asia, and the implications of China as a “responsible stakeholder” in East Asian security. Roy received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Wheaton College and holds a Master's in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York. He studied Chinese at the Defense Language Institute and Beijing’s Capital Normal University. He is married to Arminda (née Armitage) Kamphausen and together they have three children—Abigail, Hudson, and Delaney."