About Andrew Erickson
Dr. Andrew S. Erickson
Dr. Andrew S. Erickson is an Associate Professor in the Strategic Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College and a core founding member of the department’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI). He is an Associate in Research at Harvard University’s John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies (2008-). Erickson also serves as an expert contributor to the Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report (中国事实报). 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
“There’s a certain exuberance that comes from being out on the edge of technology, where things are not certain, where there is some risk, and where you make something work.” – Joseph G. Gavin, Jr.; director, Apollo Lunar Module Program; president, Grumman Corporation
“You see things, and you say: ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were, and I say ‘Why not?’” – George Bernard Shaw, playwright and Nobel laureate
Contact Information
Andrew S Erickson 博士
美国海军战争学院副教授
Andrew S Erickson 博士现为美国海军战争学院战略研究系副教授，并且是该系中国海军研究所的创始成员。他还是哈佛大学费正清中国研究中心副研究员。在2010-2011学年，他担任“普林斯顿-哈佛中国和全球项目”研究员。
Erickson博士的研究聚焦亚太防务、外交政策和科技问题，研究成果广泛刊载于众多期刊杂志，如《亚洲安全》(Asian Security)、《战略研究期刊》(Journal of Strategic Studies)、Orbis以及《美国利益和联合武装季刊》(The American Interest and Joint Force Quarterly)等。他还参与或主编了多部著作。他曾供职于科学应用国际公司 (Science Applications International Corporation)，并先后在美国驻华大使馆、美国驻香港领事馆、美国参议院和白宫就职。
Erickson博士拥有普林斯顿大学国际关系和比较政治硕士、博士学位，此前以优异成绩从阿默斯特学院获得历史与政治科学学士学位。
