Christopher Twomey
Associate Professor
Department of National Security Affairs
Naval Postgraduate School
United States of America
Biography
Twomey received his Ph.D. from MIT in Political Science and joined the NPS faculty in 2004, later serving as Associate Chair for Research and as Director of the Center for Contemporary Conflict from 2007-09. Today, he supports the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Policy) and the State Department on a range of diplomatic engagements across Asia and advises PACOM, STRATCOM, and the Office of Net Assessment. He has been the lead organizer of the US-China Strategic Dialogue, a track 1.5 diplomatic meeting on strategic nuclear issues, since its inception in 2005. He is currently a member of the Institute of International Strategic Studies, a member of the Adjunct Staff at RAND, and has consulted for the National Bureau of Asia Research (NBR) continually since 2009.
Research Interest
Introduction to International Relations, Seminar on Northeast Asian Security and Chinese Foreign Policy.
