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Ian Easton

Ian Easton is a senior director at the Project 2049 Institute and author of The Final Struggle: Inside China’s Global Strategy. He also wrote The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan's Defense and American Strategy in Asia. He previously served as a visiting fellow at the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA) in Tokyo, a China analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses in Virginia, and a researcher with the Asia Bureau of Defense News. Ian holds an M.A. in China Studies from National Chengchi University in Taiwan and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He studied Chinese at Fudan University in Shanghai and National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei.

At sea aboard USS John C. Stennis, December 18, 2001 - After an early morning round of flight operations, an F/A-18 Hornet awaits the next round of combat flight operations aboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jayme Pastoric

At sea aboard USS John C. Stennis, December 18, 2001 - After an early morning round of flight operations, an F/A-18 Hornet awaits the next round of combat flight operations aboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jayme Pastoric

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

If Taiwan Falls, What Happens to America?

War games and tabletop exercises can tell us what it might look like if China attacks Taiwan. But they say little about why Taiwan...

Ian EastonFebruary 21, 2023

Xi Jinping. Image Credit: Creative Commons

Xi Jinping. Image Credit: Creative Commons

The Embassy

Does China’s Xi Jinping Suffer from PTSD?

In the wake of China’s 20th Communist Party Congress, Xi Jinping rules over the most powerful totalitarian regime the world has ever seen. What...

Ian EastonDecember 2, 2022

China's Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

China's Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The Embassy

What if China Wins?

To understand why Americans and our allies must rally together in defense of democracy, we have to be humble enough to admit we might...

Ian EastonOctober 7, 2022