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BIOGRAPHY UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Department of International Security Studies Air War College / DFI Maxwell AFB, AL 36112 (334) 953-7427 (O) (334) 953-6980 (Fax) [email protected] Dr. David Lai Dr. David Lai is Associate Professor of international security studies and Director of the Center for Asian Strategic Studies at the Air War College. Dr. Lai is also the Special Advisor to the Governor of Alabama on Asian Affairs. Dr. Lai earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Colorado in 1997. His teaching and research interests are in international relations theory, war and peace studies, comparative foreign and security policy, US-China and US-Asian relations. Growing up in Guangzhou, China, Lai witnessed China’s “Cultural Revolution,” its economic reform, and the development in US-China relations. Prior to his graduate study, Lai was a diplomat in the Chinese Foreign Service. Dr. Lai is also the Academic Advisor to the Air War College Regional Studies program. In recent years, Dr. Lai has visited Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan many times, gaining insights in the region’s political, economic, and security dynamics. Dr. Lai has published widely in his teaching and research areas. He is currently writing on some pressing issues in the US-China-Taiwan, US-Asia relations, and Chinese strategic thinking in war and diplomacy. Dr. Lai’s wife Cindy Song is a software engineer. David and Cindy have a lovely daughter Michelle and an energetic son Ryan.