Faculty & Staff

Joshua Arostegui
Chair, China Landpower Studies Center

Mr. Joshua Arostegui is the Chair of China Studies and Research Director of the China Landpower Studies Center (CLSC) at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute. Mr. Arostegui’s areas of expertise and primary research topics include Chinese strategic landpower, People’s Liberation Army joint operations, and Indo-Pacific security affairs. He previously served seven years as a Senior China Analyst and another five years as a China Military Forces and Defense Industries Analyst for the U.S. Army’s National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC). Mr. Arostegui is also a Chief Warrant Officer 5 in the U.S. Navy Reserve where he serves as an advisor to Information Warfare Community senior leadership. His 27 years of active and reserve Naval service include assignments in INDOPACOM, EUCOM, and CENTCOM.

Mr. Arostegui earned a M.A. in International Relations from Salve Regina University and a M.A. in History from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He holds a B.A. in International Relations with a focus on China Studies from American Military University and an A.A. in Chinese from the Defense Language Institute (DLI). He is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute Basic and Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Courses and completed an executive Chinese language program at the Beijing Institute of Economic Management. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College Distance Education Program.

By Department

Director’s Office

Dr. Carol V. Evans – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Mr. Tom Kardos – Deputy Director
Melissa Holley – Administrative Officer

Strategic Research and Analysis Department (SRAD) & Outreach

COL Eric Hartunian – Director
LTC Paul Milas – Director of African Affairs
Dr. James D. Scudieri – Senior Research Historian
Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff – Research Professor for Strategy, the Military Profession, and Ethics
Dr. John R. Deni – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Dr. Evan Ellis – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Dr. Robert E. Hamilton – Research Professor
Dr. M. Chris Mason – Associate Professor of National Security
Dr. Richard A. Lacquement, Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. Ron Gurantz – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. Michael E. Lynch – Research Associate Professor of the National Security Affairs

China Landpower Studies Center

COL Richard D. Butler – Director
Joshua Arostegui – Chair
Dr. Sheena Greitens – Visiting Associate Professor

USAWC Press

Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II – Editor in Chief
Ms. Lori K. Janning – Managing Editor/Parameters
Mr. Richard Leach – Digital Media Manager
Dr. Erin Forest – Developmental Editor
Ms. Stephanie D. Crider – Copy Editor
Ms. Ellie Foster – Copy Editor
Mrs. Kristen Taylor – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager
Ms. Kaitlyn Guettler – Visual Information Specialist

Operations and Programs

Vacant– Operations Officer

Alphabetical Listing

A – F

Arostegui, Joshua – China Landpower Studies Center Chair
Butler, COL Richard D. – China Landpower Studies Center Director
Crider, Stephanie D. – Copy Editor
Deni, Dr. John R. – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Echevarria II, Dr. Antulio J. &nda+sh; Editor in Chief
Ellis, Dr. Evan – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Evans, Dr. Carol V. – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Forest, Dr. Erin – Consulting Editor
Foster, Ms. Ellie – Copy Editor

G – J

Greitens, Dr. Sheena – Visiting Associate Professor, China Landpower Studies Center
Guettler, Ms. Kaitlyn – Visual Information Specialist
Gurantz, Dr. Ron – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Hamilton, Dr. Robert E. – Research Professor
Hartunian, COL Eric – SRAD Director
Holley, Melissa – Administrative Officer
Janning, Ms. Lori K. – Managing Editor/Parameters

K – O

Kardos, Mr. Tom – Deputy Director
Lacquement, Dr. Richard A., Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Leach, Mr. Richard K. – Digital Media Manager
Lynch, Dr. Michael E. – Research Associate Professor of National Security Affairs
Mason, Dr. M. Chris – Associate Professor of National Security
Milas, LTC Paul – Director of African Affairs

P – Z

Pfaff, Dr. C. Anthony – Research Professor for Strategy, the Military Profession, and Ethics
Scudieri, Dr. James D.– Senior Research Historian
Taylor, Mrs. Kristen – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager