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Daniel Rice

Deputy Director, Marine Corps War College China Warfighting Initiative

CLSC Affiliate

Daniel Rice is the Deputy Director of the Marine Corps War College China Warfighting Initiative where he leads Marine Corps University's research and education on China and the People's Liberation Army. At MCWAR Dan is the co-founder and co-editor of the China Military Studies Review, the only academic journal dedicated to scholarship on Chinese military affairs. He is also founder and manager of the China Scholars Program for students at Marine Corps University. Outside of academia, Dan is the President of Dong Feng LLC, a consulting company which specializes on research and education on national security and China-related topics. Through his work with Dong Feng, he is a founding instructor of the Booz Allen China Way of War course and has traveled across PACOM in support of USARPAC.
In addition to his formal responsibilities Dan is an Associate of the China Aerospace Studies Institute, an Affiliate of the China Landpower Studies Institute, a non-Resident Fellow of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, and a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Dan's research, in both English and Chinese, has been published across the various U.S. War Colleges, Taiwan's National Defense University, and in think tanks and other major media outlets. He holds a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a certificate in Chinese studies from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. Dan is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

By Department

Director’s Office

Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff – Director of SSI & USAWC Press​
Mr. Richard (Rick) O’Donnell – Deputy Director
Melissa Holley – Administrative Officer

Strategic Research and Analysis Department (SRAD) & Outreach

COL Mike Long – Director
Dr. Timothy Blauvelt - Research Professor of Russia and Eurasia Studies
Dr. John R. Deni – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
MAJ Brennan Deveraux – National Security Researcher
Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II – Professor of Strategic Competition
Dr. Evan Ellis – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Dr. Richard A. Lacquement, Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. Michael E. Lynch – Research Associate Professor of the National Security Affairs
LTC Paul Milas – Director of African Affairs
Dr. Jacob A. Stoil – Research Professor, Middle East Security Studies

China Landpower Studies Center

COL Kyle B. Marcrum – Director
Mr. Joshua Arostegui – Professor of Strategy, Chair of China Studies
Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens – Visiting Associate Professor
Dr. Brian G. Carlson – Research Professor of Indo-Pacific Security Studies
Mr. Richard Gunnell – Research Professor of China Military Studies

USAWC Press

Ms. Lori K. Janning – Managing Editor/Parameters
Mr. Richard K. Leach – Digital Media Manager
Dr. Erin Forest – Copy Editor
Ms. Stephanie D. Crider – Copy Editor
Ms. Kaitlyn Guettler – Visual Information Specialist

Operations and Programs

Vacant– Operations Officer

Alphabetical Listing

A – F

Arostegui, Joshua – China Landpower Studies Center Chair
Blauvelt, Timothy - Research Professor of Russia and Eurasia Studies
Carlson, Dr. Brian G. – Research Professor of Indo-Pacific Security Studies
Chestnut Greitens, Dr. Sheena – Visiting Associate Professor, China Landpower Studies Center
Crider, Stephanie D. – Copy Editor
da Cruz, Jose de Arimateia  – Associate Director for Operational Environment Security and Senior Environmental Security Research Fellow, U.S. Army War College Environmental Security Scholars
Deni, Dr. John R. – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Devlin, Dr. Michele, RN, EMT – Professor of Operational Environmental Security/Director, Environmental Security Scholars Program
Deveraux, MAJ Brennan – National Security Researcher
Echevarria II, Dr. Antulio J. – Professor of Strategic Competition
Ellis, Dr. Evan – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Forest, Dr. Erin – Copy Editor

G – J

Gellert, Brian – Research Fellow for Operational Environmental Security
Guettler, Ms. Kaitlyn – Visual Information Specialist
Gunnell, Richard – Research Professor of China Military Studies
Hillebrand, Greg – Senior Military Analyst, Spacepower – Assistant Professor
Holley, Melissa – Administrative Officer
Janning, Ms. Lori K. – Managing Editor/Parameters

K – O

Lacquement, Dr. Richard A., Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Leach, Mr. Richard K. – Digital Media Manager
Long, COL Mike – Director, SRAD
Lynch, Dr. Michael E. – Research Associate Professor of National Security Affairs
Marcrum, COL Kyle B. – Director, China Landpower Studies Center
Martin, Nancy – Faculty Affiliate for Operational Environmental Security/Operations Support SRAD
Milas, LTC Paul – Director of African Affairs
O’Donnell, Mr. Richard (Rick)– Deputy Director

P – Z

Wheaton, Kristan J. – Professor of Strategic Futures/Course Director, Futures Seminar
Pfaff, Dr. C. Anthony – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Stoil, Dr. Jacob A. – Research Professor, Middle East Security Studies
Tussing, Bert – Director and Professor of Homeland Defense and Security Issues Group