Peter Wood is a Program Manager at BluePath Labs, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting company. Wood specializes in analysis of the Chinese military and science and technology ecosystem. He is the author of, most recently, “China’s Ballistic Missile Industry” and “China’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy” with Alex Stone. He has worked in a number of consulting and think tank roles, including as Editor of China Brief at the Jamestown Foundation. He received an M.A. from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center and is proficient in Chinese.
Last Updated: May 17, 2021
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05.22.21How Should the U.S. Respond to China’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy?
During Donald Trump’s presidency, the term “military-civil fusion” (MCF) came to feature prominently in U.S. officials’ characterizations of their concerns about China. While efforts to integrate China’s civilian and defense economies have been a...