Dr. Bruce Bennett is a senior defense analyst at the RAND Corporation. He is an expert in Northeast Asian security issues, having visited the region over 130 times. He researches North Korean military threats, future ROK military force requirements, Korean unification, the Korean military balance, and potential Chinese military intervention in North Korea. Dr. Bennett specializes in “asymmetric threats,” such as nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, and how to counter those threats with new strategies, operational concepts, and technologies. He is also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, teaching courses in “Understanding Nuclear Forces” and “War Gaming Nuclear Weapon Employment.” He received a B.S. in Economics from the California Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Policy Analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.