Dr. Wortzel is a commissioner on the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He was chairman of the commission in 2006 and 2008. Previously, he was vice president of the Foreign Policy and Defense Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Dr. Wortzel spent 32 years in the military, serving as an infantryman in the U.S. Marine Corps as well as the U.S. Army. Dr. Wortzel earned his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. He is the author of two books on China’s politics and military modernization and is the editor of eight other books on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.