Dr. Liu Qun is the Deputy Director at the Center for National Defense Economic Research, National Defense University, PLA, China. Previously, he was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Dr. Liu also served in the Navy unit of the China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and was a United Nations Military Observer for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (2005-06). He received his B.A. from East China Normal University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the National Defense University, PLA.