Dr. Teng is Director of the Department for American Studies and a senior research fellow at China Institute of International Studies. He has worked at CIIS since his demobilization in September 2004. Dr. Teng served in the PLA for 25 years, first in the Navy (1979-1992) and later in the Academy of Military Science (1992-1994). He was the editor-in-chief of the Academy of Military Science journal World Military Review and also an assistant research fellow there. Dr. Teng has published several dozens of articles on the issues of arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation, in addition to authoring several reports and books. Dr. Teng received his B.A. in English language and literature from PLA Naval Communication College in 1983, his M.A. in military science from PLA Academy of Military Science in 1995, his M.A. in South Asian area studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London University in 1999, and his Ph.D. degree in international relations from Peking University in 2006.