Kevin Pollpeter is a research scientist in the CNA China Studies Division. He is an internationally recognized expert on China's space program and is widely published on Chinese national security issues, focusing on Chinese military modernization, China's defense industry, and Chinese views on information warfare. His publications include China Dream, Space Dream: China's Progress in Space Technologies and Implications for the United States; Planning for Innovation: Understanding China's Plans for Technological, Energy, Industrial, and Defense Development; and "Chinese Writings on Cyberwarfare and Coercion," in China and Cybersecurity: Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital Domain. A Chinese linguist, he holds an M.A. in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at King's College London.