Lyle Goldstein
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Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs
Lyle J. Goldstein is Visiting Professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. At Brown, he is investigating the costs of great power competition with both China and Russia in association with the Costs of War Project at Watson. He is also assisting in the further development of Watson’s China Initiative.
Goldstein serves concurrently as Director of Asia Engagement at the Washington think-tank Defense Priorities, which advocates for realism and restraint in U.S. defense policy. In this role, he is overseeing a range of studies that evaluate U.S. foreign policy and defense strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, including with respect to such key flashpoints as the Korean Peninsula, the South China Sea, the Sino-Indian border, and also the status of Taiwan. He maintains expertise in both Chinese and Russian military strategic development, and also has expertise on particular issues in the China-Russia relationship, including especially the Arctic and also Central Asia.
In Oct 2021, Goldstein retired after 20 years of service on the faculty at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) after being promoted by his peers to the rank of Full Professor. During his career at NWC, he founded the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) and has been awarded the Superior Civilian Service Medal for this achievement. He has written or edited seven books on Chinese strategy and continues to work on a book length project that examines the nature of China-Russia relations in the 21st century.
Goldstein has his PhD from Princeton, an MA from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and his BA from Harvard. He is fluent in both Chinese and Russian languages, and is now studying Korean. He tweets regularly on both Chinese and Russian strategic matters at @lylegoldstein.
January 24, 2023 Foreign Affairs
Lyle Goldstein comments for Foreign Affairs, "For the sake of Ukraine and also global peace and stability, painful compromises with Russia must be made—the sooner the better."
January 15, 2023 Daily Caller
Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein comments for Daily Caller, “The Chinese have a lot of force they can bring to bear. Not just aircraft and missiles, but they could literally invade these smaller islands.”
January 5, 2023 Responsible Statecraft
Lyle Goldstein comments for Responsible Statecraft, “To the credit of the Ukrainian commanders, they have managed to create some interesting tactics here."
December 27, 2022 UnHerd
Lyle Goldstein writes for Unherd, "Washington should aim to avoid the mistakes it has made in European security over the last decade and instead strive for a more inclusive architecture for Asia-Pacific security that does not isolate Beijing."
December 5, 2022 The Daily Caller
Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein comments on the US-China rivalry for The Daily Caller, “China is doing a response to what we are doing."
December 1, 2022
Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein recently published a paper in the journal Asian Security titled, "The Hard School of Amphibious Warfare: Examining the Lessons of the 20th Century’s Major Amphibious Campaigns for Contemporary Chinese Strategy."
November 15, 2022 Foreign Affairs
Visiting Professor Lyle Goldstein comments for Foreign Affairs, "It would be reckless to adopt this policy of 'strategic clarity.' In fact, this move away from 'strategic ambiguity' might well spark the war that it is aiming to prevent."
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