Christina Lin

Christina Y. Lin, Ph.D. is research consultant for IHS Jane’s and former director for China affairs in policy planning at the U.S. Department of Defense. Her 2008 paper linking Middle East and East Asia nuclear issues, “The King from the East” published by the Korea Economic Institute, was recently referenced in The Wall Street Journal.

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How Pakistan’s Unstable Tribal Areas Threaten China’s Core Interests

01.06.2012 Christina Lin

With all eyes focused on the consequences for the United States and NATO of the accidental air strikes, which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, little attention...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific

The PLA’s “Orient Express”: Militarization of the Iron Silk Road

03.25.2011 Christina Lin

China’s rise on the international stage has been accompanied by an increase in its military's presence. Beijing's expanding ambition is prompting calls on the country's...

Publication China Brief Central Asia

The Caspian Sea: China’s Silk Road Strategy Converges with Damascus

08.19.2010 Christina Lin

The Caspian region is becoming enmeshed in a web of overlapping political, military, trade and energy interests of countries extending from Asia, to the Middle...

Publication China Brief Azerbaijan

Syria in China’s New Silk Road Strategy

04.16.2010 Christina Lin

While the international community is fixated on Iran’s nuclear program, China has been steadily expanding its political, economic and strategic ties with Syria. Since Syrian...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific