Peter Chalk

Dr. Peter Chalk is a former senior analyst with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, CA and is now a full-time consultant based out of Phoenix, AZ. He is a freelance contributor to Jane’s Intelligence Review, Associate Editor of Studies in Conflict Terrorism and serves as a Subject Matter Expert with the Institute for Security Governance in Monterey, California.

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Beijing’s Aggression Behind Emerging India-Philippines Defense Relationship

10.06.2023 Peter Chalk

The People’s Republic of China’s increasingly assertive stance on affirming its territorial claims in the Indo-Pacific is informing the evolution of a closer defense relationship...

Publication China Brief

Illegal Fishing in Southeast Asia: Scope, Dimensions, Impacts, and Multilateral Response

07.21.2023 Peter Chalk

Introduction Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUUF) has surfaced as an increasingly salient offshore threat in Southeast Asia that is leading to huge losses in...

Publication China Brief China

PRC Influence Operations in the Philippines: Can Beijing Flip the South China Sea Script?

05.19.2023 Peter Chalk

Introduction In early March, a flotilla of more than 40 suspected Chinese maritime militia vessels swarmed around Pag-asa (Thitu) Island, the Philippines’ largest outpost in...

Publication China Brief China

From Germ Warfare to Restaurateur: The Life of Malaysia’s Yazid Sufaat

09.30.2010 Peter Chalk

Introduction Yazid Sufaat, a former captain in the Malaysian Army, was arrested under Kuala Lumpur’s Internal Security Act (ISA) in December 2001. He was directly...

Publication Militant Leadership Monitor Southeast Asia