Paul H.B. Godwin

Paul H. B. Godwin is retired as professor of international affairs at the National War College, Washington, D.C., in 1998. He was previously professor of Asian Studies at the Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and has served as an analyst with the CIA. His research focuses on Chinese defense and security policies. Prof. Godwin is now a consultant and serves as a non-resident scholar in the Atlantic Council’s Asia-Pacific Program. Prof. Godwin’s publications include:

• “Change and Continuity in Chinese Military Doctrine: 1949-1999,” in Mark A. Ryan, David M. Finkelstein and Michael A. McDevitt (eds.), Chinese Warfighting: the PLA Experience Since 1949 (M.E. Sharpe, 2003);
• “China as Regional Hegemon?” in Jim Rolfe (ed.), The Asia-Pacific Region in Transition (Honolulu: Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, 2004);
• “China’s Emerging Military Doctrine: A Role for Nuclear Submarines,” in Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, William S. Murray, and Andrew R. Wilson (eds.), China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force (Naval Institute Press, 2007);
• “China as a Major Asian Power: The Implications of Its Military Modernization,” in Andrew Scobell and Larry M. Wortzel (eds.), Shaping China’s Security Environment: The Role of the People’s Liberation Army (U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 2006); also in Evelyn Goh and Sheldon W. Simon (eds.), China, the United States, and Southeast Asia: Contending Perspectives on Politics, Security, and Economics (New York, NY: Routledge, 2008).