Center for a New American Security

Mr. Denmark was a Fellow with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where he directed the Asia-Pacific Security Program and several defense strategy and planning projects. He has authored and edited many CNAS reports on China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, and Indonesia. Mr. Denmark has edited several edited books, including was also lead author and editor on the CNAS study Contested Commons: The Future of American Power in a Multipolar World. Mr. Denmark was the American editor and author of The U.S.-ROK Alliance in the 21st Century, published by the Korea Institute for National Unification (2009), and contributed to Strategic Asia 2010-11: Asia’s Rising Power and America’s Continued Purpose, published by the National Bureau of Asian Research. He has twice testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, and has been featured in major publications in the United States and in Asia, including National Public Radio, Far Eastern Economic Review, National Interest, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Washington Quarterly, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, and Foreign Affairs.

Prior to joining CNAS, Mr. Denmark was Country Director for China Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he was responsible for developing and implementing strategies and plans vis-à-vis China and the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr. Denmark was named a 21^st Century Leader by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, and received an Award for Excellence from the Office of the Secretary of Defense in January 2009. He is a member of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy’s 21^st Century Leader’s Council, and is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Mr. Denmark studied History and Political Science at the University of Northern Colorado, and earned a master’s degree in International Security from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.  He has also studied at China’s Foreign Affairs College and Peking University.