Gary Sampson
Gary Sampson is a Ph.D. student and Commandant of the Marine Corps Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. His research is focused on elucidating the role of China in North Korea’s nuclear weapons decision making since the rise of Kim Jong-un. Gary is an 18-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and has enjoyed assignments in Japan, Taiwan, Hawaii, California, and Colorado prior to moving to Boston.
Publications
“Wither the Nuclear Umbrella? U.S. Nuclear Assurances to Japan in a Changing Northeast Asian Security Environment,” in Sarah Minot, ed. A Collection of Papers from the 2013 Conference Series (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014)
“Seven Professional Development Tips for Military Officers and Security Professionals,” War Council blog of the Modern War Institute at West Point, December 2, 2016, http://mwi.usma.edu/seven-professional-development-tips- military-officers-security-professionals/
“War Books Profile: Major Gary J. Sampson, USMC,” War Council blog, August 21, 2016, http://mwi.usma.edu/ war-books-profile-major-gary-j-sampson-usmc/
“Going Beyond Joint: Building Interagency Warriors,” Marine Corps Gazette 99 no. 12 (December 2015): 37-41
“On Independent Company Command: 300 Days of Sunshine a Year,” Marine Corps Gazette 99 no. 2 (February 2015): 59-63
“China Marines Anew: It is Time for the ‘China Hands’ program,” Marine Corps Gazette 97 no. 10 (October 2013): 74-8
Book review of China Looks at the West: Identity, Global Ambitions, and the Future of Sino-American Relations, by Christopher A. Ford, Military Review, March 3, 2017, http://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/MR-Book-Reviews/March-2017/Book-Review-004/
Book review of 21st Century Knox: Influence, Sea Power, and History for the Modern Era, edited by David Kohnen, The Strategy Bridge, September 7, 2016, http://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2016/9/7/reviewing-21st-century-knox
Review of Red China’s “Capitalist Bomb”: Inside the Chinese Neutron Bomb Program, by Jonathan Ray, Studies in Intelligence 59 no. 3 (September 2015 online)
Previous Education
MS, National Intelligence University, Washington, D.C. (2015)
MSS, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (2011)
BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2004)
AA, Defense Language Institute-Foreign Language Center, Monterey, CA (2009)
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