Mike Studeman, the former Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence and a retired rear admiral, is one of our nation’s leading national security professionals, with extensive global experience in intelligence, foreign policy, and defense matters. He is an internationally recognized expert on Asian affairs, with deep expertise on China.
Studeman has led intelligence operations at every level, from the tactical to the strategic, and in Navy, joint, national, and interagency assignments. He supported combat operations ranging from Desert Storm to the Balkans to Afghanistan. He also contributed to a range of counterterrorism, counter-narcotics, and counter-proliferation operations. Additionally, Studeman helped formulate strategies and execute operations to deal with challenges from Iran, North Korea, Russia, and China.
Studeman’s senior joint assignments as a flag officer include three years as the Director of Intelligence (J2) for the nation’s largest combatant command, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. His first flag position was as Director of Intelligence (J2) for U.S. Southern Command in Miami, Florida.
Appointed by President Bush as a White House Fellow in 2005, Studeman went on to become the only officer ever to serve as Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, and U.S. Fleet Forces Commander. He also held major command posts as a captain, including commanding the Joint Intelligence Operations Center for U.S. Cyber Command.
Studeman’s alma mater is the College of William and Mary. He is an honors graduate in Mandarin Chinese from the Defense Language Institute, a distinguished graduate of the National War College, and a distinguished graduate in Asian Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Mikes links below. Be sure to check out Might of the Chain:
Mike Studeman: https://www.mikestudeman.com/
Might of the Chain: https://www.amazon.com/Might-Chain-Fo…
MITRE: https://www.mitre.org/who-we-are/our-…
Navy: https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Flag-…
Twitter (X): https://x.com/mikestudeman
In this expert chat with Mike, we discuss:
0:00 – Introduction
1:33 – What region is the Indo-Pacific, what countries are encompassed in this region and why is this region of geo-strategic importance to the U.S.? Why should Americans care what happens in this region of the world
3:56 – how does China act in the Indo-Pacific and what are its goals? What are the U.S.’s goals in the region and is China in conflict with U.S. strategic interests in the region
14:34 – thoughts on the soft power competition between China and the United States in the Indo-Pacific. What can/should the U.S. do to maximize the impact and increase our soft and power to better influence and partner with countries in this region?
31:20 – China technological advancement, manufacturing and US dollar world reserve currency status
38:04 – How China has used cyber theft and espionage added to their advanced technologies and capabilities
48:23 – Why Taiwan is important. Thinking right about deterrence, inside out thinking on Taiwan, how a successful Chinese democracy via Taiwan is symbolic existential threat to CCP, what the US losing a kinetic conflict with China over Taiwan would mean for allies
58:20 – Will China invade Taiwan?
1:03:06– Where can folks find you, what are you working on? What’s new with Mike Studeman?
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