Christopher R. Lew, Ph.D.
President of Water Dragons Consulting, Managing Director at State Street, Director of International Programs Development at the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), and retired Lieutenant Colonel with the U.S. Army
Professional Experience
Christopher R. Lew specializes in Chinese politics, economics, cyber, military affairs, and history. He currently serves as a Managing Director at State Street, overseeing their Global Cybersecurity China Operations, Insider Threat and Investigations Teams. He is also the Director of International Programs Development at UMGC and President of Water Dragons Consulting.
Previously, he served as a Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst at Mandiant, during which he participated in and co-authored the APT1 Report. He has also worked as a Senior China Policy Analyst at SAIC, an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, and a Senior Intelligence Analyst with the Department of Defense. Chris previously taught at George Mason University, George Washington University, and UMGC.
Chris is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel with over 24 combined years in the active and reserve components. As an enlisted soldier, he served in the armor and public affairs fields, and, as an officer, he worked in the military intelligence branch. In 2005-06, Chris commanded the Analysis and Control Team of the 2/28th Brigade Combat Team in Ramadi, Iraq. During that time, he helped identify and establish the conditions for the Al Anbar Awakening, which served as a turning point in the campaign for western Iraq. Chris also served with 75th Innovation Command, Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, and as an Army Attaché at various embassies in the Asia-Pacific region.
He has authored two books, The Third Chinese Revolutionary Civil War: An Analysis of Communist Strategy and Leadership (2009) and the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War (2013). He also contributed various entries to China at War: An Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Chinese History.
Education
Chris received his Ph.D and M.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in the fields of Modern China, Late Imperial China, Modern Japan, and Military History. For his B.A., he attended Towson University and majored in History and English.
Email: clew@iwp.edu
Publications
- Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil War. Second Edition. (Scarecow Press, 2013)
- APT1: Exposing One of China’s Cyber Espionage Units. (Mandiant, 2013) – Co-Author
- China at War: An Encyclopedia. (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2012) – Contributor
- Encyclopedia of Chinese History. London: Routledge, pending publication – Contributor
- The Third Chinese Revolutionary Civil War. (Routledge, 2009)
- “Zhongguancun: China’s Silicon Valley?” Gorilla Asia, Oct. 2000.
- “Deconstructing Wang.” Beijing Scene, Vol. 7, Issue 6, 2000.
- “Bebop in Beijing.” Beijing Scene, Vol. 7, Issue 4, 2000.
- “The Weight of History: The Sino-Vietnam War.” Towson Journal of Historical Studies, Fall 1999.