The Rise of Coast Guards in East and Southeast Asia

Lyle J. Morris is a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, where he focuses on security developments in East and Southeast Asia. He has published recently on maritime security in the Asia-Pacific, U.S. maritime security capacity building in Southeast Asia, and Chinese military modernization. Prior to joining RAND, Morris was the 2010–11 Next Generation Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research and a research intern with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Morris received his master’s degree in international affairs from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in international business from Western Washington University.