Education: BA, Politics and Government, City of London Polytechnic 1985; MA, War Studies, King’s College London 1989; PhD, King’s College London 1999

Career: Warren Chin is a Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King‘s College London. From 1995 until 1999 he was Senior Lecturer in the War Studies Department at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and from 1992 until 1995 he taught Politics and International Politics at London Guildhall University. His PhD examined the reform of the British Weapons Acquisition Process in the 1980s and was entitled: ‘Evaluating the Viability of Competition and Risk Contracts in the Management and Control of Major Equipment Projects’. He is co-editor of the journal Defence Studies (see url below).

Publications include: numerous articles in professional journals on military history (land warfare), military doctrine, peace support operations and failed states, defence economics (procurement policy and the defence industrial base), revolution in military affairs, future war

Contact details: Address: Defence Studies Department, King's College London, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wilts., SN6 8TS, England; Tel: +44 (0)1793 788084 (Swindon); Tel: +44 (0)20 7836-5454 (London); Fax: +44 (0)1793 788295; Email: wchin.jscsc@defenceacademy.mod.uk ; Website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/defence/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14702436.asp/ .