Lyle J. Goldstein is a research professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the U.S. Naval War College. The founding director of CMSI and author of dozens of articles on Chinese security policy, he focuses on Chinese undersea warfare. On the broader subject of U.S.-China relations, Goldstein published the book Meeting China Halfway in 2015. Over the last several years, Goldstein has focused on the North Korea crisis. Goldstein speaks Russian as well as Chinese and is an affiliate of Naval War College’s new Russia Maritime Studies Institute.