Zack Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he studies U.S. strategy in Asia. He is also a lecturer at Princeton University, a partner with Armitage International LC, and co-host of the Net Assessment podcast for War on the Rocks. He previously served on staff at the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. National Security Council. Dr. Cooper received a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.P.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University.