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Lu Yin

Lu Yin, a colonel in China’s People’s Liberation Army, is a researcher at the Institute for Strategic Studies at National Defense University in Beijing and a consultant for the foreign affairs office of the Ministry of National Defense. She is a core member of the Project on Strategic Stability Evaluation and has been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm. Her publications include Challenges of Non-Proliferation in Northeast Asia and Possible Solutions.