The United States and China--Threats, Opportunities, and Issues: A Geostrategic Overview

William Wayde Benson
A Career United States Marine Corps Officer, retiring as a Colonel, holding both command and staff
assignments at progressively higher levels throughout his tenure with the corps, culminating as the
Deputy Commander of a Marine Expeditionary Combat Brigade; Program Director for the
development of large scale Marine Corps Global Command, Control, and Combat Support Systems;

POST-MILITARY PROFESSIONAL CAREER SUMMARY INCLUDES:
(1) Senior Program Director, Systems and Software Engineering for the development of large
scale, integrated Department of Defense Global Command, Control, and Combat Support
Systems; The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command;
(2) Executive Director, President, and Chairman of the Board: The World Affairs Council of New
Orleans (a subsidiary member council of the World Affaires Councils of America);

Adjunct Professor: The United States Naval War College. Courses Taught (Graduate Level): Defense
and National Security Policy;
(1) Adjunct Faculty: Tulane University. Courses Taught: International Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism;
(NOTE): An affiliate academic program of the United States Naval Postgraduate School,
Monterey, CA);
(2) Lecturer: The University of Southern Mississippi Dale Center for the Study of War and Society.
Courses Taught: Defense and Strategic Studies;
(3) Director of War Gaming/International Security Simulations: Tulane University/The University
of Southern Mississippi; The development and conduct of real-world analytical decision-making
geostrategic simulations: Representative examples include: (a) Potential nuclear conflict
between Israel and Iran; (b) Potential conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran; and (c) North
Korean Nuclear Threat;