Drake Long is a Senior Associate with the China Warfighting Initiative, Marine Corps War College (MCWAR), where he assists in research, teaching, and managing contributions to the China Military Studies Review – the War College’s newest academic journal on the PRC military – to support the US Marine Corps and wider professional military education community. He’s published chapters in three separate edited volumes concerning Law of the Sea and territorial disputes in the Indo-Pacific, and is currently researching and working on a book on international seabed issues. Additionally, he’s written for Marine Corps Gazette, The Diplomat, the Center for International Maritime Security, and RadioFreeAsia.
He’s worked for multiple offices in the Department of Defense, including the Office of Net Assessment and Defense Innovation Unit, and was previously a non-resident fellow at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare, at Marine Corps University. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the U.S.-Bangladesh Next Generation Fellowship & Policy Institute. He holds a BA in Diplomacy and English from Miami University of Ohio, and an MA in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University. He will begin pursuing a PhD in Fall 2026 on the subject of Taiwanese national security culture and US-Taiwan defense relations.
