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Covell Meyskens is an Associate Professor at the Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, specializing in modern China, East Asia, and Modern World History. His work bridges Cold War geopolitics with socio-economic transformations in China, particularly through militarization and technocratic development projects.
- Expertise in China's historical development
- Focus on East Asian security and global influence
- Recipient of the 2021 Lieutenant Commander David L. Williams Outstanding Professor Award
His research explores how China's political economy evolved from Maoist-era militarization to contemporary technocratic expansion via projects like the Three Gorges Dam. He curates a visual archive of everyday life in Maoist China and has secured grants from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, NPS Naval Research Program, Fulbright programs, and the Fulbright-Hays Commission.
Recent publications analyze China's Cold War strategies, dam-building as statecraft, and shifting conceptions of national security. Articles span topics like political economy under Mao, early Three Gorges ambitions in Republican China, and nuclear diplomacy with North Korea.
- Author of Mao's Third Front (Cambridge UP, 2020)
- Co-editor of The Afterlives of Chinese Communism (Verso, 2019)
- Contributor to journals like Twentieth Century China and Nonproliferation Review
Scientific awards include:
- 2021 Lieutenant Commander David L. Williams Outstanding Professor Award
