Anna B. Puglisi Explained

Anna B. Puglisi is an American security analyst currently serving as biotechnology program director and a senior fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET).^{[1] [2]} She is also a member of the Center for a New American Security's BioTech Task Force.^[3] She was the U.S. National Counterintelligence Officer for East Asia between 2019 and 2020 in the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC).^{[4] [5] [6]}

Education

Puglisi holds a BA in biology, a MS in environmental science, and a MPA from Indiana University Bloomington. She also studied Chinese through the Princeton in Beijing Summer Program.

Career

Prior to joining CSET, where she established its biotechnology program, Puglisi served for over a decade in the U.S. intelligence community as a member of the Senior Analytic Service focusing on China's technology acquisition and U.S. mitigation strategies. She received various awards including the FBI Director's Award for Excellence.^[3]

Views on U.S.-China relations

In a February 2024 interview with The Boston Globe, Puglisi said of China's challenge to U.S. policymaking: "At its core, it's the challenge of a Chinese system that really blurs public and private, government and military, and creates an unfair playing field for US companies."^[7]

Publications

Books

• Chinese Industrial Espionage Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation, Routledge & CRC Press, 2013 (co-authored with William C. Hannas and James Mulvenon)^[8]

Contributed Volumes

• Chapter 5. The myth of the stateless global society, Chapter 12. The Impact of China's policies, and Chapter 16. Chinese students, scholarship and US innovation, in China's Quest for Foreign Technology: Beyond Espionage (Routledge, 2021; edited By William C. Hannas and Didi Kirsten Tatlow)^[9]

Reports

• China's State Key Laboratory System, Georgetown CSET, June 2022 (co-authored with Emily Weinstein, Ryan Fedasiuk, and Channing Lee)^[10]
• China's Industrial Clusters, Georgetown CSET, June 2022 (co-authored with Daniel Chou)^[11]
• A Competitive Era for China's Universities, Georgetown CSET, March 2022 (co-authored with Ryan Fedasiuk and Alan Omar Loera Martinez)^[12]

Articles

• Democracies Must Empower a Biotech Future for All, Lawfare, November 20, 2022 (co-authored with Megan Palmer, Andrew Imbrie, and Daniel Baer)^[13]
• Privacy Is Power, Foreign Affairs, January 19, 2022 (co-authored with Andrew Imbrie, Daniel Baer, Andrew Trask, Erik Brattberg, and Helen Toner)^[14]

Testimonies

• Anna Puglisi's Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, February 24, 2023^[15]
• Anna Puglisi's Testimony Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, August 4, 2021^[16]

References

1. Web site: Anna Puglisi . 2024-02-18 . Center for Security and Emerging Technology . en-US.
2. Web site: Experts discuss the growth of cyber threats amid the pandemic . 2024-02-18 . Brookings . en-US.
3. Web site: Anna Puglisi . 2024-02-18 . www.cnas.org . en.
4. News: Warrick . Joby . September 21, 2023 . China’s quest for human genetic data spurs fears of a DNA arms race . February 18, 2024 . The Washington Post.
5. Web site: Anna B. Puglisi . February 18, 2024 . U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
6. News: Needham . Kirsty . Baldwin . Clare . July 7, 2021 . Special Report: China's gene giant harvests data from millions of women . February 18, 2024 . Reuters.
7. Web site: Weisman . Robert . February 15, 2024 . US lawmakers, visiting Cambridge, warn of a rising Chinese threat to US biotech - The Boston Globe . https://archive.today/20240216035456/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/15/business/biotech-china-us-lawmakers/ . February 16, 2024 . 2024-02-18 . BostonGlobe.com . en-US.
8. Web site: Chinese Industrial Espionage: Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation . 2024-02-18 . Routledge & CRC Press . en.
9. Web site: China's Quest for Foreign Technology: Beyond Espionage . 2024-02-18 . Routledge & CRC Press . en.
10. Web site: China's State Key Laboratory System . 2024-02-18 . Center for Security and Emerging Technology . en-US.
11. Web site: China’s Industrial Clusters . 2024-02-18 . Center for Security and Emerging Technology . en-US.
12. Web site: A Competitive Era for China’s Universities . 2024-02-18 . Center for Security and Emerging Technology . en-US.
13. Web site: Democracies Must Empower a Biotech Future for All . 2024-02-18 . Default . en.
14. News: Imbrie . Andrew . Baer . Daniel . Trask . Andrew . Puglisi . Anna . Brattberg . Erik . Toner . Helen . 2022-01-19 . Privacy Is Power . 2024-02-18 . Foreign Affairs . en-US . 0015-7120.
15. Web site: Anna Puglisi's Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission . 2024-02-18 . Center for Security and Emerging Technology . en-US.
16. Web site: Anna Puglisi's Testimony Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence . 2024-02-18 . Center for Security and Emerging Technology . en-US.