Colby Ferland is a senior fellow at the Project 2049 Institute. Hepreviously served as director of programs at the Project 2049 Institute. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he co-led the US-Taiwan Defense Industrial Cooperation and Supply Chain Security Program. Ferland holds a master’s degree in Asian Studies from Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service (MASIA). He specializes in US-Northeast Asia security issues and wrote his master’s thesis on U.-Taiwan defense trade. Before returning to the United States for graduate school, Ferland traveled East Asia for two years, living 18 months in Taiwan, where he attended National Taiwan Normal University’s Mandarin Training Center. While there, he also taught English to Taiwanese youth. He earned his bachelor’s degree studying Chinese political economy at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and the London School of Economics. Colby is proficient in Chinese and Spanish.
