Sean Yu

Sean Yu

Defense Science and Technology Analyst

Sean Yu is an analyst at SOSi’s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis (CIRA) and works on U.S. national security issues on China. He specializes in Chinese industrial espionage, civil-military fusion, and technology transfer. Prior to SOSI, Sean worked at TextOre, the U.S. Department of State, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Sean holds a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Asian Studies and a bachelor’s with honors from The Pennsylvania State University in Anthropology and Chinese. He speaks Chinese and is learning Korean.

Areas of Expertise
  • Military-civilian fusion
  • Chinese industrial espionage
  • technology transfer
Publications