Alexis Turek is the Team Lead for the Coalition Defense of Taiwan Project, a joint effort of the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War examining alternative defense strategies for the US and its allies in the Indo-Pacific and publishing weekly updates on PRC coercion throughout the region. Alexis’s research interests include the People’s Liberation Army, Taiwanese domestic politics, and Southeast Asia. She received a Masters Degree in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University. Her work has been published in a number of outlets, including the Diplomat and East Asia Forum.