Lieutenant Colonel Enrique Oti

About

Enrique Oti, representing the US Air Force, is a national security affairs fellow for the academic year 2014-15 at the Hoover Institution.

Lieutenant Colonel Oti earned his undergraduate degree in history from the US Air Force Academy; he holds a master’s degree in strategic intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College and a master’s degree in international relations from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, where he studied as an Olmsted Scholar.  He is a qualified cyber operations officer and regional affairs strategist (China) and has served in a variety of positions, including network operations, influence operations, strategic communication, and China strategy.  Most recently, he commanded an intelligence support squadron that supports the processing, exploitation, and dissemination of intelligence from the U-2 and RQ-4.  His research interests include Russian and Chinese policy and strategy for international cyber development and operations, as well as the US intelligence community’s use of emerging technologies.