Ian Armstrong is a Researcher at Wikistrat for the Asia-Pacific Desk. He has provided research assistance to Temple University's Department of Political Science, the University of Pennsylvania, Scottish Parliament, and Hudson Institute's Center for Political-Military Analysis. His research has focused on international security issues such as non-proliferation and WMD capability analysis, and has been presented at conferences at Tufts University and University of Edinburgh. In addition, his analytical pieces have also been published by Second Line of Defense.