Thomas Zimmerman<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/biden-personnel-adviser-chinese-intel-spies/</ref> – a Special Assistant to [[Joe Biden]] on [[National Security Agency]] personnel – formerly served as a visiting scholar at SASS.<ref>https://cic.nyu.edu/people/thomas-zimmerman</ref> During the transition, Zimmerman served as a Deputy Lead for National Security Personnel.<ref>https://www.hstoday.us/people-on-the-move/white-house-role-for-bidens-deputy-lead-for-national-security-personnel/</ref> He also “hosted an academic salon” alongside CCP adviser Li Lifan on “topics concerning counter-terrorism in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]], security issues in [[Central Asia]], the US perspective on the [[One Belt One Road]] initiative, and security issues in [[South Asia]]” at the Shanghai Institute of American Studies (SIAS).<ref>http://www.sias.org.cn/xwdt/info_79.aspx?itemid=1002</ref> | Thomas Zimmerman<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/biden-personnel-adviser-chinese-intel-spies/</ref> – a Special Assistant to [[Joe Biden]] on [[National Security Agency]] personnel – formerly served as a visiting scholar at SASS.<ref>https://cic.nyu.edu/people/thomas-zimmerman</ref> During the transition, Zimmerman served as a Deputy Lead for National Security Personnel.<ref>https://www.hstoday.us/people-on-the-move/white-house-role-for-bidens-deputy-lead-for-national-security-personnel/</ref> He also “hosted an academic salon” alongside CCP adviser Li Lifan on “topics concerning counter-terrorism in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]], security issues in [[Central Asia]], the US perspective on the [[One Belt One Road]] initiative, and security issues in [[South Asia]]” at the Shanghai Institute of American Studies (SIAS).<ref>http://www.sias.org.cn/xwdt/info_79.aspx?itemid=1002</ref> |