Allen Zhang is the research assistant for The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center. He analyzes U.S-Taiwan relations, with a focus on maritime security and undersea infrastructure resilience. He specializes in open-source intelligence and has extensively tracked the movements of China-linked research vessels. His analysis and writings have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Nikkei Asia, the South China Morning Post, The Diplomat, the National Interest, Breaking Defense, among others.