Richard L. Kugler, Ph.D
Distinguished Research Professor

Dr. Richard L. Kugler is a Distinguished Research Professor at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, where he performs analyses. His specialty is U.S. defense strategy, global security affairs, and NATO. He advises senior echelons of the Office of Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the interagency community. An operations research analyst and political scientist, he holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From 1988-1997, he was a research leader at RAND. From 1984-1988, he was Director of DoD's Strategic Concepts Development Center, where he advised the Secretary of Defense and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. From 1975-1984, he was a senior executive in the Office of Secretary of Defense. During 1968-1972, he was an Air Force officer, including a tour in Southeast Asia. He has been awarded the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Medal and other decorations.

He is author or editor of fourteen books on U.S. national security strategy and defense planning, plus articles in Foreign Affairs, Survival, and other journals. He is one of the original advocates of NATO enlargement and the NATO Defense Capability Initiative. Recently he was co-editor of The Global Century: Globalization and National Security (Volumes 1 and 2). Currently, he is working on the defense plans, force transformation strategy, and regional security priorities of the Bush Administration.