Charles L. Barry
Senior Research Fellow

Mr. Charles Barry has been associated with NDU since 1993 as a military analyst specializing in transatlantic relations, defense technologies, military strategy, and force structure.

Mr. Barry has been a qualified military strategist for more than 20 years and is considered an expert on military strategy and transatlantic relations. His areas of concentration include transatlantic defense industrial cooperation/consolidation, NATO transformation, and the EU's policies on security and defense. At present he is conducting research on organizational applications of information systems in the military and on the force structure of the U.S. Army.

Mr. Barry completed a career in the United States Army, including operational leadership positions and nine years as a high level strategic planner in Europe and Washington. His military service spanned assignments in Europe, Asia and the United States. Mr. Barry is currently studying for a doctoral degree in Information Resource Management at the University of Baltimore.

Mr. Barry writes, teaches and speaks on military topics, U.S.- European affairs, and operational-strategic solution concepts for both the public and private sectors. His papers on solutions to the conflict in Bosnia have been presented in Washington, Stockholm, London, Paris, Madrid, Moscow, and at Harvard University. In 1997 he presented papers on the implications of the Balkans conflicts for NATO crisis response in Madrid, Washington, Athens and Paris. More recently he co-authored an article in Current History entitled, "Completing the Transatlantic Bargain: The United States and European Security," in March 2001.

His books include The Search for Peace in Europe (1993), Security Architecture for Europe (1995), and Reforging the Trans-Atlantic Relationship (1996). His latest book, Accelerating on the Run - Business Improvement from the War Room to the Boardroom, published in August 1998, deals with military strategy, e-business management concepts, and best business practices from American industry. His most recent publications include a chapter on U.S. interoperability (in Transforming America's Military, NDU Press), a Defense Horizons paper on the future of Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV) and a Defense Horizons on Transforming NATO Command and Control.