Institute for National Strategic Studies

 

 

The Institute for National Strategic Studies was established in July 1984 to serve as a focal point for research, analysis, and discussion of critical factors shaping the development of U.S. defense strategy and national security policy.  A component of the National Defense University, the institute's core missions include:

 

• Policy research and analysis and other support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the unified and specified commands, and other U.S. Government agencies with national security responsibilities.

 

• Support to the educational missions of NDU, other professional military education institutions, and interagency training programs through the provision of regional and functional expertise and state-of-the-art war gaming and simulation.

 

• Outreach activities, including an extensive program of publications and conferences, to inform the defense and national security policy debate in the U.S. and abroad.

 

The institute operates under a charter from the Secretary of Defense and a Memorandum of Understanding with the Director of the Joint Staff.  The institute is organized into four directorates: Research, Symposia, Publication, and the National Strategic Gaming Center.  The Director also serves as the NDU Vice President for Research.  The institute also supports the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs and hosts the Center for Counterproliferation Research.

 

STEPHEN J. FLANAGAN,

NDU Vice President for Research,

Director, Institute for National Strategic Studies

B.A., Columbia University;

M.A., M.A.L.D.,  Ph.D., Fletcher School, Tufts University

 

DONALD D. MOSSER, Captain, USN,

INSS Executive Officer, Senior Military Fellow

B.A., University of Louisville;

M.S., Salve Regina College;

M.A., Naval War College;

College of Command and Staff, Naval War College

 

 

INSS Organization

 

 

 

 

Research Directorate

 

The Research Directorate analyzes emerging strategic trends that pose long-term challenges for national security and raise complex choices for U.S. policy-makers. The directorate's agenda is both regionally- and functionally-  oriented. On the regional side, multidisciplinary teams   composed of area specialists, military strategists and     diplomatic experts analyze patterns of stability, and conflict within six geographical venues – Europe, Russia-Eurasia, East Asia-Pacific, the Middle East/Persian Gulf, South Asia, and the Western Hemisphere – and what those trends imply for the United States. On the functional side, projects address issues that tend to cut across traditional categories of national security thinking and practice. Such issues include   emerging transnational threats, the impact of globalization upon U.S. military posture and operations, the conduct of complex contingency operations, and the strategic dimensions of theater conflicts. 

           

The priority is to produce objective, rigorous, and     timely analyses that respond to the needs of senior decision-makers. To this end, the directorate provides analytical   assistance directly to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, key commands, and the Services. In addition, through publications and outreach efforts, it seeks to inform public debates concerning U.S. national security, defense policy priorities and appropriate roles and missions for the Armed Forces. The directorate also conducts collaborative projects with counterpart research organizations, both public and   private, that aim at strengthening scholar-practitioner communities in the U.S. and abroad.   

 

JAMES A. SCHEAR,

Director of Research

B.A., American University;

M.A., The Johns Hopkins University;

Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science

 

M. ELAINE BUNN,

Distinguished Research Fellow

B.A., University of Georgia;

Université de Neuchâtel  (Fulbright Scholar);

M.A., The Johns Hopkins University;

National War College

 

JOHN H. CARTER, Colonel, USA,

Senior Military Fellow

B.S., Appalachia State University;

M.S., University of Southern Mississippi;

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College;

U.S. Army War College

 

JOHN A. COPE, Colonel, USA (Ret.),

Senior Research Fellow

B.S., U. S. Military Academy;

M.A., Duke University; Marine Corps Command and Staff College;

U.S. Army War College

 

GERALD W. FABER, Captain, USN,

Senior Military Fellow

B.S., University of Wisconsin at Platteville;

M.A., Central Michigan University;

Industrial College of the Armed Forces

 

MERRICK E. KRAUSE, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF

Senior Military Fellow

B.A., U.S. Air Force Academy;

M.A., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University;

M.S., School of Advanced Aerospace Studies;

M.A.,  National War College;

Air Command & Staff College; Air War College

 

RICHARD L. KUGLER,

Distinguished Research Fellow

B.A., University of Minnesota;

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

ROBERT B. OAKLEY, Ambassador

Distinguished Expert

B.A., Princeton University

 

JAMES J. PRZYSTUP,

Senior Research Fellow

B.A., University of Detroit;

M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

 

EUGENE B. RUMER,

Senior Research Fellow

B.A., Boston University;

M.S., Georgetown University;

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

KORI N. SCHAKE,

Senior Research Fellow

B.A., Stanford University;

M.P.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland

 

JEFFREY SIMON,

Senior Research Fellow

B.A., Knox College;

M.A., University of Chicago;

Ph.D., University of Washington

 

SAM J. TANGREDI, Captain, USN,

Senior Military Fellow

B.S., U.S. Naval Academy;

M.A., Naval Postgraduate School;

Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

KIMBERLEY L. THACHUK,

Senior Research Fellow

B.A., M.A., University of British Columbia;

Ph.D., Simon Fraser University

 

STEVEN J. TOMISEK, Colonel, USMC,

Senior Military Fellow

B.S., Ohio State University;

M.P.A., The George Washington University;

Marine Corps Command and Staff College;

Industrial College of the Armed Forces

 

JUDITH YAPHE,

Senior Research Fellow

B.A., Moravian College;

M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois

 

Symposia Directorate

 

The Symposia Directorate organizes and presents national and international-level symposia and conferences devoted to security, strategy, and foreign policy issues.  Annually, four major NDU symposia focus on Europe, the Asia-Pacific, a current defense topic of national interest, and joint operations.  By maintaining liaison with key researchers, scholars, practitioners, and private sector individuals, a current understanding of the most pressing interests can be presented to audiences made up of expert representatives from academia, government, and the private sector.

 

The objectives are to create a major outreach program in which the National Defense University, in conjunction with the national and international security communities, shares ideas, explores alternatives, and defines issues.  In addition, the program supports the research projects of the Institute for National Strategic Studies and the colleges of the National Defense University as well as issues of interest to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff.  It also enhances the core and elective curricula at NDU.

 

The results of this program are a venue for university scholars and researchers to become more deeply involved with their counterparts in the national and international security communities and to present the latest and most relevant information on security topics of national interest.  The program also provides an opportunity to test strategic concepts and security policies in an academic environment.  Finally, it serves as a forum where consensus can develop and mature among key officials, senior academics, and practitioners from the United States and abroad in an atmosphere of informality and nonattribution.

 

JAMES R. GRAHAM,

Director of Symposia

A.B., Wabash College;

M.A., Wayne State University;

M.S., University of Southern Mississippi;

Air War College

 

Publication Directorate

 

The Publication Directorate is responsible for the editorial development and production of Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ) and a range of publications which appear under the NDU Press imprint.

           

JFQ is a professional military journal published by the institute for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, to promote understanding of the integrated employment of land, sea, air, space, and special operations forces.  The journal focuses on joint doctrine, coalition warfare, contingency planning, combat operations conducted by the unified commands, and  joint force development.

           

NDU Press has printed and distributed books, monographs, and other publications since 1976.  Its current list includes more than two dozen volumes on national strategy, defense policy, and military affairs.  Moreover, NDU Press publishes the annual Strategic Assessment as well as the Strategic Forum series, McNair Papers, anthologies, proceedings, and reports.

 

ROBERT A. SILANO,

Director of Publications and Editor, JFQ

B.A., Cathedral College

 

WILLIAM R. BODE,

General Editor, NDU Press

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

 

JAMES J. CARAFANO, Lieutenant Colonel, USA,

Executive Editor, JFQ

B.S., U.S. Military Academy;

M.A., Ph.D., Georgetown University;

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College;

M.S., U.S. Army War College

 

CALVIN B. KELLEY,

Copy Editor

B.A., Brigham Young University

 

GEORGE C. MAERZ,

Senior Editor, NDU Press

B.A., Loyola College

 

MARTIN J. PETERS

Production Coordinator

 

JEFFREY D. SMOTHERMAN,

Writer-Editor

B.S., M.A., Middle Tennessee State University;

Ph.D., University of New Mexico

 

LISA M. YAMBRICK,

Writer-Editor

B.A., Widener University;

M.A., Villanova University

 

 

National Strategic Gaming Center 

 

 

The National Strategic Gaming Center was established in 1982 at the direction of the Secretary of Defense.  The center designs, develops, and delivers games, simulations, and exercises in support of the teaching objectives of the National War College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and other NDU components.  The Crisis Decision Exercise as the capstone academic event.  These gaming efforts address the National Security and National Military Strategies, theater-level joint and combined operations, political-military assessments, counter-terrorism policy, and global contingency response.

           

Gaming support is also provided to the CINCs, JCS, and Senior Service Colleges.  The center conducts an extensive outreach program, providing simulations to various high school, college, and graduate student groups.  The center is at the forefront of efforts to enhance interagency training, education, and lessons learned for complex contingency operations.

           

The staff is composed of specialists in military affairs, intelligence, international relations, operations research, and computer applications who have extensive experience in gaming.  The staff consults with counterparts on the Joint Staff, OSD, other DOD agencies, war colleges, and national agencies. Representative tasks include developing joint war games, politico-military simulations, and models of mobilization, deployment planning, and joint and combined global operations.

 

EDWIN P. MCDERMOTT, Colonel, USAF,

Director

B.S.E.E., B.A., Rutgers University;

M.S.E.E., M.S.S.M., University of Southern California;

Air War College (Non-resident)

 

JONAS L. BLANK,

Senior Policy Analyst

B.S., Wake Forest University;

M.S., Troy State University;

M.S., National Defense University

 

RANDY B. CHEEK,

Senior Policy Analyst

B.S., Bradley University;

M.A., The Johns Hopkins University

 

CHARLES T. CUTLER, Lieutenant Colonel, USA, 

Senior Military Fellow

B.S., Syracuse University;

M.A., Georgetown University;

Army Command & General Staff College  

 

JAMES T. HAAS, Colonel, USAF,

Senior Military Fellow

B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania;

B.A., Charter Oak State College;

M.A., Central Michigan University;

M.S., Industrial College of the Armed Forces

 

L. ERIK KJONNEROD,

Senior Supervisory Policy Analyst

B.A., Rutgers University;

M.S., University of Illinois

 

BRIAN K. MAYS, Colonel, USA,

Senior Military Fellow

B.S., U.S. Military Academy;

M.B.A., Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

 

RALPH M. MITCHELL, Colonel, USA (Ret.),

Senior Supervisory Policy Analyst

B.S., U.S. Military Academy; M.A., Rice University;

U.S. Army War College; National War College

 

WALTER S. TOPP, Commander, USN,

Senior Military Fellow

B.S., John Carroll University;

M.S., Cleveland State University;

U.S. Army War College (Non-resident)

 

ZDENKA S. WILLIS, Commander, USN,

Senior Military Fellow

B.S., University of South Carolina;

B.S., Naval Postgraduate School;

M.S., National Defense University;

College of Command & Staff, Naval War College;

Industrial College of the Armed Forces

 

RICHARD D. WRIGHT

Operation Research Analyst

S.B., S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs

 

The Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, an integral part of INSS, was established 1 March 2000 pursuant to the FY 2000 National Defense Authorization Act.  Its mission is to study and inform policy makers in the DOD, Congress, and throughout the Government regarding the national goals and strategic posture of the People's Republic of China and the ability of that nation to develop, field, and deploy an effective military instrument in support of its national strategic goals.

 

MICHAEL E. MARTI,

Visiting Senior Fellow

B.A.,  M.A., University of Iowa;

M.S., National Defense University;

Ph.D., The George Washington University    

 

Center for Counterproliferation Research

 

The Center for Counterproliferation Research has been hosted by the institute since its inception in 1994.  The Center focuses on the impact of the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons on U.S. national security, and in particular on U.S. and allied military forces.  The center has a broad mandate for research, education, and outreach.  Its research has contributed to the basic under-standing of the security implications of proliferation, as well as to the challenge of fashioning effective responses.  Through its education and outreach programs, the center seeks to embed in the next generation of military leaders and defense civilians an awareness of the proliferation threat as it relates to defense policy, programs, and military operations. 

 

 

 

JO HN F. REICHART,

Senior Research Professor

B.A., Manhattan College;

Ph.D., The Ohio State University

 

W. SETH CARUS,

Senior Research Professor

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University

 

JASON ELLIS,

Research Professor

B.A., University of California (San Diego);

M.A., Ph.D., American University

 

S. READ HAMNER, Ambassador,

Consultant

B.S., Virginia Military Institute;

M.S., University of Southern California 

 

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