DR. CLARK A. MURDOCK

 Dr. Murdock joined CSIS on a part-time basis as a Senior Fellow, International Security.  In 2000, Dr. Murdock was a visiting professor at the National War College where he taught courses on military strategy, the national security process and military innovation and drafted a forthcoming book for practitioners entitled Future Making: Getting Your Organization Ready for What's Next.  From 1995 to 2000, Dr. Murdock served as the deputy director of the Air Force's headquarters planning function.  As the Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief for long-range planning.    Prior to joining the Air Force, Dr. Murdock headed the Policy Planning staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.  From 1987 to 1993, Dr. Murdock served as the senior policy advisor to House Armed Services Committee Chairman.  Prior to joining the HASC, Dr. Murdock was employed at the Central Intelligence Agency as an analyst and manager of African issues.  He also had short rotational assignment to the National Security Council staff in late 1986 and, prior to joining the CIA, worked on European nuclear issues in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He also taught political science for 10 years at the State University of New York at Buffalo and, in addition to several articles, wrote Defense Policy Formation: A Comparative Analysis of the McNamara Era (1974).  Dr. Murdock is an Honors graduate (in Political Science) from Swarthmore College and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (with a minor in Economics) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.