Dr. Kamal A. Beyoghlow joined the National War College as Title 10 Professor of National Security Strategy and Middle East and North Africa Studies
on 31 May, 2005. Previously, he held the titles of Academic Chair and
Professor of Terrorism and Counterterrorism (CT) at the Africa Center
for Strategic Studies (ACSS) at National Defense University. His duties
at ACSS included initiating and developing CT concepts and programs
as well as articulating CT policy towards the African continent. Dr.
Beyoghlow was the senior advisor to the Director of ACSS, General Carl
Fulford, Jr, USMC (ret), and the Dean on terrorism and CT issues. Prior
to his ACSS appointment, Dr. Beyoghlow was Professor of International
Relations and National Security at the Marine Corps Command and Staff
College from 1992 to 2004 where he also taught and directed courses
on the Middle East and North Africa (including Southwest Asia), WMD
proliferation and counterproliferation, and terrorism and counterterrorism.
He also taught Political Philosophy (Islamic and Western) and Comparative
Government (Middle East and N. Africa) at George Mason University from
1992 to 2004 on an Adjunct basis. Dr. Beyoghlow has lectured on international
and regional politics at various other colleges and universities. He
started his US Government career as a Political Analyst in 1983 with
the US Army 4th Psychological Operations Group at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina,
where he worked on political issues with focus on the Greater Middle
East and Iran. He joined the Office of the US Coordinator for Counterterrorism
at the U,S. Department of State in 1986 as a Foreign Affairs Officer.
At State, he was responsible for initiating and implementing U.S. counter-terrorism
policy for the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, including
Turkey, Greece, Malta, and Cyprus. He served as a policy analyst while
on sabbatical in the late nineties at the former Arms Control Agency
with focus on India and Pakistan. Among Dr. Beyoghlow publications are
the Strategic Implications of Chemical and Biological Weapons on Gulf
Security.
Dr. Beyoghlow earned his
undergraduate degree from San Diego State University, his Master's degree
from Tufts University in cooperation with the Fletcher School of International
Law and Diplomacy, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University
of California at Berkeley. He is the recipient of several U.S. government
service awards, including a 2004 US Navy-Marine Corps Superior Civil
Service Award and the DCI Exceptional Intelligence Analyst Award.
Dr. Beyoghlow frequently briefs deploying US Marine Expeditionary Units
(MEUs) and Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEFs) and other US Government
agencies on the cultural dimensions of terrorism, suicide bombing, and
Iraqi insurgency. He also leads the National Security Seminar for US
federal executives in Denver. His latest research include work on Suicide
Bombings, the evolution of Al Qaeda and its impact on the state system
in the Arab and Muslim World, and Islam in western and non-western societies.
EMAIL: beyoghlowk@ndu.edu
