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Tyler John Bowen faculty photo

Tyler John Bowen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Deterrence
  • Foreign Policy
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Nuclear
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Jonathan D. Caverley, Ph.D.

Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Deterrence
  • Economics
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geopolitics
  • International Relations
  • Maritime Strategy
  • Security Cooperation
  • Women, Peace, and Security
(401) 856-6056
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Chris C. Demchak, Ph.D.

Professor

Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Retired

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Economics
  • Geopolitics
  • Information Operations
  • International Relations
  • Wargaming
(401) 856-6023
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Peter J. Dombrowski, Ph.D.

Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Cyber Warfare
  • Maritime Strategy
(401) 856-6009
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Ian Easton

Associate Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • China
  • Taiwan
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Andrew S. Erickson, Ph.D.

Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Aerospace
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Asymmetrical Warfare
  • China
  • Cold War
  • Deterrence
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geopolitics
  • Indian Ocean
  • International Relations
  • Maritime History
  • Maritime Strategy
  • Military Technology
  • National Security
  • Piracy
  • South China Sea
  • Space
  • Taiwan
  • Weapon Systems
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James R. FitzSimonds

Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Intel
  • Joint Operations
  • Military Technology
  • Operational Warfare
  • Taiwan
  • Wargaming
  • Weapon Systems
(401) 856-6046
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Stephen C. Fuller

Associate Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Middle East
  • Military Technology
  • Surface Warfare
  • Wargaming
  • Weapon Systems
(401) 856-6051
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Phil M. Haun, Ph.D.

Professor

Col., U.S. Air Force, Retired

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Aerospace
  • Air Defense
  • Air Warfare
  • Deterrence
  • Foreign Policy
  • International Relations
  • Military Theory
  • National Security
  • Operational Warfare
  • Vietnam War
  • WWII
(401) 856-6047
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Nicholas A. Henderson

Research Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Asymmetrical Warfare
  • China
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Economics
  • Japan
  • Security Cooperation
  • South China Sea
  • Taiwan
  • UNCLOS
(401) 856-6012
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Emily J. Holland, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Cold War
  • Diplomacy
  • Economics
  • Europe
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geopolitics
  • International Relations
  • Russia
(401) 856-6022
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Michael C. Holland

Director

Capt., U.S. Navy

Department

Russia Maritime Studies Institute

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Warfare
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Information Operations
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
(401) 856-6041
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Jonathan R. Hunt, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Cold War
  • Deterrence
  • Geopolitics
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Nuclear
  • Russia
(401) 856-6059
Colin Francis Jackson Profile Photo

Colin Francis Jackson, Ph.D.

Chair

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Afghanistan
  • Air Warfare
  • Civil War
  • Cold War
  • Counterterrorism
  • Economics
  • Korean War
  • Pakistan
  • Vietnam War
(401) 856-6034
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Conor M. Kennedy

Assistant Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • China
  • South China Sea
(401) 856-6016
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Craig M. Koerner, Ph.D.

Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Economics
  • Military Technology
  • Operational Warfare
  • Wargaming
  • Weapon Systems
  • WWI
  • WWII
(401) 856-6048
Kuo, Kendrick

Kendrick Kuo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Foreign Policy
  • International Relations
  • Military Technology
  • National Security
  • Operational Warfare
  • Wargaming
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Daniel J. Leonard

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Command and Control
  • Nuclear
  • Search and Rescue
  • Submarine Warfare
(401) 856-6053
Ryan D Martinson Profile Image

Ryan D. Martinson

Assistant Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • China
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Richard Anthony Moss, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Cold War
  • Diplomacy
  • Europe
  • Intel
  • Middle East
  • Russia
  • Wargaming
  • Weapon Systems
  • WMD
(401) 856-6037
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William S. Murray

Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Military Technology
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
(401) 856-6057
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Adam C. Pace

Military Professor

Cmdr., U.S. Navy

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Military Planning
  • Operational Warfare
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Wargaming
(401) 856-6049
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Michael Poznansky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Cold War
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Foreign Policy
  • International Relations
  • Irregular Warfare
  • National Security
(401) 856-6032
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Erik Sand, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Deterrence
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geopolitics
  • International Relations
  • Maritime Strategy
  • Military Technology
  • National Security
  • Nuclear
  • WWII
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Paul S. Schmitt

Associate Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • China
  • Command and Control
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Joint Operations
  • Military Technology
  • Operational Warfare
  • Special Operations
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Wargaming
(401) 856-6054
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Frank L. Smith III, Ph.D.

Director

Department

Cyber and Innovation Policy Institute

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • Cyber Warfare
  • International Relations
  • Military Technology
  • National Security
  • WMD
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Sam J. Tangredi, Ph.D.

Professor

Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • A2/AD
  • Amphibious Warfare
  • Asymmetrical Warfare
  • Cold War
  • Deterrence
  • Diplomacy
  • Geopolitics
  • Maritime History
  • Maritime Strategy
  • Security Cooperation
(401) 856-6026
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Tiffany A. Tat

Assistant Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
(401) 856-6018
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Jason Vogt

Assistant Professor

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Counterterrorism
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Information Operations
  • Terrorism
  • Wargaming
  • WMD
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James Garrett Zoulias

Deputy Chair

Capt., U.S. Navy

Department

Strategic and Operational Research Department

Areas of Expertise

  • Command and Control
  • Joint Operations
  • Nuclear
  • Search and Rescue
(401) 856-6036
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