James A. Russell

Department of National Security Affairs

Naval Postgraduate School

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Monterey, CA 93943

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Professional Experience

Naval Postgraduate School July 2010 to Present

Monterey, CA 93943

A S S OC IA TE P R O FE S S O R, Department of National Security Affairs. Carry out research

and writing on international security affairs; teach graduate level courses in national

security strategy, terrorism and Middle Eastern security issues. Travel aboard carrier

strike groups to deliver lectures as part of NPS Regional Security and Education

Program. Organize conferences, workshops and perform research projects for variety of

U.S. government research sponsors.

Naval Postgraduate School August 2001 to July 2010

Monterey, CA 93943

S EN IO R L E C TU R ER, Department of National Security Affairs. Co-Director of Center

for Contemporary Conflict (2007-2009). Carry out research and writing on international

security affairs; teach graduate level courses in national security strategy, US foreign

policy, terrorism and Middle Eastern security issues. Edited online journal Strategic

Insights. Travel aboard carrier strike groups to deliver lectures as part of NPS Regional

Security and Education Program. Organize conferences, workshops and perform

research projects for variety of U.S. government research sponsors.

November 1995 to August 2001

OASD-ISA/Near East South Asia

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301

C OU N TR Y D IR EC TO R . Advised the Secretary of Defense on security strategy and

policy in the Persian Gulf. Served as country director for Saudi Arabia, United Arab

Emirates, Kuwait, Iraq, Morocco and Tunisia during this period. Traveled extensively in

the Persian Gulf and Middle East; directly supported numerous visits by Secretary of

Defense.

OSD-ISA/DSAA Operations Directorate Dec.1989 to Nov., 1995

Washington, DC 20301-2800

C OU N TR Y D IR EC TO R F O R K U WA I T, B A H R A IN, U N ITE D A R A B E M IR A TE S,

Q A TAR A N D O MA N . Exercised oversight of Foreign Military Sales programs totaling

$11 billion. Served as Senate Liaison in 1991-1992, representing the Director, DSAA on

all legislative issues. Worked as program analyst from December 1989-April 1991,

preparing congressional testimony and legislative analysis for agency.

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American League for Exports and Security Assistance, Sept.,1988 - Dec.,1989

122 C St. NW, Washington, DC 2001

M AN AG ER, A N A LY TI C A L S TU D IES . Lobbied Congress and the Executive Branch on

behalf of trade association comprised of 25 aerospace contractors and two labor unions.

Prepared written analysis and legislative reports on defense export and technology

transfer issues that affected association members. Built association membership and

created NATO Affiliates Program.

Defense Week, Sept., 1985 to Sept., 1987

627 National Press Building, Washington, DC 2001

R EP OR TER . C overed international affairs for weekly newsletter, concentrating on arms

sales, technology transfer and Middle East regional security issues.

Marine Corps Gazette, Sept., 1983 to Sept., 1985

Quantico, VA

A S S IS TA N T E D ITO R . E dited and authored articles on maritime warfare for professional

military journal with circulation of 30,000.

Education

University of London, King s College London, 2006-2009

PhD, War Studies, King s College London, University of London, October, 2009.

Dissertation Title: Innovation in the Crucible of War: The U.S. Counterinsurgency Campaign in Iraq,

2005-2007

University of Pittsburgh, 1981-1983

Masters in Public and International Affairs (Certificate in International Security Studies)

Franklin & Marshall College, 1976-1981

Lancaster, PA

BA History

Training

Federal Executive Management Institute, 2000, 2001

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Contemporary Executive Education, 1998

George Washington University, Washington, DC

Industry Course, 1983

Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management,

Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH

Awards

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Exceptional Civilian Service Award, 2001

Paul Nitze Award for Excellence in International Security Affairs, 1997

Civilian Career Service Award, 1995

Joint Meritorious Unit Award, 1992

OSD Certificate of Appreciation for Service in OPERATION DESERT SHIELD, 1991

Books

Maritime Strategy and Global Order (Ed., with Daniel Moran), forthcoming with Georgetown University

Press, 2013.

Military Adaptation in the Afghanistan War, (Ed., with Theo Farrell and Frans Osinga), forthcoming with

Stanford University Press, 2013.

Innovation, Transformation, and War: U.S. Counterinsurgency Operations in Anbar and Ninewa Provinces,

Iraq, 2005-2007 (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2011).

Energy Security and Global Politics: The Militarization of Resource Management (Ed., with Daniel Moran),

(New York: Routledge, 2009).

Globalization and WMD Proliferation: Terrorism, Transnational Networks, and International Security (Ed.,

with Jim Wirtz) (New York: Routledge, 2007).

Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: Directions and Policy Options in the New

Century, James A. Russell, Ed., (New York: Palgrave/MacMillan, 2006).

Critical Issues Facing the Middle East: Security, Politics and Economics, James A. Russell, Ed., (New

York: Palgrave/MacMillan, 2006).

Book Chapters

The Indian Ocean: Maritime Security and Global Order Personified, forthcoming in Daniel Moran and

James A. Russell, Eds., Maritime Strategy and Global Order (Washington: Georgetown University Press,

2013)

Into the Great Wadi: The United States and War in Afghanistan, forthcoming in Theo Farrell, Frans

Osinga and James A. Russell, Eds., Military Adaptation in the Afghanistan War (Palo Alto: Stanford

University Press, 2013)

Nuclear Proliferation and the Middle East s Security Dilemma: The Case of Saudi Arabia, forthcoming in

Jim Wirtz and Peter Lavoy, Eds., Over the Horizon Proliferation Threats (Palo Alto:

Stanford University Press, 2012)

Strategy, Foreign Policy and Climate Change: The Middle East in the Cross Hairs, in Robert E. Looney,

Ed., Handbook of Oil Politics (London and New York: Routledge, 2012) 121-134.

The Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and

Oman, in Daniel Moran, Ed., Climate Change and National Security: A Country-Level Analysis

(Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011) 163-176.

Regional Strategic Dynamics and the GCC s Shifting Fortunes: The Oil Boom Years, the Global Financial

Crisis and Beyond, (with Robert E. Looney), Human Resources and Development in the Arabian Gulf,

(Abu Dhabi, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2010) 303-338.

Proliferation in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East: Challenges for US Policy, in Robert E. Looney, Ed.,

Handbook of US-Middle East Relations: Formative Factors and Regional Perspectives (London and New

York: Routledge, 2009) 92-108.

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Innovation and War: The U.S. Military and the Iraq Insurgency, in Conflict and Insurgency in the

Contemporary Middle East, Barry Rubin, Ed., (New York: Routledge, 2009) 266-276.

Charting U.S. Security Strategy in the Persian Gulf, in Great Powers and Regional Orders: The United

States and the Persian Gulf, Markus Kaim, Ed., (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008) 35-52.

Ideas and Foreign Policy: The Future of U.S. Relations With the Middle East, in Europe and the Gulf,

Franco Zallio, Ed., (Milan: Instituto Per GLI Studi di Politica Internatzionale, 2007) 77-117.

Saudi Security in the 21st Century: The Nuclear Conundrum, in James A. Russell, Ed., Proliferation of

WMD in the Middle East: Directions and Policy Options in the New Century, (New York:

Palgrave/MacMillan, 2006) 115-132.

Strategy, Security and War in Iraq: The United States and the Gulf in the 21st Century, in Critical Issues

Facing the Middle East: Security, Politics and Economics, James A. Russell, Ed., (New York:

Palgrave/MacMillan 2006) 199-219.

Betting the 2006 Trifecta: Prospects for the United States in Iraq, Gulf Defence Yearbook, (Dubai: Gulf

Research Center, United Arab Emirates, 2006) 357-370.

Implementing the Nuclear Posture Review: Middle East Redux? in Nuclear Transformation: The New

U.S. Nuclear Doctrine, James J. Wirtz and Jeff Larsen, Eds., (New York: Palgrave/MacMillan, 2005) 239-

256.

Searching for a Post-Saddam Security Architecture, in Brian Loveman, Ed., Strategy for Empire: US

Regional Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era, (Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2004). 101-120.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Monographs

Innovation In War: Counterinsurgency Operations in Anbar and Ninewa Iraq, 2005-2007, Journal of

Strategic Studies 33, No. 4 (Fall 2010) 595-625.

Extended Deterrence, Security Guarantees and Nuclear Weapons: US Strategic and Policy Conundrums in

the Gulf, Perspectives on Extended Deterrence, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique, Recherches &

Documents No. 03/2010.

Environmental Security and Regional Stability in the Persian Gulf, Middle East Policy, 16, No. 5 (Winter

2009) 90-101.

Illicit Nuclear Procurement Networks and Nuclear Proliferation: Challenges for Intelligence, Detection,

and Interdiction, (with Jack Boureston), STAIR (St. Antony's International Review) 4, No. 2 (2009) 24-50.

Strategic Stability Reconsidered: Prospects for Escalation and Nuclear War in the Middle East,

Proliferation Papers 26, IFRI, Paris (Spring 2009).

A Tipping Point Realized? Nuclear Proliferation in the Persian Gulf and Middle East, Contemporary

Security Policy 29, No. 3 (December 2008) 521-537.

Regional Threats and Security Strategy: The Troubling Case of Today s Middle East, Strategic Studies

Institute, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA, November 2007.

"Whither Regional Security in a World Turned Upside Down," Middle East Policy 14, No. 2 (Summer

2007) 141-148.

Non State Actors and the 2016 Proliferation Environment: Looking Into the Abyss, Nonproliferation

Review 12, No. 3 (November 2006) 645-657.

Saudi Arabia in the 21st Century: A New Security Dilemma, Middle East Policy 12, No. 3 (Fall 2005) 64-

78.

Strategy, Policy and War with Iraq: The United States and the Persian Gulf in the 21st Century,

Cambridge Review of International Affairs 18, No. 2 (July 2005) 283-301.

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A Hard Day s Night? The United States and the Global War on Terrorism, (with Thomas Johnson),

Comparative Strategy 24, No. 2 (April-June 2005) 127-151.

Nuclear Strategy and the Modern Middle East, Middle East Policy 11, No. 3 (Fall 2004) 98-117.

A Quiet Revolution: The New US Nuclear Strategy, (with Jim Wirtz), Contemporary Security Policy 25,

No. 1 (April 2004) 91-108.

Strategic Implications of the Iraq Insurgency, Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol 8, No. 2

(June 2004) 48-55.

US Nuclear Strategy in the 21st Century, (with Jim Wirtz), Joint Forces Quarterly, No. 33 (Winter 2003-

2004) 7-14.

Searching for a Post-Saddam Regional Security Architecture, Middle East Review of International Affairs

7, No. 1 (March 2003) 23-37.

U.S. Policy on Preventive War and Preemption, (with Jim Wirtz), Nonproliferation Review, (Spring

2003)114-123.

Non Peer Reviewed Articles and Commentaries

Irregular Warfare: Future War and Defense Planning, Strategic Insights 10 (November 2011) 92-98.

The Militarization of energy Security, (With Daniel Moran) Strategic Insights 7, No. 1 (February 2008).

"Pouring More Arms into Iraq Risks Regional Conflagration," San Jose Mercury News, January 21, 2007.

Transformation Into What and Against Whom? The United States Navy and the 2006 Quadrennial Defense

Review, World Defence Systems 9, No. 1, Centre for Defence Studies, Kings College, University of

London.

Serious or Not on the Iraq War, Philadelphia Inquirer, November 27, 2006.

WMD Proliferation, Globalization, and National Security: Whither the Nexus and National Security?

Strategic Insights 5, No. 6 (July 2006).

Maritime Security in the Gulf: Addressing the Terrorist Threat, Security & Terrorism Research Bulletin,

Issue No. 2, Gulf Research Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2006.

Formation of the Iraqi Political System: Role of the GCC, November 2003, Emirates Center for Strategic

Studies and Research Lecture Series #46, November 2003, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Storytelling and Terrorism: Towards a Comprehensive Counter-Narrative Strategy, (with William D.

Casebeer), Strategic Insights 4, No. 3 (March 2005).

Saddam s Capture and the New Political Order, Strategic Insights 3, No. 1 (January 2004)

In Defense of the Nation: Reform and Terror in Saudi Arabia, Strategic Insights 2, No. 10 (October 2003)

Occupation of Iraq: Geostrategic and Institutional challenges, Strategic Insights 2, No. 8 (August 2003).

Political and Economic Transition on the Arabian Peninsula: Perils and Prospects, Strategic Insights 2,

No. 5 (May 2003).

Removal of Saddam: End of An Era, Strategic Insights 2, No. 2 (February 2003).

Odium of the Mesopotamia Entanglement, Strategic Insights 1, No. 8 (October 2002).

Deconstructing the US-Saudi Partnership?, Strategic Insights 1, No. 7 (September 2002).

Nuclear Weapons, War with Iraq, and US Security Strategy in the Middle East, Strategic Insights 1, No. 6

( August 2002) (with Jim Wirtz).

WMD Proliferation and Conventional Counterforce: The Case of Iraq, Strategic Insights 1, No. 5 (July

2002).

Shibboleth Slaying in a Post-Saddam Iraq, Strategic Insights 1, No. 4 (June 2002).

A Quiet Revolution: The New Nuclear Triad, Strategic Insights, May 2002 (with Jim Wirtz).

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Negative Security Assurances and the Nuclear Posture Review, Strategic Insights 1, No. 5,( July 2002)

(with Jim Wirtz).

Conference Papers

Holy Wars and Holy Waters: US Naval Strategy in the Persian Gulf, International Studies Association

Annual Conference, March 19, 2009.

Innovation in War: U.S. Counterinsurgency Operations in Anbar, 2006-2007, British International Studies

Association Conference, December 18, 2008

The Militarization of Energy Security, International Studies Association Annual Conference, March 27,

2008.

Innovation in War: Theoretical Frames and Issues, British International Studies Association Conference,

December 14, 2007.

A Tipping Point Realized? Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East, American Political Science

Association Annual Conference, September 1, 2007.

Framing Indications and Warning, Globalization, and WMD Proliferation, International Studies

Association Annual Conference, March 3, 2007.

Deconstructing the 5th Wave: Implications for the Long War and Grand Strategy, International Studies

Association Annual Conference, March 24, 2006.

Nuclear Strategy and the Modern Middle East, International Studies Association Annual Conference,

March 22, 2005.

Contract Papers (not publicly released)

Reform and Governance in the Gulf States, Washington, DC, May 2004

Saudi Arabia 2008, Washington, DC, August 2003

Book Reviews

Mark Moyar, A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq (New Haven: Yale

University Press, 2009) in Political Science Quarterly 125, No. 3 (Winter 2010-2011).

Sean Foley, The Arab Gulf States: Beyond Oil and Islam, published in Middle East Journal, Fall 2010.

David Ucko, The New Counterinsurgency Era, published in Defence Studies, Fall 2010

Stephen Biddle, Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle in Journal of Cold War

Studies 9, No. 4 (Fall 2007): 125 127.

Michael Knights, Cradle of Conflict: Iraq and the Rebirth of the Modern U.S. Military, The Journal of

Middle East Studies 39 (2007).

Daryl Press, Calculating Credibility: How Leaders Assess Military Threats, Contemporary Security Policy

(December 2006).

Ran Edelist and David Arbel, Western Intelligence and the Collapse of the Soviet Union, Journal of Cold

War Studies (Fall 2005).

Book Review Essay, Roger Barnett, Asymmetrical Warfare: Today s Challenge to U.S. Military Power,

Naval War College Review (Winter 2004)

Ivan Eland, Putting Defense Back into U.S. Defense Policy, Political Science Quarterly (Summer 2002)

Max Boot, The Savage Wars of Peace, Journal of Cold War Studies (June 2004).

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Professional Duties and Associations

International Studies Association

Society of Military History

Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society

Board of Governors, International Security and Arms Control Section, American Political Science

Association

Program Chair, ISAC/ISSS Annual Conference, Insecurity and Durable Disorder: Challenges to the State

in An Age of Anxiety, October 15-17, 2009, Monterey, CA.

Dr. Russell has served as a peer referee for articles submitted to the following journals:

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Nonproliferation Review

Intelligence and National Security

Public Administration Review

Journal of Strategic Studies

Review of International Studies

Political Science Quarterly

Contemporary Security Policy

Dr. Russell has served as a manuscript reviewer for the following presses:

Stanford University Press

Routledge

Courses Taught For

Department of National Security Affairs

Naval Postgraduate School

2001-2012

NS 3230, Strategy and Defense Planning

NS 3320, US foreign Policy in the Middle East

NS 3363, Politics and Security in the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula

NS 4310, Seminar in Middle East Security

NS 4801, International Terrorism

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