- Master of Arts
- Security Policy Studies
Master of Arts in Security Policy StudiesA World Class FacultyElliott School faculty include internationally recognized authorities in defense, foreign policy, and national security. A partial list of faculty at GW who teach courses in the Security Policy Studies program includes: Joanna SpearDirector of the Security Policy Studies Program Dr. Joanna Spear is the Director of the Security Policy Studies Program and the United States Foreign Policy Institute at The George Washington University. Between 1996 and 2003 she was a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Graduate Research Program in the Department of War Studies, King's College London. She previously taught at the Universities of Sheffield, York and Birmingham. She was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University (1993-5) and a Visiting Scholar at the Brookings Institution (1999). She completed her ESRC-funded PhD at the University of Southampton and has an MSc from Southampton and a BA from Staffordshire. An expert on U.S. arms sales policies, U.S. counter-proliferation policies and transatlantic relations, Dr Spear is the author of Carter and Arms Sales and The Changing Political Economy of the Defense Trade, and has written numerous chapters in books and articles. Her research interests also include the global defense trade and post-conflict reconstruction.
Spike BowmanPart-time faculty Mr. Bowman currently serves in the Senior Executive Service as Senior Counsel (National Security Law), Federal Bureau of Investigation. In this position he is primarily responsible for legal issues arising from traditional and economic espionage and international and domestic terrorism. He also provides advice on international organized crime and threats to the information and other critical infrastructure of the United States. Mr. Bowman is a graduate of Willamette University (B.A.), the University of Wisconsin (M.A.), the University of Idaho (J.D., Cum Laude) and The George Washington University (LL.M., International and Comparative Law, With Highest Honors). Randy B. CheekPart-time faculty Prof. Cheek is a Senior Fellow and African Analyst at the Wargaming and Simulation Center, Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. He recently returned to NDU after spending the summer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, as Regional Director for Central Africa. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Bradley University in History and Geography. He attended Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, with a Master's degree in International Relations and International Economics. Mr. Cheek served in the United States Air Force as an ICBM Minuteman Launch Control Officer. He participated in developing architectural design studies for Phase I and II feasibility studies for the Strategic Defense Initiative in the mid-1980's. Mr. Cheek served 11 years at the Department of State Foreign Service Institute, working on long-range strategic planning, global issues, and policy simulations. He joined the staff at the Wargaming and Simulation Center in 1999, and travels to sub-Saharan Africa several times each year in that capacity conducting research. Mr. Cheek has published articles on non-traditional and transnational threats to security and stability in Africa in several journals, including most recently, "Playing God with HIV - Rationing HIV Treatment in Southern Africa," in African Security Review, and "A Generation at Risk - HIV Orphans and Security in Southern Africa," in Conflict Trends. Dr. Emily Cole-BayerAssistant Professional Lecturer Dr. Cole-Bayer is the Coordinator of Evaluation for the Charles County Public Schools in LaPlata, Maryland. She has previously served as the Psychometrician/Statistician for the Charles County Public Schools and as a Statistical Consultant to The Amateur Athletic Union and The President's Challenge National Youth Physical Fitness Program at Indiana University. She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire (B.S.), Oregon State University (M.A.) and Indiana University (PhD). Prof. Heather FeltonPart-time Faculty Dr. Felton is an Associate Foreign Policy Analyst at RAND Corporation in Arlington, Virginia. She is a graduate of Colorado State University (B.A.), the University of Chicago (M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies, M.A. Islamic History and PhD in Islamic History). She was also a fellow at the Center for Arabic Studies Abroad at the American University in Cairo. George FidasFull Time Faculty George C. Fidas is an Adjunct Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs and a Visiting Professor at the Joint Military Intelligence College. Previously, he had held several positions in the Intelligence Community over the course of a 31-year career. His final tour was that of Director for Outreach in the Office of the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production, where his responsibilities included increasing the nexus between the Intelligence Community and knowledge communities outside the government. Prior to taking that position, he served as Intelligence Officer-in-Residence at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs where he taught seminars on Intelligence and National Security, Transnational Security Issues, and the Mediterranean Region. Prior to his tour at the Elliott School, he served as Deputy and later Acting National Intelligence Officer for Economics and Global Issues on the National Intelligence Council. Earlier he held several analytical and managerial positions at the Central Intelligence Agency and also served tours in the State Department's Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs and as the DCI faculty representative to the National Defense University. He has written extensively about Balkan affairs and transnational issues, including health and environmental security, and international migration. Mr. Fidas received a BA and a MA in political science from the University of Rhode Island and did additional graduate work in international affairs at the University of Maryland. He was awarded the Commander's Medal by the National Defense University and received several awards at the CIA and the National Intelligence Council, including the Career Intelligence Medal.
Martha FinnemoreAssociate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Professor Finnemore's first book, National Interests in International Society, explores ways in which international organizations teach countries to redefine their interests and pursue new goals. She is just completing a book on changing patterns of military intervention in world politics (forthcoming Cornell University Press). Her current research examines difficulties in managing our current system of global governance and is entitled "The Power and Pathologies of International Organizations."
Adina FriedmanAssistant Professor of International Affairs Adina Friedman completed her PhD at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. She holds an MA in Middle East History from Tel Aviv University, Israel, an MS in Peace & Development Research from Goteborg University, Sweden. Adina has taught courses on different aspects of conflict analysis and resolution at a number of universities: Introduction to Conflict and Conflict Resolution; Understanding Protracted Conflict (the Elliott School for International Affairs, George Washington University); Introduction to Conflict Analysis & Resolution (George Mason University); Ethnic & Religious Dimensions of Conflict (University for Peace in Costa Rica); Intermediary Roles & Practice (Eastern Mennonite University); Innovative Strategies for Change: Civil Society, Peacebuilding and Development (American University); The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A View from Within (Dickinson College; Alaska Pacific, George Mason University; George Washington University; The Middle East Institute). Adina's geographical expertise and main interests lie in the Middle East, and particularly the Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. She has lived, traveled, studied and worked extensively in the region and speaks Arabic and Hebrew fluently. Projects Adina has worked on in Israel-Palestine (West Bank & Gaza), Jordan, and Egypt entailed cooperation in fields of refugees, education/academics, culture, development, environment/health, and peace & coexistence. In addition, Adina has participated in international projects and conferences dealing with conflict resolution, identity issues, dialogue and coexistence in Moldova, Estonia, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, Spain, Norway and Sweden and has published a number of articles, encyclopedia entries and book chapters on these subjects. Leon S. FuerthResearch Professor of International Affairs Professor Fuerth has served as a Foreign Service Officer, a senior staff member in theHouse Select Committee on Intelligence, and a foreign affairs aide to Al Gore, includingeight years as the National Security Advisor to the Vice President. He was a Shapiro Visiting Professor at the Elliott School, and is now a Research Professor.
Dr. Henry GaffneyProfessorial Lecturer Dr. Gaffney is the Director of the Strategy and Concepts Team in the Center for Stra�tegic Studies at The Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). He has been at CNA since 1990, spe�cializing in broad studies of the evolving world security environment. He recently completed a major study of the American Way of War and its Transformation, and has done a report for the National Intelligence Council on the Changing Nature of Warfare Through 2020. Dr. Gaffney served for 28 years in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense prior to join�ing The CNA Corporation. He spent more than twelve years working on NATO matters, particularly NATO nuclear weapons matters. After two years of working directly on Middle East matters, he spent most of the 1980's as the Director of Plans in the Defense Security Assistance Agency, which managed U.S. arms sales and security assistance pro�grams throughout the world. Dr. Gaffney received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his doctorate from Columbia University, where he specialized in the politics of the developing areas. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1959, on destroyers in the Pacific. LTC James GavrilisPart-time Faculty Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilis is a career US Army Special Forces Officer. He has commanded the 3rd and 5th Special Forces Groups (Airborne) and in the US Army Special Operations Command (Airborne). He has served overseas in Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East, in training, peacekeeping, and combat operations. His 16 years of military education and service in the Infantry and Special Forces has focused on low intensity conflict, unconventional warfare, and counterinsurgency. Over the last four years, he has conducted extensive area and strategic studies, and has commanded and directed operations in the field focused on urban unconventional warfare, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and counter-proliferation in Iraq and in other parts of the Middle East. During his previous assignment he commanded a large special operations force in Iraq through the initiation of hostilities, major combat operations, and into the civil administration that followed. He recently returned from his second tour in Iraq where he was responsible for the planning and execution of multi-national, multi-agency, and joint counterinsurgency and counter-terrorist operations, and for directing all US Army Special Forces teams conducting counterinsurgency operations throughout the country. His most recent assignment in Iraq enabled Lieutenant Colonel Gavrilis to practice counterinsurgency on the ground and develop first hand knowledge and experience in combat. James M. GoldgeierAssociate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies Professor Goldgeier has been working on NATO, Russia, and missile defense during the past year. In the spring, he wrote a series of pieces on missile defense with Ivo Daalder and Jim Lindsay of the Brookings Institution. These included an article in the spring issue of Survival. Professor Goldgeier is currently writing a book for Brookings with Mike McFaul of the Carnegie Endowment and Stanford on U.S. policy toward Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. This year, he is directing European Studies and Russian and East European Studies at the Elliott School.
James HershbergAssociate Professor of History and International Affairs Professor Hershberg's current research concentrates on the international history of the Cold War, with particular attention to integrating newly-available sources and archives from the former communist world with sources, both newly-declassified and previously available, from U.S. and Western archives. Specifically, he is working on manuscripts relating to the international politics and diplomacy of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and US-Chinese relations. Professor Hershberg works closely with two connected research projects, the National Security Archive at GWU, and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project.
Karl F. InderfurthProfessor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director, International Affairs Program Ambassador Inderfurth served as Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs (1997-2001), Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State for Global Humanitarian Demining (1997-98) and U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs to the United Nations, with ambassadorial rank, where he also served as Deputy U.S. Representative on the U.N. Security Council (1993-1997). Ambassador Inderfurth has worked as a national security and Moscow Correspondent for ABC News (1981-91) and received an Emmy Award in 1983. He has also served on the staffs of the Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committees and the National Security Council. Along with Professor Loch K. Johnson, he co-authored Decisions of the Highest Order: Perspectives on the National Security Council (1988) and is a frequent op/ed contributor and commentator in the national media.
Stuart JohnsonDistinguished Visiting Scholar, National Defense University Professor Johnson currently directs a study program on the impact of technology on defense and national security strategy. Prior to that he was Director of International Security Programs at the RAND Corporation from 1997 through 2002 where he managed a program of studies and analyses for the US Department of Defense and for allied Ministries of Defense. Other key aspects of his program included analysis of programs to protect the critical infrastructure of the United States and its allies. From 1988 through 1996 he was Director of Research at the Institute of National Strategic Studies (National Defense University). Prior to that he served as Director of Systems Analysis at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
James A. LewisPart Time Faculty James Andrew Lewis is a senior fellow and director of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy program. Before joining CSIS, he was a career diplomat who worked on a range of national security issues during his federal service. Lewis's extensive diplomatic and regulatory experience includes negotiations on military basing in Southeast Asia, the Cambodia Peace Process, the Five Power Talks on Arms Transfer Restraint, the Wassenaar Arrangement, and several bilateral agreements on security and technology. Lewis was the head of delegation, Wassenaar Experts Group for advanced civil and military technologies, and a political adviser to U.S. Southern Command (for Just Cause), to U.S. Central Command (for Desert Shield), and to the U.S. Central American Task Force. He was responsible for the 1993 redrafting of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the 1997 regulations implementing the Wassenaar Agreement, numerous regulations on high-performance computing and satellites, and the 1999 and 2000 regulations liberalizing U.S. controls on encryption products. His current research involves digital identity, innovation, military space, and China's information technology industry. In 2004, Lewis was elected the first chairman of the Electronic Authentication Partnership, an association of companies, nonprofits, and government organizations that develops rules for federated authentication. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1984. John M. LogsdonProfessor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director, Space Policy Institute Professor Logsdon is currently working on activities that cover the past, present, and future of U.S. space activities. One is a comprehensive look at John F. Kennedy and the U.S. Space Program. The now-available record shows that JFK would have much preferred to cooperate with the Soviet Union in space rather than run the space race to the moon. He is also working on a book on the History of U.S.-European Relations in Space. Professor Logsdon is frequently asked to comment on current issues in space policy by the electronic and print media, and submit occasional op-eds on those issues. He is finishing a look on the evolution of space activities in Europe, and the implications of that evolution for U.S. interests.
Henry R. NauProfessor of Political Science and International Affairs Professor Nau currently directs the U.S.-Japan Economic Agenda, a research and public policy forum at the Elliott School. He is the author of the widely read book, The Myth of America's Decline (1990), and most recently, Trade and Security: US Policies at Cross- Purposes (1995). Professor Nau is currently completing a new book on American foreign policy in the post- Cold War world, supported by grants from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the The Century Foundation.
Jerrold M. PostProfessor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs and Director, Political Psychology Program Dr. Post has devoted his entire career to the field of political psychology. Dr. Post came to George Washington after a 21 year career with the U.S. government where he founded and directed the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior, an interdisciplinary behavioral science unit which provided assessments of foreign leadership and decision making for the President and other senior officials to prepare for Summit meetings and other high level negotiations and for use in crisis situations. He played the lead role in developing the Camp David profiles of Menchem Begin and Anwar Sadat for President Jimmy Carter, and initiated the U.S. government program in understanding the psychology of terrorism and political violence. In recognition of his leadership, Dr. Post was awarded a Civilian Medal of Merit in 1979. He has published widely on crisis decision-making, leadership, and on the psychology of political violence and terrorism. He is co-author of a study of the politics of illness in high office, When Illness Strikes the Leader: The Dilemma of the Captive King (Yale University Press, 1993; paper, 1995), and Political Paranoia: The Psychopolitics of Hatred (Yale 1997).
Bruce PowersAdjunct Professor of the Practice of International Affairs Recently retired from a long and rewarding career, Professor Powers worked for the Navy on the Planning, Programming, Budgeting System (PPBS) across from the Department of Defense. The Navy is currently revitalizing the 'Planning' part of that process, and he had a leading hand in getting that done. Professor Powers lead a team of 20 naval officers and civilians who use the tools and techniques of analysis to address issues of future force structure in U.S. naval forces, and also technology. He also built a range of analytical tools used to assess joint performance in campaigns the U.S. may face; the Navy is the first military service headquarters to have this capability. Because of the very practical nature of this work, Professor Powers' courses at GWU have a very practical bent and content. Brad RobertsPart Time Faculty and Member, Research Staff Strategy, Forces, and Resources Division Institute for Defense Analyses Brad Roberts is a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia. He participates in studies for the Department of Defense and other government sponsors on issues related to the proliferation and control of weapons of mass destruction and on NBC counterterrorism. He joined IDA in September 1995, having served previously for 12 years at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., with twin appointments as research fellow in international security studies and as editor of The Washington Quarterly. Dr. Roberts is the author or editor of more than 100 publications, including journal articles in periodicals such as International Security, Survival, and The Washington Quarterly, and numerous books. Dr. Roberts has a BA from Stanford University, an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
James N. RosenauUniversity Professor of International Affairs Professor Rosenau holds a distinguished rank that is reserved for the few scholar- teachers whose recognition in the academic community transcends the usual academic boundaries. Dr. Rosenau is a renowned international political theorist with a record of publication and professional service that is acknowledged worldwide. His scholarship has focused on the dynamics of change in world politics and the overlap of domestic and foreign affairs, resulting in more than 35 books and 160 articles. His most recent publications include Thinking Theory Thoroughly: Coherent Approaches to an Incoherent World (2000), Along the Domestic-Foreign Frontier: Exploring Governance in a Turbulent World (1997), Global Voices (1993), Governance without Government (1991), and Turbulence in World Politics: A Theory of Change and Continuity (1990).
Rhea SiersPart Time Faculty Rhea Siers has worked in the Intelligence Community for over 20 years in a variety of positions ranging from intelligence analysis to and legal and policy issues. Ms. Siers was named a 2005 Senior Fellow at the GW Homeland Security Policy Institute. Her areas of interest include Information Sharing and Collaboration, Counterterrorism, and Network Analysis. She is also involved in research involving the nexus between crime and terrorism, particularly in the area of Intellectual Property Crime. Ms. Siers is a graduate of Barnard College (Columbia University) and received a Masters degree in International Affairs from the London School of Economics. She was a Deans Fellow in Criminal Law at the Washington College of Law (American University) where she received her law degree. Ms. Siers was an honors graduate fellow at the Elliott School of International Affairs where she received a Masters degree in International Policy and Practice with a concentration in Transnational Security issues.
Ronald H. SpectorProfessor of History and International Affairs Dr. Spector has served in various government positions and on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1967-1969 and 1983-1984, and was the first civilian to become Director of Naval History and the head of the Naval Historical Center. He has served on the faculties of LSU, Alabama and Princeton and has been a senior Fulbright lecturer in India and Israel. In 1995-1996 he was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Strategy at the Naval War College and was the Distinguished Guest Professor at Keio University, Tokyo in 2000. At the Elliott School Spector offers undergraduate and graduate courses on US-East Asia Relations, World War II, and the Vietnam War as well as a graduate seminar on Naval history and one on strategy. His most recent publications are After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam; Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan; and At War At Sea all of which were Book-Of-The-Month Club and History Book Club selections.
Samuel SpiwakAdjunct Professor Samuel Spiwak is Senior Strategic Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean, Virginia. He has served as an active duty intelligence officer in the United States Air Force, including a tour at the USAF Weapons School. Captain Spiwak is currently writing and preparing to defend his PhD dissertation on hegemonic foreign policy and international relations theory at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. In addition, he holds a Master of Arts in International Studies (focusing on international security) from the University of Denver, a Master of Arts in Security Policy Studies (with concentrations in National Security Policy and Defense Policy Analysis) from the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science in Multidisciplinary Studies (majoring in National Security and Defense Studies) from North Carolina State University. He has presented scholarly papers and served as a subject matter expert on roundtable discussions at academic and military conferences across North America. Moreover, Mr. Spiwak served as Civilian Instructor in the Department of Military Strategic Studies at the United States Air Force Academy and has presented a series of guest lectures on intelligence and international relations at the University of Arkansas (Little Rock).
Sam J. TangrediPart Time Faculty Sam J. Tangredi is a captain in the U.S. Navy and a senior military fellow in the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, where he also served as a member of the NDU 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review Working Group. His previous assignment was as the head of the Strategy and Concepts Branch, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. His most recent publications include All Possible Wars? Toward a Consensus View of the Future Security Environment, 2001-2025 (Washington, DC: National Defense University Press, 2000). Dr. Paul WilliamsVisiting Associate Professor of International Affairs Paul D. Williams (Ph.D. Wales 2001) is Visiting Associate Professor of International Affairs and Associate Director of the Security Policy Studies Program. He specializes in issues of conflict resolution, international peacekeeping and Africa's international relations. He is the author of British Foreign Policy under New Labour, 1997-2005 (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005), coauthor of Understanding Peacekeeping (Polity, 2004), and co-editor of Africa in International Politics (Routledge, 2004) and Peace Operations and Global Order (Routledge, 2005). His articles have been published in such journals as International Security, International Affairs, Security Dialogue, International Peacekeeping, Contemporary Security Policy, African Affairs and Political Studies. His research has been funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy, and the Australian Research Council. Professor Williams teaches courses on conflict resolution, contemporary peace operations, and conflict in Africa. William WiseAdjunct Professor Col. Wise received his MA from the University of Hawaii in 1974. He served for 30 years in the USAF, where he held many high level policy positions, before retiring in 1997. He is presently President of the Sorrento Group, a private consulting firm.
Robert O. WorkPart Time Faculty During a distinguished 27-year career in the Marine Corps, Robert Work held a range of key command, leadership, and management positions. He also holds advanced degrees from the US Naval Postgraduate School, the University of Southern California, and The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Judith YapheAdjunct Professor Dr. Yaphe is also one of the country's leading scholars on Iraq, Iran, the Gulf and Islam. As a Senior Research Fellow and Middle East Project Director at INSS, she has authored two recent NDU press books on security issues in the Middle East region: Strategic Implications of a Nuclear-Armed Iran, and The Middle East in 2015: The Impact of Regional Trends on U.S. Strategic Planning, and a number of articles and monographs on strategic issues in the Gulf region. Prior to her stay with INSS, Dr. Yaphe was, for 20 years, a senior analyst on Middle Eastern and Persian Gulf issues in the Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis, Directorate of Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence agency. She served as senior political analyst on Iraq and the Gulf, for which she received the Intelligence Medal of Commendation. Dr. Yaphe's doctorate is in Middle Eastern History from the University of Illinois, with a dissertation on The Arab Revolt in Iraq, 1916-1920. She has taught at the University of Illinois and Goucher College, in addition to the Elliott School. |
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