I am an Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy at the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. During Fall 2017 and Winter 2018, I will be on sabbatical as an inaugural fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2011. I am also a Senior Associate at the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG).