Michael J. Maher
Professor National Security Affairs
Biography
Professor Michael J. Maher is the Central Intelligence Agency's representative to the U.S. Naval War College and the George H. W. Bush Chair of National Intelligence. He teaches policy analysis in the National Security Affairs Department and electives on intelligence. In more than 26 years of U.S. Government service, he has served in a number of senior roles, including as an editor of the President's Daily Brief, chief of the Open Source Element at the U.S. European Command, and most recently as a senior digital expert in CIA's Directorate of Digital Innovation.
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Areas of Expertise
- Asia-Pacific
- Cyber Warfare
- Intel
Professional Highlights
Central Intelligence Agency's Representative to the U.S. Naval War College and the George H. W. Bush Chair of National Intelligence
Senior Digital Expert in CIA's Directorate of Digital Innovation
Chief of the Open Source Element at the U.S. European Command
Education
M.A., U.S. Naval War College, National Security and Strategic Studies
M.Phil., University of Cambridge, International Relations
B.A., Georgetown University, History
Professional Certificate, Georgetown University, Cybersecurity Strategy
Executive Education Program, Harvard Kennedy School, National Security, Technology, and Commerce
Professor Maher has also studied Japanese intensively at Keio University and at Nanzan University and German at the Goethe-Institut in Frankfurt and in Munich.
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