Nicholas J. Myers is a postdoctoral fellow in the Strategy and Policy Department of the U.S. Naval War College. He received his Ph.D. and master's degrees from the University of Glasgow, where he researched the intersection of Russian foreign and military policies and war studies respectively. He received a B.S.F.S from Georgetown University. He designed and oversaw the execution of wargames on NATO's eastern flank and the Indo-Pacific for the Potomac Foundation and continues to develop wargames with the Glasgow Wargaming Initiative. He serves as a senior fellow for the Strategy and Future think tank in Warsaw on the security dynamics of Central Europe.