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Phil M. Haun, Ph.D.

Dean Dean of Academics
Col., U.S. Air Force, Retired
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Biography

Phil Haun joined the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College in January 2016 as Dean of Academics. His areas of scholarly and professional expertise are coercion, deterrence, air power theory, strategy, international relations, and security studies. Phil served for 29 years as an active duty U.S. Air Force officer and A-10 pilot with combat tours in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. He commanded an operational A-10 squadron. He is a research affiliate with MIT’s Security Studies Program.

Contact Information

(401) 856-5301

Areas of Expertise

  • Aerospace
  • Air Defense
  • Air Warfare
  • Deterrence
  • Foreign Policy
  • International Relations
  • Military Theory
  • National Security
  • Operational Warfare
  • Vietnam War
  • WWII

Professional Highlights

2016

Dean of Academics, U.S. Naval War College

2014

Professor of Aerospace Studies, Yale University

2009

Senior Air Force Advisor, U.S. Naval War College

Education

Ph.D., MIT, International Relations

M.A., Vanderbilt University, Economics

A.B., Harvard University, Engineering Science

C.V. or Resume

Related Credentials

National Security Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

School of Advanced Air and Space Power Studies, Maxwell AFB, AL

U.S. Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV

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