Theo Milonopoulos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor National Security Affairs
Biography
Theo Milonopoulos, Ph.D., researches decision making, civil-military relations and emerging technologies. His work has been supported by the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House, the Smith Richardson Foundation and the Clements Center for National Security. He has held positions at the RAND Corporation, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Center for New American Security, the Center for International Security and Cooperation, and the Hoover Institution, where he was a lead research assistant to Condoleezza Rice. A graduate of Stanford University, he earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University and M.A. at King's College London, where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar.
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Areas of Expertise
- Civil-Military Relations
- Deterrence
- Foreign Policy
- GWOT
- International Relations
- Military Technology
- National Security
- Nuclear
- Vietnam War
Professional Highlights
Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs
Postdoctoral Fellow, Perry World House
Predoctoral Fellow, Clements Center for National Security
Summer Associate, RAND Corporation
Research Assistant to Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University, Political Science
M.A., King's College London, War Studies, with Distinction
B.A., Stanford University, Political Science, with Honors
Research Contributions and Publications
“Boots on the Ground, Eyes in the Sky: How Commercial Satellites are Upending Conflict”
Co-authored with Erik Lin-Greenberg
Foreign Affairs Online, 2022
“Private Eyes in the Sky: Emerging Technology and the Political Consequences of Eroding Government Secrecy”
Co-authored with Erik Lin-Greenberg
Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2021
“Annotating Without Anxiety: Achieving Adaptability, Accessibility, and Accountability Through ATI”
PS: Political Science & Politics, 2021
“Private Eyes in the Sky: How Commercial Satellites Are Transforming Intelligence”
Co-authored with Erik Lin-Greenberg
Foreign Affairs Online, 2021
“Commercial Satellites – Not U.S. Intelligence – Revealed China’s Missile Program”
Co-authored with Erik Lin-Greenberg
The Washington Post, "The Monkey Cage," 2021
“How Close Did the United States Actually Get to Using Nuclear Weapons in Vietnam in 1968?”
War on the Rocks, 2018
“Clausewitz as ‘The Last Jedi’? Culminating Points of Victory, Civil-Military Relations, and Strategy in Star Wars”
War on the Rocks, 2017
Awards and Decorations
Smith Richardson Foundation World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship
2019-2021
International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network (IPSCON) Junior Scholar
2020-2021
Columbia Experimental Laboratory in the Social Sciences (with Erik Lin-Greenberg)
2019
LBJ Foundation Moody Research Grant
2018
Eisenhower Foundation Library Travel Grant
2018
Charles Koch Foundation Dissertation Grant
2018
Columbia Global Policy Initiative Graduate Research Award
2017
Simon O’Dwyer Russell Prize
Department of War Studies, King’s College London
2012
J. William Fulbright Scholarship for Study in the United Kingdom
2011-2012
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