By: John P. Woog, Reporter Professor R. Nick Palarino joined the Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies in 2008 as an Adjunct Professor and was shortly thereafter invited to join the Core Faculty as a Visiting Professor of the Practice. His areas of expertise are terrorism and counterterrorism, international relations, the US military, and the … Continue reading Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with R. Nick Palarino, SSP Visiting Professor of the Practice

Photo Credit: Georgetown University By: John P. Woog, Reporter On September 16, US Secretary of State John F. Kerry engaged in a midday conversation at Georgetown University with students from over 50 countries, declaring our oceans a top global security issue. Secretary Kerry described how climate change, pollution, food security, energy needs, refugee issues, and … Continue reading Our Oceans: A Top Global Security Policy Priority

By Milica Cosic, Reporter Professor Daniel Kaniewski joined Georgetown’s Security Studies Program in 2013 as an adjunct professor teaching SEST-710. He has been Mission Area Director at the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute since 2012. Additionally, he is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University, a … Continue reading Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Daniel Kaniewski, SSP Adjunct Professor

By Milica Cosic, Reporter Professor Scott W. Harold joined Georgetown’s Security Studies Program as an adjunct professor in 2006, and has since taught courses on international relations theory and security in Asia, as well as the research seminar. He joined the RAND Corporation in 2008 as a specialist in Chinese foreign policy, East Asian security, … Continue reading Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Scott Harold, SSP Adjunct Professor

By: Cillian Muldoon, Reporter Patrick G. Eddington is a policy analyst in homeland security and civil liberties at the Cato Institute. Eddington received a B.A. in International Affairs from Missouri State University in 1985 and his M.A. in National Security Studies from Georgetown University in 1992. He spent 11 years in the US Army Reserve … Continue reading Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Patrick Eddington, SSP Adjunct Assistant Professor

Photo Credit: ForeignPolicyNews.org By Milica Cosic and Brian Wickizer, Reporters On April 14, 2016, Dr. Timothy Heath joined the Center for Security Studies (CSS) lunch series to discuss the evolution of the Chinese Communist Party. Dr. Heath is a senior international defense research analyst at the RAND Corporation specializing in China's national strategy, politics, ideology, … Continue reading China’s New Governing Paradigm: A Discussion with Dr. Timothy Heath

By Brian Wickizer, Reporter Dr. Ariane Tabatabai is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program. Dr. Tabatabai came to Georgetown University from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, where she was an Associate in the Belfer Center's International Security Program and Project … Continue reading Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. Ariane Tabatabai, SSP Assistant Professor

By: Olga Novitsky, Reporter Adam S. Lovinger is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service, McCourt School of Public Policy, and McDonough School of Business. He is a strategist in the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment (ONA) providing direct support on long-term strategy to the Secretary of Defense. Before assuming his … Continue reading Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Professor Adam Lovinger, SSP Adjunct Professor

By: Brian Wickizer, Reporter Dr. Natalie Goldring is an Adjunct Professor in the Security Studies Program and a Research Fellow with the Center for Security Studies. She has written extensively on conventional and nuclear weapons, the international arms trade, non-proliferation, and small arms and light weapons. She is also the UN Consultant for the Acronym Institute, … Continue reading Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. Natalie Goldring, SSP Adjunct Professor

By: Cillian Muldoon, Reporter Truls Tønnessen joins the Center for Security Studies as a Visiting Research Fellow. He is on a year-long rotation from the Terrorism Research Group at the Norwegian Defense Research Institute (FFI). Truls holds a Bachelors, Masters, and PhD from the University of Oslo. His Master’s thesis, entitled “Islamisation of the Egyptian … Continue reading Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Truls Tønnessen, Visiting Research Fellow