Richard L. Russell

Richard L. Russell is Professor of National Security Affairs at the National Defense University's Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. He also holds appointments as Adjunct Associate Professor in the Security Studies Program and Research Associate in the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Russell previously taught American foreign policy, security studies, and international relations for the University of California at Berkeley, George Washington University, and the University of Virginia, respectively. He also served seventeen years as a political-military analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, where Russell analyzed security issues in the Middle East and Europe. He received numerous CIA Exceptional Performance Awards, two of which were for his work during the 1990-91 Gulf war and the 1999 Kosovo war.

Russell has published widely in the fields of international relations, American foreign policy, security studies, intelligence, and Middle Eastern security. He is the author of three books: Sharpening Strategic Intelligence: Why the CIA Gets It Wrong and What Needs to be Done to Get It Right (Cambridge University Press, 2007); Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East: Strategic Contest (Routledge, 2005); and George F. Kennan's Strategic Thought: The Making of an American Political Realist (Praeger, 1999). His articles have appeared in Contemporary Security Policy, Diplomacy & Statecraft, European Security, Intelligence and National Security, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Middle East Policy, Middle East Review of International Affairs, Military Review, Naval War College Review, Orbis, Parameters, Policy Review, Political Science Quarterly, SAIS Review, Strategic Review, Survival, The American Interest, The Journal of Strategic Studies, The Middle East Journal, and The National Interest. He also has contributed numerous chapters to edited books on intelligence and security studies.

Russell frequently appears in the media. His expertise has been cited in leading newspapers and magazines to include the Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, National Review, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, The New Republic, and The Weekly Standard. His opinion editorials and commentaries have appeared in Foreign Affairs,  Foreign Policy, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Times. He also has been interviewed by ABC News, CNN, National Public Radiom and Voice of America.

Russell holds a Ph.D. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He can be contacted at russellr@ndu.edu or (202) 685-2163. (September 2007)

Course(s) taught:

SEST-500: Theory & Practice of Security, Fall 2008

SEST-500: Theory & Practice of Security, Spring 2009

Publication(s):

China's WMD Foot in the Greater Middle East's Door, Middle East Review of International Affairs, 2005

Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East: Strategic Contest, Routledge, 2005

Fading Fast: Langley, We Have a Problem, New York Times, 2006

Oil for Missiles, Opinion Journal, Wall Street Journal, 2006

What Are the U.S. Military Options Against Iran?, ABC News, 2006

Sharpening Strategic Intelligence: Why the CIA Gets It Wrong and What Needs to be Done to Get It Right, Cambridge University Press, 2007

Expertise:
American Foreign Policy, strategic studies, intelligence, Middle Eastern, European and Asian security

Address:

Telephone:
202-685-2163

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E-mail:
russellr@ndu.edu