PEOPLE

Jessica Blankshain is interested in the organizational economics of the U.S. military and defense establishment.  She is currently a doctoral student in Political Economy and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School and also teaches a Harvard College undergraduate course on the Economics of National Security.

Ethan Corbin is a Ph.D. candidate in the International Security Studies Program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has published on topics ranging from Syrian foreign policy, peacekeeping operations, and insurgency and counter-insurgency warfare.

Troy Endicott is a National Defense Fellow and lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force with over eighteen years of military service. He recently commanded a space operations support squadron in Colorado and has served in a variety of staff officer positions around the globe with duty in Italy, Iraq, Turkey, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Tytti Erästö has a Ph.D. in International Relations from Tampere University, Finland. Her interests include nonproliferation, nuclear disarmament, Middle East politics, conflict management, and English School theory.

Sven-Eric Fikenscher's research focuses on regional security and arms control in the Middle East, status-seeking in international relations, and India's nuclear policy.

Trevor Findlay is a professor and Director of the Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he holds the William and Jeanie Barton Chair in International Affairs.

Chuck Freilich was Israel's deputy national security adviser. He has published a book on Israeli national security decision-making. His primary areas of expertise are U.S. Middle East policy, Israeli national security policy, and Middle Eastern affairs. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Jeffrey Friedman is a Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy at Harvard University whose research focuses on the theoretical and empirical foundations of military doctrine and strategy. Prior to his doctoral studies, Jeff held research positions for the World Bank and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Kelly M. Greenhill is an Associate Professor at Tufts University. Much of her research focuses on the use of military force and what are frequently called "new security challenges," including civil wars and humanitarian disasters, (counter-)insurgencies, and transnational criminal activities.

Lieutenant Colonel David D. Kelley is a National Defense Fellow with the International Security Program and Project on Managing the Atom. Prior to his current assignment, he was the deputy commander of the 91st Operations Group at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.