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Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Northwestern University: Fellow, 1979-present; Executive Director, 1982-present; Vice Chairman, 1987-present. Co-chair of 1983, 1985, and 1987 international conferences. General Editor, IUS Special Editions on Armed Forces and Society (series), 1985-present. Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, 1994-present.
University of Pennsylvania: Lecturer in Political Science, 1975-1977. Taught courses in international relations, methodology, and urban politics.
Temple University: Visiting Assistant Professor, 1976. Taught American politics.
U.S. Naval Academy: Instructor in Political Science and History, 1971-1973. Taught courses in civil-military relations, international relations, and naval history.
The Postmodern Military: Armed Forces After the Cold War (coeditor and contributor, with Charles C. Moskos and David R. Segal) (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000).
U.S. National Security Policy and Strategy: Documents and Policy Proposals 1987-1994 (coeditor and contributor, with Robert A. Vitas) (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996).
Soldiers, Society, and National Security (coauthor, with Sam C. Sarkesian and Fred B. Bryant) (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 1995).
The U.S. Army in a New Security Era (coeditor and contributor, with Sam C. Sarkesian) (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 1990).
"The Military and Modern Society: Civil-Military Relations in Post-Cold War America," The World & I (September 1999), pp. 307-317.
"The U.S. Naval Academy: Stewardship and Direction," U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 123,5 (May 1996), pp. 67-72.
"The New Military Professionals," U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 122,5 (May 1996), pp. 42-48.
"Demobilizing the Postmodern Military: Implications for Civil-Military Relations," The Officer LXXII,1 (January 1996), pp. 20, 25.
"The International Images Military Professional," African Security Review 4,5 (1995), pp. 24-27.
"An American View of the Russian Situation" (in Russian translation), Sociological Studies (Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences, February 1993). English version printed as "An American View of Russia's Situation: Preliminary Observations," The Officer LXIX,7 (July 1993), pp. 36-40.
"Japan and U.S. Security," Strategic World 3,2 (Summer 1991): pp. 1-2. (Publication of the National Strategy Forum)
"Rethinking the Forward Maritime Strategy," printed for use at the School for Advanced Military Studies, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Leavenworth, KS., 1986.
"The U.S. and Soviet Navies: Missions and Forces," Armed Forces and Society 10,4 (Summer 1984): pp. 507-528.
"The Carter Administration: Three Accounts." Air University Review 35,3 (March-April 1984), pp. 103-7. (Review essay and analysis of books by officials of the Carter administration.)
"Defense Policy: The Carter-Reagan Record," The Washington Quarterly 6,4 (Autumn 1983): pp. 77-92. Reprinted by U.S. Department of Defense as Current News Special Edition No. 1109 (February 8, 1984).
"Interpersonal Influence and the Bases of Military Leadership," Military Review 62,12 (December 1982): pp. 56-65. Reprinted in Spanish and Portuguese editions of Military Review:
"A Influencia Pessoal e as Bases da Lideranca Militar," Military Review 63,3 (Edicao Brasileira) (3 Trimestre 1983), pp. 1-11.
"Las bases del liderazgo militar y la influencia interpersonal," Military Review 62,12 (Edicion Hispanoamericana) (Diciembre 1982), pp. 22-31.
"U.S. Navy Missions and Force Structure: A Critical Reappraisal," Armed Forces and Society 7,4 (Summer 1981): pp. 499-528, and "Rejoinder" to RADM John A. Baldwin, USN, Armed Forces and Society 8,4 (Summer 1982): pp. 684-5. Reprinted by U.S. Department of Defense as Current News Special Edition No. 800 (January 6, 1982).
"American Business Organizations and Redistributive Preferences" (with Erwin Zimmerman), Urban Affairs Quarterly 16,4 (June 1981), pp. 453-464.
"Political Leadership and Governmental Performance," Working Paper No. 65 of the Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section, International Studies Association (April 1976).
The Study of U.S. National Security and Strategy: New Dimensions in a New Landscape (coeditor with Sam C. Sarkesian and Jennifer L. Polli; Workshop Proceedings of the Academic Advisory Council, National Strategy Forum, September 14-15, 1990), (Chicago: National Strategy Forum, 1990).
"Armed Forces After the Cold War" (with Charles C. Moskos and David R. Segal), in The Postmodern Military: Armed Forces After the Cold War (coeditor and contributor, with Charles C Moskos and David R. Segal (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), pp. 1-13.
"The Postmodern Military Reconsidered," in The Postmodern Military: Armed Forces After the Cold War (coeditor and contributor, with Charles C Moskos and David R. Segal (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), pp. 265-277.
"Civil-Military Relations After the Cold War," (with Charles Moskos), in Anton Bebler, ed., Civil-Military Relations in Post-Communist States (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, forthcoming 1997).
"The Navy," in Sam C. Sarkesian and Robert Connors, eds, America's Armed Forces: A Handbook of Current and Future Capabilities (Westport. CT: Greenwood Press, 1995), pp. 63-82.
"Civil-Military Relations in the New Era" (with Sam C. Sarkesian), in Sam C. Sarkesian and John Meade Flanagin, eds., U.S. Domestic and National Security Agendas: Into the Twenty-First Century (Westport. CT: Greenwood Press, 1994), pp. 207-222.
"The Maritime Strategy in a New Security Era," in Sam C. Sarkesian and John Allen Williams, eds., The U.S. Army in a New Security Era (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 1990). "Challenges and Requirements for the Future," in Sam C. Sarkesian and John Allen Williams, eds., The U.S. Army in a New Security Era (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 1990).
"The Soviet Navy in the Third World" (with Roger Hamburg), in Stephen J. Cimbala, ed., The Soviet Challenge in the 1990s (New York: Praeger, 1989), pp. 211-223.
"Soviet-American Naval Balance and Maritime Strategies," in Donald M. Snow, ed., Soviet-American Security Relations in the 1990s (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1989), pp. 139-155.
"The U.S. Navy Under the Reagan Administration and Global Forward Strategy," in James Brown and William P. Snyder, eds., Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration, (Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press, 1988), pp. 273-304. (Earlier version reprinted for use at the U.S. Air War College, 1986.)
"U.S. Navy Strategy: A Global View," in Stephen J. Cimbala, ed., Challenges to Deterrence (New York: Praeger, 1987).
"Measuring Mayoral Power: Comparing Formal Authority with Reputed Power" (with Robert Y. Shapiro), in Terry Nichols Clark, ed., Reaearch in Urban Policy 2 (Sherwood, CT: JAI Press, 1986), pp. 127-135.
"Strategic Realities and How to Perceive Them," in Sam C. Sarkesian, ed., Presidential Leadership and National Security Policy: Style, Institutions, and Politics (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1984), pp. 209-230.
"The National Security Establishment: Institutional Framework for Policymaking," in Stephen J. Cimbala, ed., National Security Strategy: Choices and Limits (New York: Praeger, 1984), pp. 323-343.
"Politics in Suburban Chicago: Fragmentation, Cooperation, and the Problem of Accountability," in Edgar G. Crane, ed., Illinois: Political Processes and Governmental Performance (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1980), pp. 251-256.
Stephanie Gutmann, The Kinder, Gentler Military: Can America's Gender-Neutral Fighting Force Still Win Wars? U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 126,6 (June 2000), pp. 83-84.
Stansfield Turner and Judy Jolley Mohraz, et al., The Higher Standard: Assessing the United States Naval Academy. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 123,8 (August 1997), pp. 78-79.
Dave Grossman, On Killing: The Psychological Costs of Leaning to Kill in War and Society. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 122,11 (November 1996), p. 82.
Colin Powell (with Joseph E. Persico), My American Journey. American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security National Security Law Report (Winter, 1996), pp. 3-4.
James L. George, The U.S. Navy in the 1990's: Alternatives for Action. Armed Forces and Society 20,4 (Summer 1994), pp. 640-641.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Pandemonium: Ethnicity in International Politics. America (November 1993).
Jacek Kugler and Frank C. Zagare, eds, Exploring the Stability of Deterrence. American Political Science Review 82,4 (December 1988), pp. 1420-1421.
Stephen J. Flanagan and Fen Osler Hamson, eds., Securing Europe's Future. Naval War College Review XLI,1 (Winter 1988), pp. 138-140.
Douglas J. Murray and Paul R. Viotti, eds., The Defense Policies of Nations: A Comparative Study. The Journal of Politics 46,4 (November 1984), pp. 1273-1275.
Ralph G. Martin, A Hero for Our Time: An Intimate Story of the Kennedy Years. Air University Review 35,4 (May-June 1984). pp. 98-99.
Douglas Kinnard, The Secretary of Defense. The Journal of Politics 46,2 (May 1984), p. 634.
Field Marshall Lord Carver, A Policy for Peace. Air University Review 35,1 (November-December 1983), p. 124.
Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., Uri Ra'anan, and Warren H. Milberg, eds., Intelligence Policy and National Security. The Journal of Politics 45,2 (May 1983), p. 574.
Alvin J. Cottrell and Associates, Sea Power and Strategy in the Indian Ocean. Air University Review 33,4 (May-June 1982), pp. 87-88.
Alan Ned Sabrosky, Blue Collar Soldiers? Unionization and the U.S. Military. The Journal of Politics 40,4 (November 1978), p. 1125.
Morton Berkowitz, P.G. Bock, and Vincent J. Fuccillo, The Politics of American Foreign Policy: The Social Context of Decisions. The Journal of Politics 40,2 (May 1978): p. 558.
“National Security Law in a Changing World: The Tenth Annual Review of the Field,” American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, December 1-2, 2000 (rapporteur).
U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA., September 22, 2000. Presentation on emerging military personnel challenges.
"Military Personnel Reform Symposium," U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century (Hart-Rudman Commission), June 5 and August 18, 2000 (invited participant and presenter).
"Conference on Catastrophic Terrorism," Cantigny Conference Center,
Wheaton, IL, June 22-23, 2000 (participant and rapporteur).
"Conference on the Military and Civilian Society," Cantigny Conference
Center, Wheaton, IL, October 28-29, 1999 (participant).
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, October 22-24, 1999. Paper, "Combat Effectiveness vs. Civil Rights? U.S. Military Culture, Cohesion, and Personnel Policies in the 1990s" (with Laura L. Miller). (Same presentation as APSA '99)
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, October 22-24, 1999. Panel chair, "The Role of Institutions in the Civil-Military Culture Gap."
U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA., September 22-23, 1999. Presentation on military personnel issues in the "postmodern" era.
American Political Science Association, September 2-5, 1999. Paper, "Combat Effectiveness vs. Civil Rights? U.S. Military Culture, Cohesion, and Personnel Policies in the 1990s" (with Laura L. Miller). (Same presentation as IUS '99)
Authors' Conference on "Bridging the Gap: Assuring Military Effectiveness When Military Culture Diverges From Civilian Society" Triangle Institute for Security Studies, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 26-27, 1999. Paper, "The Civil-Military Culture Gap and Military Personnel Policies" (with Laura L. Miller).
U.S. Naval Institute Annual Meeting, Annapolis, MD, April 21-22, 1999. Chair of panel, "The Future of the All Volunteer Force."
Military conference on emergency preparedness and civil-military liaison issues, Kansas City, MO, April 6-10, 1999.
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, international conference on "Future Directions of the Russian Navy," March 15-17, 1999. Discussant.
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. Presentation on "Reserve Forces' Culture," follow-up conference on "American Military Culture in the 21st Century," February 17-18, 1999. (Panelist, member of Advisory Board for CSIS Project on Military Culture.)
National Strategy Forum, conference on "Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps," December 8-9, 1998. (Participant, Cantigny Conference Series.)
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., conference on "American Military Culture in the 21st Century," November 16-17, 1998. (Panelist, member of Advisory Board for CSIS Project on Military Culture.)
U. S. Naval Institute Warfare Exposition and Symposium, Norfolk, VA,
September 29-30, 1998. Presenter on panel, "Where Have All the Leaders
Gone?"
Reserve Forces Policy Board, Office of the Secretary of Defense, conference
on AStructural and Cultural Barriers to Reserve Force Integration," July
15-16, 1998. Chair of panel, ACultural Barriers to Reserve Force
Integration."
National Strategy Forum, conference on "Who Belongs? Citizenship in Conflict in the 21st Century," June 25-26, 1998. (Participant, Cantigny Conference Series.)
National Strategy Forum, conference on "Soldiers and Citizens: The Responsibilities of Service in 21st Century Democracies" April 30 - May 1, 1998. Chair of panel, "Military and Civilian Cultures: Is There a Gap?" and panelist on panel, "The Evolving Role of Citizen-Soldiers." (Cantigny Conference Series.)
U.S. Naval Institute Annual Meeting, Annapolis, MD, April 21 -23, 1998. Presenter on panel, "Military-Civil Alienation: Can the Gap Be Bridged?"
U.S. Army War College, conference on "Challenging the United States Symmetrically and Asymmertically: Can America Be Defeated?" Carlisle Barracks, PA, March 31-April 2, 1998. Presenter on panel, "Roundtable on Future Responses."
Center for Strategic and International Studies, conference on "Professional Military Education," August 6-7, 1996. (Participant, Cantigny Conference Series.)
National Strategy Forum, conference on "Strategic Implications of Global Microbial Threats," June 13-14, 1996. Conference co-coordinator and panel chair and discussant on "Policy Component" panel. (Co-editor of conference proceedings, in process.)
Conference, "Fostering Democratic Civil-Military Relations," Strausberg, Germany, June 8 - 12, 1996. Conference co-chairman and panel chair.
Conference, "Social Policy and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," Moscow, May 30 - June 1, 1996. Conference co-chairman and panel chair.
Conference, "Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia," Australian Armed Forces Academy, Canberra, May 6-7, 1996. Conference co-chairman and panel chair.
Midwest Political Science Association, April 19, 1996. Panel chair and discussant on panel, "Civilian Control of the Defense Department: Assessing the Goldwater-Nichols Reforms After A Decade."
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, October 20-22, 1995. Paper, "Post-Imperial Crises in Civil-Military Relations: France in Algeria and Russia in Moldova" (with Stephen J. Guerra), panel on "Post Cold War Armed Forces: Institutional Dynamics." Also panel chair and discussant on panel, "Internal and External Institutional Dynamics."
American Political Science Association, September 2, 1995. Panel chair and discussant on panel, "Civil-Military Relations: Crisis or Continuity?"
Conference, "Professional Military Education for a Democratic South Africa," South African National Defense Force Military Academy, Saldanha Bay, South Africa, June 1, 1995. Keynote address, "International Images of Military Professionalism" (revised version prepared for African Security Review). Participation sponsored by United States Information Agency (USIA).
Illinois Sociological Association, October 21, 1994. Plenary session presentation, "The Postmodern Military."
Conference, "Social Dimensions of Military Reform," May 22-25, 1994, Moscow, co-sponsored by the Soviet Association Armed Forces and Society, the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, and the European Research Group on the Military and Society. International co-chair of organizing committee. Plenary session presentation, "Social Science and Military Reform."
American Political Science Association, September 2-5, 1993. Paper (coauthored with Charles Moskos), "Civil-Military Relations After the Cold War."
International Security Studies Section, International Studies Association, November 5-7, 1992. Paper, "Capabilities and Forces of the U.S. Navy."
National Strategy Forum Workshop on U.S. National Security Agendas into the 21st Century, September 17-19, 1992. Paper, "Civil-Military Relations in the New Era" (with Sam C. Sarkesian).
American Political Science Association, September 3-6, 1992. Paper, "Civilian Graduate Education and the U.S. Military Profession" (with Sam C. Sarkesian and Fred Bryant).
Conference, "Armed Forces and Military Service in a Democratic State," November 25-28, 1991, Moscow, sponsored by the Soviet Association Armed Forces and Society. Paper, "The U.S. Navy in a New Security Era."
American Political Science Association, August 30-September 2, 1990. Paper, "The United States As a Maritime Power."
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, October 27-29, 1989. Discussant on panel, "Sea Power in an Age of Perestroika."
Conference, "European Integration: Implications for East-West Polity and Trade," U.S. Air Force Academy, October 6, 1989. Speaker at roundtable panel, "The New Security Order in Europe."
Conference on Latin American Scholarship on Armed Forces and Society, Montivideo, Uruguay, August 17-18, 1989. Co-organizer and participant.
Conference, "U.S. National Security Strategy: New Challenges and Opportunities," Co-sponsored by the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society and the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Chicago, IL, September 30-October 3, 1988. Conference chair, panel chair and presenter, "The Maritime Strategy."
Conference, "The United States and Low Intensity Conflict: Dilemmas of Policy and Strategy," Co-sponsored by the National Strategy Information Center, the National Strategy Forum, and the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Chicago, IL, April 22-23, 1988. Conference chair.
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, October 8-10, 1987. Co-chair of international conference; panel chair and presenter, "The U.S. Congress and Defense."
International Studies Association, April 16-18, 1987. Panel chair, "Examining the Maritime Strategy."
Conference, "The Challenge of Terrorism to Open Systems," Co-sponsored by the National Strategy Information Center and the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Chicago, IL, April 24-25, 1987. Conference chair.
International Studies Association, Section on Military Studies, November 6-8, 1986. Paper, "Soviet-American Naval Balance and Maritime Strategies."
Colloquium, "Project Thor," National Defense University, September 18-19, 1986. Paper: "The U.S. Navy: Constrained Resources, Unconstrained Commitments." (Revision of 1986 APSA paper, following.)
American Political Science Association, August 28-30, 1986. Paper, "Strategic Alternatives for the 600-Ship Navy."
Conference, "The Reagan Adminstration Defense Policies: An Assessment," Southern Methodist University, April 25-26, 1986. Paper, "The U.S. Navy Under the Reagan Adminstration: Strategy and Forces for Global Conventional War."
Conference, "The Conflict Spectrum in the Coming Decade," Co-sponsored by the National Strategy Information Center and the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Chicago, IL, April 18-19, 1986. Conference chair and paper presenter, "U.S. Conventional Strategy: A Global View."
International Studies Association, Section on Military Studies, November 7-8, 1985. Paper, "Expanding the Maritime Strategy: The U.S. Navy in the Third World."
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, October 18-20, 1985. Co-chair of international conference.
American Political Science Association, August 29 - September 1, 1985. Chair of panel, "Challenges to Derrence in the 1990's: Policy." Paper, "Maritime Strategy and the Deterrence of War."
International Studies Association, Section on Military Studies, October 25-27, 1984. Paper, "Foreign Perceptions of U.S. Military Capabilities: Some Conclusions."
American Political Science Association, August 30 - September 1, 1984. Discussant on Panel, "United States National Security: Issues and Prospects."
International Studies Association, Section on Military Studies, December 11-13, 1983. Chairman and discussant on panel, "U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy."
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, October 21-23, 1983. Co-chair of international conference.
International Studies Association, Midwest Region, November 11-13, 1982. Paper, "Strategic Realities and How to Perceive Them."
International Studies Association, Section on Military Studies, October 21-22, 1982. Discussant on panel, "The Future of NATO."
American Political Science Association, September 2-5, 1982. Paper, "Strategies and Forces of the U.S. and Soviet Navies: Planning for the Year 2000."
Midwest Political Science Association, April 29-30, 1982. Paper, "U.S. Nuclear Strategy: From Deterrent Triad to Warfighting Tetrad?"
Illinois Political Science Association, October 23-24, 1981. Paper, "Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration: Fundamental Change or More of the Same?"
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, October 24, 1980. Paper, "U.S. Navy Perspectives on National Security Policy: Missions and Force Structure." International Studies Association, Midwest Region, October 17, 1980. Chairman and discussant on panel, "Foreign Policy in the Carter Administration."
National Strategy Forum, Chicago, IL. Member, Executive Committee of Academic Advisory Council, 1990-present. Chair, Academic Advisory Council, 1995-present. Member, Editorial Board and Board of Advisors, 1995-present.
American Political Science Association. Chair, International Security and Arms Control Section, 1990-1993.
International Studies Association [Sections: International Security Studies (past member of Governing Board); Peace Studies; Intelligence Studies].
Midwest Political Science Association.
Captain, U.S. Naval Reserve
(Retired October 1999; Navy Officer Billet Code 9086, Strategic Plans Officer).
Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer for the Commander, Naval Training
Center Great Lakes, 1996-1999; Assistant Deputy for Readiness, Naval Reserve
Readiness Command Region 13, 1994-1996. Memberships: Naval Reserve
Association (President, Ninth District, 1988-1991); Reserve Officers Association;
Inter-Allied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR: Chair of U.S. delegation
to Commission Two (Issues and Attitudes), 1992-1995); U.S. Naval Institute;
The Navy League; Naval Order of the United States, U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation.
Active and reserve duty with the U.S. Naval Academy, USS Columbus
(CG-12),
the Chief of Naval Operations (Strategic Concepts Branch), the Joint Chiefs
of Staff (Strategy Branch), the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Assistant
Principal Deputy Undersecretary for Strategy and Resources), the U.S. Naval
War College, U.S. Naval Doctrine Command, Assault Craft Unit One, Commander,
Second Fleet, The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and the First
U.S. Army.
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