Faculty & Staff

Nathan Freier

Nathan Freier is an Associate Professor of National Security Studies with the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI). He came to SSI in August 2013 after 5 years with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) where he was a senior fellow in the International Security Program. Mr. Freier joined CSIS in April 2008 after completing a 20-year career in the U.S. Army. His last military assignment was as Director of National Security Affairs at SSI. From August 2008 to July 2012, Mr. Freier also served as a visiting research professor in strategy, policy, and risk assessment at the U.S. Army War College’s Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) under the provisions of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. Mr. Freier is a veteran of numerous strategy development and strategic planning efforts at Headquarters, Department of the Army; the Office of the Secretary of Defense; and two senior-level military staffs in Iraq. Mr. Freier is widely published on a range of national security issues and continues to provide expert advice to the national security and defense communities. His areas of expertise are defense and military strategy and policy development and strategic net and risk assessment. He holds master’s degrees in both international relations and politics and is a graduate of the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College.

Selected Works of Nathan Freier

By Department

Director’s Office

Dr. Carol V. Evans – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Mr. Tom Kardos – Deputy Director
Mr. Ryan Grimes – Administrative Officer
Melissa Holley – Administrative Support Assistant

Strategic Research and Analysis Department (SRAD) & Outreach

COL Eric Hartunian – Director
COL George Shatzer – Chairman
LTC (P) Robert Greiner – Deputy, SRAD
LTC Paul Milas – Director of African Affairs
James D. Scudieri – Senior Research Historian
Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff – Research Professor for Strategy, the Military Profession, and Ethics
Dr. John R. Deni – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Dr. Evan Ellis – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Dr. Robert E. Hamilton – Research Professor
Mr. Nathan Freier – Associate Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. M. Chris Mason – Associate Professor of National Security
Dr. Richard A. Lacquement, Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. Ron Gurantz – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Michael E. Lynch – Research Associate Professor of the Institutional Army

USAWC Press

Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II – Editor in Chief
Dr. Conrad C. Crane – Acting Editor in Chief
Ms. Lori K. Janning – Managing Editor/Parameters
Mr. Richard Leach – Digital Media Manager
Dr. Erin Forest – Developmental Editor
Ms. Stephanie D. Crider – Copy Editor
Ms. Ellie Foster – Copy Editor
Mrs. Kristen Taylor – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager
Ms. Kaitlyn Guettler – Visual Information Specialist

Operations and Programs

Vacant– Operations Officer

Alphabetical Listing

A – F

Crane, Dr. Conrad C. – Acting Editor in Chief
Crider, Stephanie D. – Copy Editor
Deni, Dr. John R. – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Echevarria II, Dr. Antulio J. – Editor in Chief
Ellis, Dr. Evan – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Evans, Dr. Carol V. – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Forest, Dr. Erin – Consulting Editor
Foster, Ms. Ellie – Copy Editor
Freier, Mr. Nathan – Associate Professor of National Security Affairs

G – J

Guettler, Ms. Kaitlyn – Visual Information Specialist
Greiner, LTC (P) Robert – Deputy, SRAD
Grimes, Mr. Ryan – Administrative Officer
Gurantz, Dr. Ron – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Hamilton, Dr. Robert E. – Research Professor
Hartunian, COL Eric – Acting SRAD Director
Holley, Melissa – Administrative Support Assistant
Janning, Ms. Lori K. – Managing Editor/Parameters

K – O

Kardos, Mr. Tom – Deputy Director
Lacquement, Dr. Richard A., Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Leach, Mr. Richard K. – Digital Media Manager
Lynch, Michael E. – Research Associate Professor of The Institutional Army
Mason, Dr. M. Chris – Associate Professor of National Security
Milas, LTC Paul – Director of African Affairs

P – Z

Pfaff, Dr. C. Anthony – Research Professor for Strategy, the Military Profession, and Ethics
Scudieri, James D.– Senior Research Historian
Shatzer, COL George – Chairman, SRAD
Taylor, Mrs. Kristen – Visual Information Specialist/Content Manager