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Rick Gunnell

Research Professor CLSC SSI

Rick Gunnell is the Research Professor of China Military Studies at the US Army War College’s China Landpower Studies Center. Mr. Gunnell is a language-enabled subject matter expert on the PLA, open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyst, and educator. Mr. Gunnell’s research focuses on the PLA as an organization, its personnel, and the CCP’s information, influence, and interference operations.
 
Throughout his career, Mr. Gunnell has contributed to over 2,000 multilingual OSINT reports and published on the Central Military Commission, PLA’s strategic-level command and control during a protracted war, PLA capabilities to respond to a crisis along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, PLA weaknesses, and the PLA Army’s role in maritime operations. Mr. Gunnell frequently travels to Washington DC and Hawaii to instruct senior political and military leaders on CCP grand strategy, malign operations, strategic-level PLA organizations and persons, PRC defense industrial complex, and table-top exercises. Mr. Gunnell is a graduate of Dickinson College and enrolled in the US Army War College’s graduate program for Strategic Studies.

By Department

Director’s Office

Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff – Director of SSI & USAWC Press​
Mr. Richard (Rick) O’Donnell – Deputy Director
Melissa Holley – Administrative Officer

Strategic Research and Analysis Department (SRAD) & Outreach

COL Mike Long – Director
Dr. John R. Deni – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
MAJ Brennan Deveraux – National Security Researcher
Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II – Professor of Strategic Competition
Dr. Evan Ellis – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Dr. Richard A. Lacquement, Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Dr. Michael E. Lynch – Research Associate Professor of the National Security Affairs
LTC Paul Milas – Director of African Affairs
Dr. Jacob A. Stoil – Research Professor, Middle East Security Studies

China Landpower Studies Center

COL Kyle B. Marcrum – Director
Mr. Joshua Arostegui – Professor of Strategy, Chair of China Studies
Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens – Visiting Associate Professor
Dr. Brian G. Carlson – Research Professor of Indo-Pacific Security Studies
Mr. Richard Gunnell – Research Professor of China Military Studies
Dr. Arzan Tarapore – Visiting Professor, China Landpower Studies Center

USAWC Press

Ms. Lori K. Janning – Managing Editor/Parameters
Mr. Richard K. Leach – Digital Media Manager
Dr. Erin Forest – Developmental Editor
Ms. Stephanie D. Crider – Copy Editor
Ms. Kaitlyn Guettler – Visual Information Specialist

Operations and Programs

Vacant– Operations Officer

Alphabetical Listing

A – F

Arostegui, Joshua – China Landpower Studies Center Chair
Carlson, Dr. Brian G. – Research Professor of Indo-Pacific Security Studies
Chestnut Greitens, Dr. Sheena – Visiting Associate Professor, China Landpower Studies Center
Crider, Stephanie D. – Copy Editor
Deni, Dr. John R. – Research Professor of JIIM Security Studies
Deveraux, MAJ Brennan – National Security Researcher
Echevarria II, Dr. Antulio J. – Professor of Strategic Competition
Ellis, Dr. Evan – Research Professor of Latin American Studies
Forest, Dr. Erin – Consulting Editor

G – J

Guettler, Ms. Kaitlyn – Visual Information Specialist
Gunnell, Richard – Research Professor of China Military Studies
Holley, Melissa – Administrative Officer
Janning, Ms. Lori K. – Managing Editor/Parameters

K – O

Lacquement, Dr. Richard A., Jr. – Research Professor of National Security Affairs
Leach, Mr. Richard K. – Digital Media Manager
Long, COL Mike – Director, SRAD
Lynch, Dr. Michael E. – Research Associate Professor of National Security Affairs
Marcrum, COL Kyle B. – Director, China Landpower Studies Center
Milas, LTC Paul – Director of African Affairs
O’Donnell, Mr. Richard (Rick)– Deputy Director

P – Z

Pfaff, Dr. C. Anthony – Director of SSI & USAWC Press
Stoil, Dr. Jacob A. – Research Professor, Middle East Security Studies
Tarapore, Dr. Arzan – Visiting Associate Professor, China Landpower Studies Center