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Dr. Timothy Blauvelt

Research Professor of Russia and Eurasia Studies

Strategic Research and Analysis Department

Timothy Blauvelt has a PhD in Political Science from the University at Buffalo. He was based in Eurasia for nearly a quarter century, serving as Professor of Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies at Ilia State University in Georgia and as Regional Director for the South Caucasus for American Councils for International Education. From May 2026 he took up the position of Research Professor of Russia and Eurasia Studies at the Army War College. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and several co-edited volumes, including Georgia after Stalin: Nationalism and Soviet power (Routledge, 2016), The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic of 1918 (Routledge, 2021) and Reconsidering the Political in Soviet History (Routledge, forthcoming 2027). His monograph Clientelism and Nationality in an Early Soviet Fiefdom: The Trials of Nestor Lakoba (Routledge, 2021) has also been published in translation in Georgian and Russian.

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. Timothy Blauvelt - Research Professor of Russia and Eurasia Studies
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

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
Blauvelt, Timothy - Research Professor of Russia and Eurasia Studies
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