DAVID S. MAXWELL. He and his wife, Kim, and their daughter, Elizabeth, reside in northern Virginia.

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1 DAVID S. MAXWELL David S. Maxwell is the Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is a 30 year veteran of the US Army retiring in 2011 as a Special Forces Colonel with his final assignment serving on the military faculty teaching national security strategy at the National War College. He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and holds Masters of Military Arts and Science degrees from the US Army Command and General Staff College and the School of Advanced Military Studies and a Master of Science degree in National Security Studies from the National War College of the National Defense University. He has served in various command and staff assignments in the Infantry in Germany and Korea as well as in Special Forces at Ft. Lewis, Washington, Seoul, Korea, Okinawa, Japan and the Philippines with total service in Asia of more than 20 years. He served on the United Nations Command / Combined Forces Command / United States Forces Korea CJ3 staff where he was a planner for UNC/CFC OPLAN and ROK JCS UNC/CFC CONPLAN and later served as the Director of Plans, Policy, and Strategy (J5) for Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR). From 2000 to 2002 he commanded 1 st Battalion, 1 st Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Okinawa, Japan during which his operational detachments participated in numerous operations throughout Asia and the Pacific in Korea, Japan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, including deployment to Mindanao and Basilan Island for the initial execution of Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines. He has also served as Chief, Special Forces Branch, US Total Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Virginia. He has been the G3 and Chief of Staff of USASOC and Chief of Staff, SOCKOR. He commanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines in In addition, he is a fellow at the Institute of Corean-American Studies (ICAS) and on the Board of Directors for Small Wars Journal. He is a Life Member of the Special Forces Association and the National War College Alumni Association. He is on the Board of Directors of the International Council of Korean Studies and Editor of the International Journal of Korean Studies. He is currently studying in the Doctorate of Liberal Studies program at Georgetown University and teaches SEST 604: Unconventional Warfare and Special Operations for Policy Makers and Strategists. His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal (1 OLC), the Legion of Merit, (1 OLC) the Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), the Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal (2 OLC), The Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Korean Defense Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon (numeral 5), the Joint Meritorious Unit Citation, the Army Meritorious Unit Citation, the Philippine Legion of Honor, the Philippine Humanitarian Service Medal, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, the Expert Infantryman s Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge, the Korean, Philippines, and Australian Parachute Badges and the Special Forces and Ranger Tabs. He and his wife, Kim, and their daughter, Elizabeth, reside in northern Virginia. 1

2 Publications Master s Theses: Special Forces Missions: A Return to the Roots for a Vision of the Future US Army Command and General Staff College (1995) Beyond the Nuclear Crisis: A Long Term Strategy for the Korean Peninsula. National War College, National Defense University (2004) Monographs: Support to United Nations Operations: Is There a Role for US Special Operations Forces, School of Advanced Military Studies (1995) Catastrophic Collapse of North Korea: Implications for the US Military, School of Advanced Military Studies (1996) Articles: Is the Axis of Evil Synchronizing its Asymmetric Offensive? PFO #02-25A,The Nautilus Institute Policy Form Online, December 20, 2002 Operation Enduring Freedom -Philippines: What Would Sun Tzu Say? May/June 2004 edition of Military Review A Strategy for the Korean Peninsula: Beyond the Nuclear Crisis September/October 2004 edition of Military Review Terrorism and Ideology Small Wars Journal, April 2005 Timeless Theories of War in the 21 st Century Small Wars Journal, October 2005 Considerations for Security Force Assistance Operations Small Wars Journal, March 2008, " A Proposal for a Unifying Strategic Doctrine for National Security" Small Wars Journal, January 2009, "To Whom Should our Generals Listen? Or Who Should Control the Debate on the Nature of Future Conflicts" Small Wars Journal, March 2009, "A National Security Act of 2009? A Short Recommendation for a Possible Revision of the National Security Act of 1947" Small Wars Journal, October 2009, "Why Does Special Forces Train and Educate for Unconventional Warfare," April 2010, Thoughts on Irregular Threats from north Korea - Post-Conflict and Post-Collapse: Understanding Them to Counter Them, December 2010, 2

3 Recommendations for Quiet Professionals, May 2011, Why North Korea will continue to Muddle Through - Regime Survival on the Backs of its People and in the Hands of its Military, unpublished paper presented at the Brookings Institution on September 7, Foreign Internal Defense: An Indirect Approach to Counter-Insurgency/Counter Terrorism: Lessons from Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines for dealing with Non-Existential Threats to the US, Presented at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, December 6, The Death of a Dictator: Danger, Opportunity or Best Timing Possible? Small Wars Journal, December 19, 2011, Thoughts on Professional Military Education: After 9-11, Iraq, and Afghanistan in the Era of Fiscal Austerity, Small Wars Journal, January 1, 2012, Is the Kim Family Regime Rational and Why Don t the North Korean People Rebel? Foreign Policy Research Institute, January Partnership, Respect Guide U.S. Military Role in Philippines, World Politics Review, February 5, 2013, What to Make of North Korea, The Diplomat, April 11, 2013, The Elephant in the Room? North Korea and the Myth of ROK/U.S. OPCON Transfer, The Georgetown Security Studies Review, May 7, 2013, Is the War on Terrorism Over? Long Live Unconventional Warfare, Small Wars Journal, May 21, 2013, A Strategy for Dealing with North Korea s Provocations, International Journal of Korean Studies, Spring/Summer 2013, p A Pre-emptive Strike on North Korea, War on the Rocks, July 16, 2013, Unconventional Warfare Does Not Belong to Special Forces, War on the Rocks, August 12, 2013, 3

4 The ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty at 60 Years: Relevant Now and in the Future The Peninsula, (Korea Economic Institute), October 1, 2013, Thoughts on the Future of Special Operations: A Return to the Roots - Adapted for the Future The Small Wars Journal, October 31, 2013, Threats and the Words we Use: A Thought Experiment, War on the Rocks, November 8, 2013, Korea: Strategic Patience = Strategic Paralysis - Finding the Ideal Path to Reunification to Solve the Nuclear and Human Rights Issues, April 1, 2014, Taking a Spoon to a Gunfight, War on the Rocks, April 3, 2014, "Counterinsurgency is Not a Substitute for Strategy," Small Wars Journal, May 6, 2014, Do We Really Understand Unconventional Warfare? Small Wars Journal, October 23, 2014, Should The United States Support Korean Unification And If So, How? International Journal of Korean Studies, Spring Summer 2014, SUMMER/7.pdf The U.S.-South Korean Combined Infantry Division Shows The Alliance Is Closer Than Ever, War on the Rocks, June , The Only Thing Worse than Misusing SOF is Policy Makers Misusing SOF Operational Methods as a Strategy, Small Wars Journal, June 17, 2015, Chicken Little Or Attacking Terrorist Strategy? Why The U.S. Issues Warnings About Attacks, War on the Rocks, July 8, 2015, Congressional Testimony House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, The Future of Irregular Warfare, March 27, 2012, 6c8023f94bf6 4

5 Interview: The Need to Understand and Conduct UW by Octavian Manea, May 25, 2015, Book Contributions: Chapter 9: Psychological Operations in the Korean War: Anecdotes from the Past, Lessons for the Future, The Quest for a Unified Korea: Strategies for the Cultural and Interagency Process. Bruce Bechtol, Editor, Marine Corps University Foundation, Chapter Six Thoughts on Irregular Threats from north Korea - Post-Conflict and Post-Collapse: Understanding Them to Counter Them, Confronting Security Challenges on the Korean Peninsula, Bruce Bechtol, editor, Marine Corps University Foundation, Quantico, VA,