Dr. Christopher Marsh (Ph.D. in political science, University of Connecticut, 1998) is Professor of International Security Studies at JSOMA. He teaches and conducts research on Russian and Chinese approaches to special operations, irregular warfare, military strategy, and foreign policy. Prior to joining NDU, Dr. Marsh was the Director of the Department of Research & Analysis at the Joint Special Operations University, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Formerly, he was a Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies at the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth. Previously, he taught international terrorism and irregular warfare at the US Air Force Special Operations School, Hurlburt Field. Prior to that he was a full professor of political science (with tenure) at Baylor University where he taught for 12 years.
Dr. Marsh is the author of several books, including Unparalleled Reforms (2006), Religion and the State in Russia and China (2011), and Russian Foreign Policy (2014), co-authored with Nikolas Gvosdev of the U.S. Naval War College. Additionally, Dr. Marsh has published over 100 book chapters and journal articles on topics ranging from Russian strategy to religion in China. He is currently writing a book on Russian irregular warfare, special operations, and the grey zone, and is editing the Routledge Handbook on Special Operations with James Kiras and Martijn Kitzen.