ALUMNI PUBLICATIONS

Please browse the peer-reviewed publications by some of our CISA graduates below. The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of the College of International Security Affairs, U.S. government, or the Department of Defense.

Dec. 29, 2022

Lt Col. Yovani Chavez, PhD, CISA Class of 2020 | The way to abolish the sempiternal Uribe-Vargas Ozores Treaty

In this article, Lt Col. Yovani Chavez, PhD writes about the way to abolish the sempiternal Uribe-Vargas Ozores Treaty.

July 4, 2022

Major Onambele Mendouga Guy Herve, CISA Class of 2022 | The Future of War

Check out this article by Major Onambele Mendouga Guy Herve, which discusses the future of war with respect to strategic education.

July 1, 2022

Lieutenant Colonel Natalie Trogus, USMC, CISA Class of 2021 | Book Chapters: Bridging the Gap toward a Gendered Perspective in Security Force Advising

Read Lieutenant Colonel Natalie Trogus' chapters included in Women, Peace, & Security in Professional Military Education, edited by Lauren Mackenzie, PhD and Lieutenant Colonel Dana Perkins, PhD (Marine Corps University Press, 2022).

June 19, 2022

Colonel Ahmet Ajeti, Kosovo, CISA Class of 2022 | How can Multilateral and Bilateral Security Partnerships Coexist, While Advancing U.S. Strategic Goals?

In this article, Colonel Ahmet Ajeti of Kosovo examines the value and challenges of multilateral and bilateral security partnerships.

June 1, 2022

Colonel Kyrylo Sakhniuk, Ukraine National Guard, CISA Class of 2022 | Russian Information Warfare Against Ukraine

Although Russian information warfare permeates all lines of effort aimed at achieving various objectives of irregular warfare, the primary effort is to destroy Ukrainian statehood by eroding Ukrainian culture, language, and identity. In this article, Colonel Kyrylo Sakhniuk, Ukraine National Guard, discusses Russian information operations against Ukraine.

June 1, 2022

Lt. Col. Nikolay Y. Naydenov, Bulgaria, CISA Class of 2022 | Russia’s Gray Zone Threat To Bulgaria

In this article, Lt. Col. Nikolay Y. Naydenov of Bulgaria discusses Russia's Gray Zone threats towards the country through the economic instrument of power, waging disinformation, corrupting institutions, using proxies, and exploiting social tensions.

June 1, 2021

Major Ryan CK Hess, CISA Class of 2020 | Al-Qaeda’s Keys to Success

In this article, Major Ryan CK Hess argues that not only is al-Qaeda far from dead, but that the main factors contributing to al-Qaeda’s continued global success are decentralization, effective narratives and propaganda, and the specific targeting of locations with a preexisting history of instability and violence.