J. Michael Waller

J. Michael Waller (born May 14, 1962) is an American professor, author, and consultant, who specializes in national security issues.

Academia

Waller received in 1985 a bachelor's degree in International Affairs from George Washington University; followed by a master's degree in 1989 in International Relations and Communication from Boston University; where he was John M. Olin Fellow at the Center for Defense Journalism.

Ph.D 1989-1993 (doctoral supervisor was professor Uri Ra'anan @ Fletcher / Draft:Uri_Ra'anan / de:Uri_Ra’anan and I believe that Waller pursued his interdisciplinary redlinked field as part of the B.U. University Professors Program which Ra'anan was involved in), International Security Affairs, Boston University; also, Earhart Fellow at Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy
professor, 13 years (2001-2013), Institute of World Politics, Walter and Leonore Annenberg professor of International Communication, graduate program in public diplomacy & political warfare, also provost and vice president of the institute
faculty member,^[when?] Naval Postgraduate School, Leader Development & Education for Sustained Peace program, teaches influence operations to the U.S. military
senior fellow and vice president (for 'information operations'), Center for Security Policy think tank, since 2000C.E.

Private sector

experience with hands-on insurgencies, counterinsurgency, political warfare, and psychological warfare against oppressive groups
trained U.S.-backed insurgent and counterinsurgent forces in political communications
specialist in propaganda, political warfare, psychological strategy, subversion, strategic communication
consultant & managing director 2005+, Oceanic Advisors (Waller's own consulting firm)
senior analyst 2011+, Wikistrat, crowd-sourced intelligence analysis
sector specialist, Waterline Associates, market management firm for frontier environments
consultant, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
consultant, Office of the United States Secretary of Defense
consultant, United States Information Agency, as well as member of speakers bureau & alumni association
consultant, United States Agency for International Development including a democratization project in Russia
1999, awarded medal, Operación Milenio in Colombia (related to this[1] presumably); democratization project in Latin America
counterpropaganda work against front organizations run by the Soviets, infiltrated the World Peace Council
delegate, International Youth Year celebrations, under the auspices of the United Nations; also a foreign exchange student in the late 1970s

Works

half-dozen scholarly #books, 1991+
three dozen scholarly #papers, 1989+
founding 1992+ editorial board member, Demokratizatsiya, the Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization; published with American University and Moscow State University, later George Washington University
founding 2015+ editorial board member, Defence Strategic Communications journal, NATO's Centre of Excellence for Strategic Communication in Riga, Latvia
published 200+ pieces 1983+ in Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, New York Times, Insight Magazine, Reader's Digest, USA Today, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, plus also The Daily Beast, Daily Caller, and Real Clear Politics, etc
guest commentator on ABC, Alhurra, BBC, CBC, CNN, CBS, C-SPAN, FOX News, MSNBC (including co-host of sixteen War Room episodes), NBC, NPR, PBS, Voice of America, etc
Congressional testimony in the U.S. House, 1987, 1997, 1999, 2003 (also U.S. Senate), and 2010 (e.g. [2] Archived 2017-04-30 at the Wayback Machine before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs).
member of the international advisory forum, Niccolo Machiavelli Institute / Istituto Italiano di Studi Strategici Niccolò Machiavelli, in Rome (Italy)
Citation for Exceptional Service in the Public Interest,[3] from FBI director Robert Mueller, 2006 (for counterterrorism efforts)

Books

1991, The Third Current of Revolution: Inside the 'North American Front' of El Salvador's Guerrilla War, University Press of America, ISBN 9780819182319 Search this book on ., 315pgs, [4]
1994, Secret Empire: the KGB in Russia today, Westview Press, 390pgs, ISBN 9780813323220 Search this book on ., [5], ~62 cites on scholar.google.com (based on his Ph.D. thesis)
2006, co-author/editor with Ilan Berman, Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes. Rowman & Littlefield, American Foreign Policy Council, 166pgs, ISBN 9780742549036 Search this book on ., [6]
2007,Fighting the War of Ideas like a Real War The Institute of World Politics Press, 147pgs, ISBN 9780615144634 Search this book on ., [7] , ~35 cites at scholar.google.com
2007 (revised 2009), editor, Strategic Influence: Public Diplomacy, Counterpropaganda, and Political Warfare. The Institute of World Politics Press, [8] (also 2010 with Crossbow Books as publisher)
2007, editor, graduate textbook, The Public Diplomacy Reader, Institute of World Politics Press, [9] , ~37 cites at scholar.google.com
2009/2010, editor, Founding Political Warfare Documents of the United States, Lulu.com (or Institute of World Politics Press / Crossbow Books?), 364pgs, ISBN 9780982488805 Search this book on ., [10]

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