Dr. Stephen Biddle is Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, where he directs the Concentration in International Security Policy, and Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has served on the Defense Department’s Defense Policy Board, on General David Petraeus’ Joint Strategic Assessment Team in Baghdad in 2007, as a Senior Advisor to the Central Command Assessment Team in Washington in 2008-9, as a member of General Stanley McChrystal’s Initial Strategic Assessment Team in Kabul in 2009,
and on a variety of other government advisory panels and analytical teams. He lectures regularly at the U.S. Army War College and other military schools, and has presented testimony before congressional committees on issues relating to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria; force planning; conventional net assessment; and European arms control.

His most recent book is Nonstate Warfare: The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias (Princeton University Press, 2021). His book Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle (Princeton University Press, 2004) won four prizes, including the Council on Foreign
Relations Arthur Ross Award Silver Medal for 2005, and the 2005 Huntington Prize from the Harvard University Olin Institute for Strategic Studies.

He co-directs the Columbia University Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS), and his research has won Barchi, Rist, and Impact Prizes from the Military Operations Research Society. He was awarded the U.S. Army Superior Civilian Service Medal in 2003 and again in 2006, and was presented with the US Army Commander’s Award for Public Service in Baghdad in 2007. 

He holds AB (1981), MPP (1985), and Ph.D. (Public Policy, 1992) degrees, all from Harvard University.

Professor Biddle has graciously waived his fee to speak to us. Instead of a fee, he suggests a contribution to Community CARES
https://www.morethanshelter.org/. Community CARES provides emergency shelter, resources, and supportive services to
individuals and families at risk of or experiencing homelessness in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
A contribution is not required to register for the program, but we suggest a $10 contribution to Community CARES. The proceeds
will be donated in honor of Professor Biddle.