Paul D. Miller (academic)

Paul D. Miller is an American academic, blogger, and former White House staffer for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He is the Associate Director of the The William P. Clements, Jr. Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also an adjunct political scientist at the RAND Corporation, a former officer in the U.S. intelligence community and veteran of the war in Afghanistan.[1][2]

Education

Dr. Miller received his PhD in International Relations from Georgetown University and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. His BA in Political Theory is also from Georgetown University.[3]

Career

Dr. Miller served as Director for Afghanistan on the National Security Council staff from September 2007 to September 2009 under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Miller served on the staff of Douglas Lute, who served as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan for President Bush and, subsequently, as Special Coordinator for Afghanistan and Pakistan for President Obama. Miller supported the presidential transition and continued in his position during the Obama Administration before accepting a position as Assistant Professor of International Security Affairs at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.[4][5]

Views on Afghanistan

Miller writes regularly about U.S. policy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Asia. He has argued that "The greatest threat to long-term success in Afghanistan is not the Taliban, who are fairly weak compared to other insurgent movements around the world. It is the Afghan government’s endemic weakness and the international community’s failure to address it."[6] Miller's proposed solution is greater attention to reconstruction and stabilization in Afghanistan.[7] He has criticized the views of conservatives, like George Will, as well as moderates and liberals, like David Rothkopf, who argue the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable.[8][9]

Publications

Books

Armed State Building: Confronting State Failure, 1898 - 2012, Cornell University Press, 2013.

Necessary War: What America Needs to Know About the War in Afghanistan, The Cicero Press, 2012.

Articles

“Five Pillars of U.S. Grand Strategy,” Survival, Vol. 54, Issue 5, pg. 7-44.

"American Grand Strategy and the Democratic Peace," Survival, Vol. 54, Issue 2, pg. 49-76.

“Finish the Job: How to Win the War in Afghanistan,” Foreign Affairs, January/February 2011, Volume 90, Number 1.

"Organizing the National Security Council: I Like Ike's," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 3, September 2013, pg. 592-606.

"Evangelicals, Israel, and US Foreign Policy," Survival, Vol. 56, No. 1, February/March 2014, pg. 7-26.

“After 2014: the U.S. in Afghanistan After Transition,” Survival, Vol. 55, Issue 1, 2013, pg. 87-101.

“How to Exercise U.S. Leverage Over Pakistan,” The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 35, Issue 4, Fall 2012, pg. 37-52.

“The Fading Arab Oil Empire,” National Interest, No. 120, July/August 2012.

"Be Afraid," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 91, No. 4, July/August 2012, pg. 146-9.

“Promises, Promises: The U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership,” The AfPak Channel, ForeignPolicy.com, May 21, 2012.

“Five Steps to Better Politics in Afghanistan,” The AfPak Channel, ForeignPolicy.com, April 9, 2012.

"It's Not Just al-Qaeda: Stability in the Most Dangerous Region," World Affairs Journal, March/April 2012.

“The Case for Nation Building: Why and How to Fix Failed States,” Prism, Vol. 3, No. 1, December 2011, pg. 63-74.

“When Does the U.S. Drone War Stop?” The Washington Post, 18 November 2011.

“Afghanistan Demystified,” Books and Culture, November/December 2011, page 16.

“Congressional Oversight in Afghanistan,” ForeignPolicy.com, February 14, 2011.

“Working for the War Czar: Intelligence Support to Policy in Crises,” Studies in Intelligence, June 2010.

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Paul (June 2010). "Working for the War Czar: Lessons for Intelligence Support to Policymaking During Crisis" (PDF). Studies in Intelligence 54 (2). Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Official Bio". College of International Security Affairs. National Defense University. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Official Bio". College of International Security Affairs. National Defense University. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ Miller, Paul (June 2010). "Working for the War Czar: Lessons for Intelligence Support to Policymaking During Crisis" (PDF). Studies in Intelligence 54 (2). Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Official Bio". College of International Security Affairs. National Defense University. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ Miller, Paul (January–February 2011). "Finish the Job: How the War in Afghanistan Can Still Be Won". Foreign Affairs 90 (1). Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ Miller, Paul. "How to Win Afghanistan? Nation Building". Shadow Government blog. Foreign Policy. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  8. ↑ Miller, Paul. "Rothkopf is Wrong on Afghanistan". Shadow Government. Foreign Policy. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  9. ↑ Miller, Paul. "The Realist Case for Nation Building". Shadow Government. Foreign Policy. Retrieved July 5, 2011.

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