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Jeffrey D. McCausland
Carnegie Council Senior Fellow

 
     
 
Jeffrey D. McCausland
Dr. Jeff McCausland is a Visiting Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law at Carlisle, PA. As a Senior Fellow, He leads the Carnegie Council's work on one of its three theme areas, Ethics, War, and Peace.

He completed his active duty service in the U.S. Army in 2002 culminating his career as Dean of Academics, U.S. Army War College, PA. Upon retirement Dr. McCausland accepted the Class of 1961 Chair of Leadership at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD and served there from 2002-2004. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned in field artillery. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army airborne and ranger schools as well as the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, KA. He holds both a Masters and Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Dr. McCausland served in a variety of command and staff positions both in the U. S. and Europe,including Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council Staff during the Kosovo crisis. He also worked on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) as a member of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, US Army Staff, the Pentagon. Following this he assumed command of a field artillery battalion stationed in Europe and deployed his unit to Saudi Arabia for Operations Desert Shield and Storm in 1990 and 1991.

He has both published and lectured broadly on military affairs, European security issues, the Gulf War, and leadership throughout the United States and over twelve countries. He has been a visiting fellow at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Conflict Studies Research Center, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst; Stiftung Wissenshaft und Politk, Ebenhausen, Germany; George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany; and the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London.

He has also served as a member of numerous panels on leadership and character development. These include the Chief of Staff Army's Blue Ribbon Panel on Training and Leader Development; the Character Review Panel for the Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy; as well as providing advice and assistance to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force's Aerospace Leader Development Panel.

Dr. McCausland is an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the RAND Corporation in Washington. He also serves on the Board of Advisers to the National Committee on American Foreign Policy in New York and the Global Strategy Institute at CSIS. He is Director of National Security Affairs for the Buchanan, Ingersoll, and Rooney law firm based in Washington, DC.

He also serves as a national security consultant to CBS television and radio. He has been a frequent commentator on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan for CBS since early 2003. Dr. McCausland has also appeared on MSNBC, CSPAN, CNN, and the CBS Morning Show as well as being interviewed by the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, and Boston Globe.

 
 

Resources by this Author:

 
Selected Publications:
  • Developing Strategic Leaders for the 21st Century (February 2008, Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College)Click link for PDF of full text
  • CBS video, "Death of a Terrorist Part 2", June 8 2006
  • "Governments, Societies, and Armed Forces: What the Gulf War Portends," Parameters, Summer 1999, pp. 2-21.
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    Last Updated: Mar 06, 2008


     
     

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