Carnegie Council

Previously, Kilcullen was special adviser for counterinsurgency to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, senior counterinsurgency advisor to General David Petraeus, and Commanding General of U.S. and international forces in Iraq. He was part of the small team that designed the "surge," and subsequently spent several months in the field directing counterinsurgency programs and providing hands-on advice to Iraqi and coalition military, diplomatic, aid and intelligence agencies.

In 2005-2006 he was chief counterterrorism strategist at the U.S. State Department, working in the Middle East, South Asia, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia, including operational activities in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Agencies. He designed and implemented the Regional Strategic Initiative, the policy that drives U.S. counterterrorism diplomacy worldwide.

Kilcullen is a former Australian infantry officer with 22 years of service, including operational deployments in East Timor, Bougainville, and the Middle East.

Resources by this Author:

• Asymmetric Warfare
• The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
• The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
• The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One