Jahara Matisek

Lieutenant Colonel Jahara “FRANKY” Matisek, PhD, is a military professor in the national security affairs department at the US Naval War College, research fellow with the European Resilience Initiative Center and the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and US Department of Defense Minerva co–principal investigator for improving US security assistance. He has published two books and over one hundred articles and essays in peer-reviewed journals and policy-relevant outlets on strategy, warfare, and security assistance. Lt Col Matisek is a command pilot with over 3,700 hours of flight time that was previously an associate professor in the Military and Strategic Studies Department at the US Air Force Academy and has been a Fellow with the Homeland Defense Institute, Modern War Institute, Irregular Warfare Initiative, and the Project on International Peace and Security at William & Mary. You can follow the author on X at: @JaharaMatisek