Editor-at-Large: David Maxwell
Dave Maxwell is the Editor-at-Large of Small Wars Journal. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy (CAPS) and a Senior Fellow at the Global Peace Foundation (where he focuses on a free and unified Korea). He is a 30-year veteran of the US Army, retiring as a Special Forces Colonel. He has worked in Asia for more than over 30 years, primarily in Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. Colonel Maxwell served on the United Nations Command / Combined Forces Command / United States Forces Korea CJ3 staff where he was a planner for UNC/CFC OPLAN 5027-98 and co-author of the original ROK JCS – UNC/CFC CONPLAN 5029-99. Following retirement, he served as the Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Colonel Maxwell is a fellow at the Institute of Corean-American Studies, and on the Board of Directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, the International Council of Korean Studies, the Council on Korean-US Security Studies, the Special Operations Research Association, the OSS Society, and the Small Wars Journal. Colonel Maxwell teaches Unconventional Warfare and Special Operations for Policy Makers and Strategists.
Editor-in-Chief: Jan K. Gleiman (Ken)
Ken Gleiman is the Editor-in-Chief of SWJ and a Professor of Practice at ASU where he develops education programs for the Future Security Initiative and teaches in the School of Politics and Global Studies. Ken is a 27-year veteran of the United States Army (Colonel), a Green Beret, and Army Strategists. His education includes a master’s degree in Policy Management from Georgetown University, a master’s degree from the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) and a master’s in Military History from the Army’s Art of War program. Ken earned his doctorate from Kansas State University in Security Studies and was the first U.S. Army Goodpaster Fellow. Ken is also a certified Strategy Management Professional (SMP) through the International Association of Strategy Professionals (IASP). His most recent Co-Authored book is Winning Without Fighting: Irregular Warfare and Strategic Competition in the 21st Century. His non-profit work includes Board Member and President of the Army Strategist Association.
Associate Editor: Amos Fox
Dr. Amos C. Fox is a Research Fellow with ASU’s Future Security Initiative. Amos is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Houston, and he is also a Contributing Editor at War on the Rocks where he co-hosts the Soldier Pulse and WarCast podcasts. He also hosts the Revolution in Military Affairs podcast. Amos has upwards of 90 publications, to include the book Conflict Realism: Understanding the Causal Logic of War and Warfare. He has a Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations from the University of Reading, a M.M.A.S. from the School of Advanced Military Studies, a M.A. in Secondary Education from Ball State University, and a B.S. in Secondary Education from Indiana University-Indianapolis. Amos is also a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel (Armor) after 24 years of service.
Associate Editor: Ryan Leavitt
Ryan holds a BA in History from Arizona State University (ASU), an MS in Organizational Performance from Boise State University, and a Master’s in Operational Studies from the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College (CGSC). He has 16+ years of practitioner experience in the U.S. Air Force (USAF). He has taught at both CGSC and the USAF’s Air Command Staff College. Ryan is currently pursuing a doctorate in International Relations at ASU’s School of Politics and Global Studies. His research interests include deterrence, public opinion, and post-conflict effects. His work with Small Wars Journal reflects his personal perspective and not the policy or position of the U.S. Government or Department of the Air Force.
Associate Editor: Kyle Ramsay
Kyle Ramsay is a Future Security Initiative (FSI) Professor of Practice in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He served 16 years in the Canadian Army as an Infantry Soldier and Officer before transitioning to other agencies within Canada’s national security community. He has deployed to Afghanistan as a military advisor to command, advise, and execute counterinsurgency (COIN), Foreign Internal Defence (FID), and Security Force Assistance (SFA) taskings, working in close partnership with host nation forces and NATO allies.
Associate Editor (El Centro): John Sullivan
Dr. John P. Sullivan was a career police officer. He is an honorably retired lieutenant with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, specializing in emergency operations, transit policing, counterterrorism, and intelligence. He is currently an Instructor in the Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California. Sullivan received a lifetime achievement award from the National Fusion Center Association in November 2018 for his contributions to the national network of intelligence fusion centers. He completed the CREATE Executive Program in Counter-Terrorism at the University of Southern California and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from the College of William and Mary, a Master of Arts in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis from the New School for Social Research, and a PhD from the Open University of Catalonia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya). His doctoral thesis was “Mexico’s Drug War: Cartels, Gangs, Sovereignty and the Network State.”
Associate Editor (El Centro): Robert Bunker
Dr. Robert J. Bunker is Director of Research & Analysis and a Managing Partner, C/O Futures, LLC; Research Fellow, Claremont Graduate University; Instructor, Safe Communities Institute, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California; and Research Fellow, Future Security Initiative, Arizona State University. Past positions include Minerva Chair, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College; Futurist in Resident, Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy; and Founding Member, Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group. He has over seven hundred publications (including the production of fifty books and research reports) and has given hundreds of presentations and training sessions to academic, law enforcement, and government-military audiences—including Congressional Testimony. He has degrees in history, social science, anthropology-geography, behavioral science, government, and political science and has taken hundreds of hours of counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, counter-gang, and related training.
Editorial Assistant (Junior Fellow): Kenan Podzic
Kenan Podzic is a Junior Fellow and a part of the Editorial Team at the Small Wars Journal. He is currently an Undergraduate at Arizona State University majoring in both Political Science and Economics. Most recently, he served as an Undergraduate Fellow at the Melikian Center where he assisted in the development of a Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian [BCS] 101-102 Online language course for ASU Online.
Editorial Assistant (Junior Fellow): Lars Slobodow
Editorial Assistant (Junior Fellow): Elisabeth Baer
Elisabeth Baer is a Political Science Junior at Arizona State University. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she currently resides in the Czech Republic studying the cultural, political, and socioeconomic system. She has a passion for learning about other cultures and speaks English, Czech, and French. Her research at ASU focuses on chemical and biological warfare examining the importance and relevance of norms, and the need for robust legal frameworks.
Editorial Assistant (Junior Fellow): Parker Labas
Parker is a junior at Arizona State University, pursuing the following Bachelor of Arts degrees: Justice Studies, Philosophy (Morality, Politics, and Law), Political Science, and Psychology. Additionally, Parker is committed to advancing expertise in legal and human rights frameworks through certificates in Socio-Legal Studies and Human Rights. With a passion for promoting justice and addressing societal inequities, they have gained hands-on experience as a Page for the Arizona House of Representatives, supporting legislative functions and committee operations, and as a Lab Scholar with The Luminosity Lab, helping to develop projects to benefit needed communities. Looking forward, Parker is focused on advancing a career as a human rights lawyer, aiming to advocate for vulnerable populations and foster meaningful policy changes in human rights and social justice.
Editorial Assistant (Junior Fellow): Daniel Talone
Daniel is a junior at Arizona State University studying political science and his academic focus is on statecraft and both national and international security. He is initially from Arizona and has resided in Phoenix for most of his life. Currently, Daniel is a contracted cadet with the Army through ASU’s Army ROTC program and is also an intern with the U.S. State Department through their 2024 Virtual Student Federal Service program on researching policy regarding the counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction. His primary interests are in military history, matters of national and international security, and the intelligence community.