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US Navy

2000 Navy PentagonWashington, 20350

United States

Adam Cobb, PhDDirector of the Mahan Advanced Research Project

Newport, Rhode IslandNewport, Rhode Island

Last Updated11/07/2014by UseR17

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Dr Adam Cobb (BA Syd, MA ANU, PhD Cantab., TS SCI) is an internationally recognized strategic problem

solver. His career spans the legislative branch of two governments (Congress & Parliament), nationalsecurity, industry and academia, in Europe, SE Asia and the United States. A noted author & educator, he is

a Board Member of the RUSI Journal Advisory Board, and has been a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College,

Cambridge. Dr Cobb has mentored mid career military and intelligence professionals to command at theoperational and strategic levels of war. He has testified before the National Intelligence Council, the US China

Economic & Security Review Commission, and he has been a panelist in the Tswalu Protocol. Dr Cobb read

History with Professor Sir Harry Hinsley (Official Historian of British Intelligence) at St John's College,Cambridge. Dr Cobb has enhanced strategic decision making for the following organizations • HQ United

States Special Operations Command • HQ United States Marine Corps, Intelligence Department • HQ United

States Air Force, A5/XS Skunk Works • Joint Chiefs of Staff (Af-Pak Coordination Cell) • Commander ISAF,

GEN McChrystal (Federation Forum) • Commanding General of a Joint Special Operations Task Force •Special Operations Command Pacific • Commander Amphibious Squadron (numerous) • Commander Marine

Expeditionary Unit (numerous) • Commander Regimental Combat Team (numerous) • Commanding Officer

Joint Special Operations Task Force • Commander Naval Special Warfare Tactical Squadron Specialties:Strategic analysis, CWMD, Special Operations strategy and plans, intelligence, cyber warfare, energy

security, defense policy, foreign policy, counterinsurgency, and Asia Pacific security.

Professional experience

Director of the Mahan Advanced Research ProjectDirector of the Mahan Advanced Research Project - - US NavyUS Navy

June 2014 - July 2014

Dr Cobb has been appointed at the rank of full Professor in the Warfare Analysis and Research (WAR)

Department, in the Center for Naval Warfare Studies, US Naval War College. The Director of the Mahan

Advanced Research Project is focused on the operational use of United States military and naval forces, andon the developing geo-strategic, political and technological environments influencing their future employment.

Particular focus on researching, analyzing and reporting findings in the systematic examination of deterrence

across all domains with an emphasis on nuclear strategy, non-proliferation and assurance issues, with thepotential to align research into other areas of concern for naval forces including future force structure,

maritime and naval strategy, amphibious and special operations and other areas of naval warfare. The

Director supervises the research of the Mahan Scholars, a group of strategic thinkers that are selected each

year to conduct applied research in the fields noted above.

Board Member RUSI Journal Advisory BoardBoard Member RUSI Journal Advisory Board - - Royal United Services InstituteRoyal United Services Institute

December 2013 - July 2014

Dr Cobb is honored to announce his appointent to the Advisor Board of the RUSI Journal. First published in

1857, it brings together scholars, decision-makers and practitioners in a unique forum that combines

academic rigour with policy relevance.

Adjunct Professor of Strategic IntelligenceAdjunct Professor of Strategic Intelligence - - National Intelligence UniversityNational Intelligence UniversityNovember 2013 - July 2014

The National Intelligence University is a federal degree granting institution with a far-reaching mission — toeducate and prepare intelligence officers to meet current and future challenges to the national security of the

United States. Its main campus is located within the Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters at Joint Base

Anacostia Bolling (JBAB) in Washington D.C., and has graduate and academic centers with the NationalSecurity Agency and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. The NIU is a unique and technologically

advanced university that focuses on the profession of intelligence and is the only institution of higher

education in the nation that allows its students to study and complete research in the Top Secret/SensitiveCompartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) arena. The University is committed to offering and continuously

maintaining an in-depth curriculum intended to enhance the desired analytical skills and competencies of

intelligence analysis to include critical thinking, communications, engagement and leadership. In 2012, NIU

established an academic center at the U.S. Central Command’s Regional Joint Intelligence Training andEducation Facility (RJITEF) on MacDill Air Force Base. The NIU Southern Academic Center offers the MSSI

degree program in a part-time format with classes held two evenings per week, usually Monday and

Wednesday. Classes are available to qualified U.S. federal government civilians and active duty/reserve

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service members in the southern region, including personnel at the headquarters of U.S. Central Command,

Special Operations Command and Southern Command. Classes are held at the RJITEF and made available

via JWICS video-teleconferencing to eligible locations.

AuthorAuthor - - National Security AuthorNational Security AuthorApril 1996 - July 2014

Recent Publications include “How US Marines Use Intelligence to Counter Irregular Adversaries: PreliminaryThoughts on Recent Operations”, in Inteligencia Y Seguridad #13 (Enero-Junio 2013) pp 245-280,

[Intelligence and Security, #13, (Jan-June 2013), published in Spain]; “Intelligence Adaptation: The Bin Laden

Raid & Its Consequences for US Strategy”, in RUSI Journal, August 2011; "Intelligence In Low IntensityConflicts: Lessons from Afghanistan", in Victory Among People, RUSI, 2011; “IEDs, Energy Security & Enemy

Strategy” in Marine Corps Gazette, (2010); “Some Global Strategic Implications of the US Election”, Wolfson

College Journal, Jan 2009, No 32, Cambridge University Press, pp.70-78; “National Security Dilemmas”,

RUSI Journal, Dec 2009; “Balancing Act: Australia's Strategic Relations with China & the United States”,Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, (Summer/Fall 2007); “Iraq: A Strategic Assessment” in Civil

Wars, Vol 9:1 (2007).

PresidentPresident - - Stratagem International LLCStratagem International LLC

April 2008 - July 2014

Prospective clients are requested to contact Dr Cobb direct for more information.

Education/degrees

University of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge

January 1992 - December 1996

The Australian National UniversityThe Australian National University

January 1991 - December 1991

The University of Texas at AustinThe University of Texas at Austin

January 1990 - December 1990

University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Berkeley

January 1990 - December 1990

University of SydneyUniversity of Sydney

January 1989 - December 1990

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