Carter Malkasian, Ph.D., Research Team Leader

Expertise

• History of warfare
• Insurgency/Counterinsurgency

Dr. Carter Malkasian directs the stability and development program at CNA, a federally funded research center. From August 2009 to July 2011 he was a political officer for the Department of State in Afghanistan, working on a district support team (DST) in Garmser district,
Helmand province, Afghanistan. From June 2010 to July 2011, he was the team leader.

Previous Positions: Prior to working for the Department of State, he directed the Stability and Development Program at CNA from October 2006 to July 2009. In 2007 and 2008, he led a team that advised Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in eastern Afghanistan. Previously assigned to the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) as an advisor on counterinsurgency, he deployed for the war in Iraq from February to May 2003, February 2004 to February 2005, and February 2006 to August 2006. Most of that time was spent in Al Anbar province.

Education: Doctorate in the history of war at Oxford University.

Languages: Pashto, German

Publications of Interest:

• (with Daniel Marston of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst), Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare, A History of Modern Wars of Attrition (2002)
• (with Daniel Marston of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst), The Korean War, 1950-1953 (2001)
• "Did the Coalition Need More Forces in Iraq? Evidence from Al Anbar" Joint Force Quarterly
• "A Thin Blue Line in the Sand" Democracy: A Journal of Ideas;
• "Signaling Resolve, Democratization, and the First Battle of Fallujah" Journal of Strategic Studies
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• "The Role of Perceptions and Political Reform in Counterinsurgency" Small Wars & Insurgencies
• "Toward a Better Understanding of Attrition" Journal of Military History

malkasc@cna.org 703.824.2204