Kevin D. Stringer
Associate Professor / Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)
PhD
Military Academy of Lithuania
External
About
Colonel Kevin D. Stringer, Ph.D., U.S. Army (Retired) commissioned as an active-duty Army Aviator in 1987 and was a Eurasian Foreign Area Officer and Strategist assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command Europe and U.S. Special Operations Command. He served as a military faculty member at the U.S. Army War College in 2021. He is an Associate Professor at the Military Academy of Lithuania and a Lecturer on Strategy at the University of Northwestern Switzerland. With over 30 years of active and reserve military service, his research focuses on irregular warfare, special operations, multinational operations, and arctic security.
He earned a Ph.D. in International Affairs from the University of Zurich, a Master of Arts in International Relations from Boston University, a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, and a B.Sc. degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Dr. Stringer has published in Naval War College Review, Joint Force Quarterly, Military Review, Parameters, Special Operations Journal, and the Canadian Military Journal.
Research Interests
- irregular warfare
- special operations
- multinational operations
Recent Publications
- “Special Operations Forces (SOF): The Integrator for Total Defense and Resistance,” Journal on Baltic Security, vol. 8 (1) 2022.
- “Jomini and Naval Special Operations Forces—An Applied-Competition Approach to Russia,” Naval War College Review, Vol. 74, No. 4, 2021.
- “The Special Operations Doctrine of International Organizations: An Introductory Analysis to UN, NATO, and EU Approaches,” Special Operations Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2021.
- Special Operations Forces in Great Power Competition, Insights, Vol 1., Issue 2 (Kingston: Kingston Consortium in International Security, February 2021).