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Richard H. Shultz, Jr. (born 1947) is an American scholar of international security studies. He is a Professor International Politics at
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is the graduate school of international affairs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. Fletcher is one of America's oldest graduate schools of international relations. As of 2017, the student b ...
,
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, where he is also the director of the International Security Studies Program (ISSP).


Education

According to Shultz' published CV, he pursued his PhD studies at
Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public university, public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the second-oldest List of colleges and universities in Ohio, university in Ohi ...
, graduating in 1976. His dissertation was titled ''Origins and Development of U.S. Counterinsurgency Strategy: The Vietnam Case Study'', chaired by David S. McLellan. He then pursued post-doctoral studies at the
University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...
, from 1977 to 1978.


Career

Shultz entered the Fletcher School and ISSP in 1983, as the associate professor of international politics. He became the director of ISSP in 1989. He is an expert and early scholar of
insurgency An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric warfare, asymmetric nature: small irregular forces ...
, with his early works including influential research on
guerrilla warfare Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians, which may include recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrori ...
in Vietnam. He is also an expert on terrorism, intelligence gathering, internal conflicts, and
low intensity conflict A low-intensity conflict (LIC) is a military conflict, usually localised, between two or more state or non-state groups which is below the intensity of conventional war. It involves the state's use of military forces applied selectively and wit ...
. Shultz has served on the Special Operations Policy Advisory Group of the U.S. Department of Defense, where he was the only civilian in that position. He has also done security research and served as advisor for several U.S. civil and military organizations, and held chairs at the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval War College, and the U.S. Department of Defense. He has
testified Testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter. Etymology The words "testimony" and "testify" both derive from the Latin word ''testis'', referring to the notion of a disinterested third-party witness. Law In the law, testimony ...
in the U.S. congress. Shultz has been a member of several boards of trustees, including the Board to the
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs is a New York City–based 501(c)(3) public charity serving international affairs professionals, teachers and students, and the attentive public. Founded in 1914, and originally named ''Ch ...
. His consultant work for the government has focused on U.S.
peacekeeping Peacekeeping comprises activities, especially military ones, intended to create conditions that favor lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed w ...
policy, out-of-area interventions,
counter-proliferation Counterproliferation refers to diplomatic, intelligence, and military efforts to combat the proliferation of weapons, including both weapons of mass destruction (WMD), long-range missiles, and certain conventional weapons. Measures to combat pr ...
issues, and the growing impact of international
organized crime Organized crime is a category of transnational organized crime, transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally thought of as a f ...
on U.S. security interests.


Publications


Books authored

*''The Marines Take Anbar: The Four-Year Fight to Defeat al Qaeda in Iraq'' (Naval Institute Press, 2013) *''Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias: The Warriors of Contemporary Combat'', co-authored with Andrea Dew (Columbia University Press, 2006) *''The Secret War Against Hanoi: Kennedy and Johnson's Use of Spies, Saboteurs, and Covert Warriors in North Vietnam'' (New York: Harper Collins, 1999) *''The Soviet Union and Revolutionary Warfare'' (Stanford, CA: The Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1990) *'' Dezinformatsia: Active Measures in Soviet Strategy'', co-authored with Roy Godson (New York: Brassey’s, 1984)


Books edited

* ''Security Studies for the Twenty-First Century'', co-editor and author with Roy Godson and George Quester (Washington, DC: Brassey’s, 1997). * ''The Role of Naval in 21st Century Operations'', co-editor and author with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr (Washington, DC: Brassey’s International Defense Publishers, 2000). * ''Security Studies for the 1990s'', co-editor and author with Roy Godson and Ted Greenwood (New York: Brassey’s, 1993) * ''Ethnic Conflict and Regional Instability: Implications for US Policy and Army Roles and Missions'', co-editor and author with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1994) * ''Naval Forward Presence Missions and the National Military Strategy'', co-editor and author with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1993) * ''The Future of Air Power in the Aftermath of the Gulf War'', co-editor and author with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. (Montgomery, AL: Air University Press, 1992) * ''U.S. Defense Policy in an Era of Constrained Resources'', co-editor and author with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr. (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1989) * ''Guerrilla Warfare and Counterinsurgency: U.S.-Soviet Policy in the Third World'', co-editor with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.,
Uri Ra'anan Uri Ra'anan, originally named Heinz Felix Frischwasser-Ra’anan (born June 10, 1926, in Vienna; died August 10, 2020), was an American expert in the politics of communist countries, particularly the Soviet Union and China, and in the resurgence of ...
, and William Olson (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1988) * ''Hydra of Carnage: The International Linkages of Terrorism'', co-editor and author with Uri Ra’anan, Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., Ernst Halperin, and Igor Lukes (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1985) * ''Special Operations in US Strategy'', co-editor with Frank R. Barnett and B. Hugh Tovar (Washington, DC: National Defense University Press, 1985) * ''Power, Principles and Interests: A Reader in World Politics'', co-editor and author with James P. O’Leary and Jeffrey Salmon (Lexington, MA: Ginn Press, 1985) * ''Lessons from an Unconventional War: Reassessing U.S. Strategies in Preparing for Future Conflicts'', co-editor and author with Richard Hunt (New York: Pergamon, 1982) * ''Responding to the Terrorist Threat: Security and Crisis Management'', co-editor with Stephen Sloan (New York: Pergamon, 1980)


Monographs

*
Organizational Learning and the Marine Corps
' (Newport, RI: U.S. Naval War College, Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups, 2013) *
Adapting America's Security Paradigm and Security Agenda
', Special Report, co-authored with Roy Godson, Querine Hanlon, and Samantha Ravich (Washington, DC: National Strategy Information Center, 2010) *
Strategic Culture and Strategic Studies: An Alternative Framework for Assessing Al Qaeda and the Global Jihadi Movement
' (Tampa, FL: USSOCOM/Joint Special Operations University Press, 2012) *''Armed Groups and Irregular Warfare: Adapting Professional Military Education'', co-authored with Roy Godson and Querine Hanlon (Washington, DC: National Strategy Information Center, 2009) *
Global Insurgency Strategy and the Salafi Jihad Movement
' (Boulder, CO: Institute for National Security Studies, 2008). *
Armed Groups: A Tier-One Security Priority
', co-authored with Itamara V. Lochard and Doug Farah (Boulder, CO: Institute for National Security Studies, 2004). *''Ethnic and Religious Conflict: Emerging Threat to US Security'', co-authored with William Olson (Washington, DC: National Strategy Information Center, 1994) *
In the Aftermath of War: US Support for Reconstruction and Nation-Building in Panama Following Just Cause
' (Montgomery, AL: Air Force University Press, 1993)


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shultz, Richard H. The Fletcher School at Tufts University faculty 1947 births Living people University of Michigan fellows