Richard Lacquement
Professor of the Military Profession
Strategic Studies Institute
BIO
Richard A. Lacquement Jr., Ph.D. (Colonel, retired, U.S. Army) is Professor of the Military Profession in the US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute. He is also Director of the War College’s National Security Policy Program. He is a Political Scientist with a Ph.D. in International Relations (Security Studies) from Princeton University. He served as a Strategist and Field Artillery officer during three decades of active service in the U.S. Army. He has held senior level assignments in Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, and the Pentagon as well as teaching assignments at West Point, the Naval War College and the Army War College. For eight years he served as Dean of the US Army War College’s School of Strategic Landpower. He is the author of Shaping American Military Capabilities after the Cold War and several articles and book chapters on national security, the military profession, civil-military relations, professional military education, stability operations, and counterinsurgency. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree from West Point and Master’s Degrees from the Naval War College, Army War College, and Princeton.
Recent Publications
SSI MONOGRAPH
“Framing the Future of the U.S. Military Profession” (with Tom Galvin)
Monograph, US Army War College Press
FUTURE OF THE MILITARY PROFESSION
ACADEMIC ARTICLE
“Integrating Civilian and Military Activities”
Parameters Vol 41, Iss 4 (2011)
STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
PODCAST EPISODE
“In Defense of Professionalism”
Moral Matters Episode 14, April 15, 2021
FUTURE OF THE MILITARY PROFESSION
COMMENTARY
“The Gulf War 30 Years Later: Successes, Failures, and Blind Spots”
War on the Rocks, Sept 9, 2020
STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY