Mark D. Silinksy, MPhil (Oxon.), Ph.D
Mark is a 33-year veteran analyst of the US Department of Defense, an adjunct professor at the US Army War College, and an affiliate professo...view moreMark D. Silinksy, MPhil (Oxon.), Ph.D
Mark is a 33-year veteran analyst of the US Department of Defense, an adjunct professor at the US Army War College, and an affiliate professor at the University of Haifa. He has served as a Foreign Area Officer (FAO) for Eurasia, Russian language; an Africa analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency; an action officer for the Joint Staff, J5; and a research fellow in the Exceptional Analyst Program. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California; received an MPhil in international relations from Oxford University, under the supervision of Sir Michael Howard; and took a Ph.D. in international development from Tulane University. He was graduated from the National Intelligence University, the Naval War College, and the National Defense University. He is the author of The Taliban — Afghanistan’s Most Lethal Insurgent Group, Praeger Press, 2014, and Black Flag over Babylon — The Islamic State and the West, Indiana University Press (expected publication, late 2016).view less