Rate Professor David Kilcullen

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Political Science, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Research Interests: Counterinsurgency, irregular warfare, and global security. Specializes in urban warfare and non-state armed groups.

Appointments: Professor of Practice, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University. Former Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to the U.S. Department of State.

Awards: Recognized for contributions to U.S. military strategy during Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

Publications: Author of The Accidental Guerrilla (Oxford University Press, 2009), Counterinsurgency (Oxford University Press, 2010), and Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Additional Contributions: Frequent speaker at international security conferences and contributor to policy development on global counterterrorism.