Christopher C. Harmon

MajGen Matthew C. Horner Chair of Military Theory, Marine Corps University

Professional Experience

Curricula Director, Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch Germany, 2007-2010 [including 18 months as PTSS Executive Director].
Kim. T. Adamson Chair of Insurgency & Terrorism, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA, 2005-2007.
Professor of International Relations, Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University, 1993-2005.
Dr. Harmon has had 21 years of teaching security studies, strategy, military theory & history, and courses on terrorism at six graduate schools, including a division of National Defense University, and the Naval War College.
Academic and Research Fellowships include: Earhart Foundation; Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; Claremont Institute.
Legislative Aide, Foreign Policy, U.S. House of Representatives

Dr. Harmon is the author of Terrorism Today, co-author of Toward a Grand Strategy Against Terrorism, and co-editor of Statecraft and Power.

Education

B.A., History, and French Language [double-major; summa cum laude], Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, 1977.
M.A. in Government, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, 1984.
Ph.D., International Relations and Government, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, 1984.

Expert Areas

Theory & Nature of War
Terrorism
Counterterrorism
Insurgency
Counterinsurgency
International Relations
U.S. Foreign Policy

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Terrorism has been well-defined as "the deliberate and systematic murder, maiming, and menacing of the innocent to inspire fear for political ends." Our study of "Terrorism" dwells on current source materials, questions and challenges—from the newly-relevant Charter of Hamas to emergent terrorism and insurgency among the Baluch people of Pakistan to the question of why the Basque ETA has just suspended all militant actions.

Principal Professor

Christopher C. Harmon