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Senior Fellow for Defense Policy
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Phone: +1-202-518-3476
E-mail: sbiddle@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
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Award-winning author of Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle. Former Associate Professor and Elihu Root Chair of Military Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. Current work examines U.S. defense policy and strategy.
Expertise:U.S. national security policy; military strategy and the conduct of war; technology in modern warfare; recent operations in the war on terror.
Experience:Elihu Root Chair of Military Studies, U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute (2006); Associate Professor of National Security Studies, U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute (2001-2005); Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1998-2002); research staff member, Institute for Defense Analyses (1987-97).
Honors:Arthur Ross Book Award Silver Medal, Council on Foreign Relations (2005); Huntington Prize, Harvard University (2005); Koopman Prize, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (2005); Madigan Award, Army War College Foundation (2005); U.S. Army Superior Civilian Service Medal (2003); Rist Prize, Military Operations Research Society (2000); Impact Prize, Military Operations Research Society (1999); Barchi Prize, Military Operations Research Society (1997).
Selected Publications:“Seeing Baghdad, Thinking Saigon: The Perils of Refighting Vietnam in Iraq,” Foreign Affairs (March/April 2006); “Allies, Air Power, and Modern Warfare,”International Security (Winter 2005-2006); Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle (Princeton University Press, 2004); “Democracy and Military Effectiveness: A Deeper Look,” Journal of Conflict Resolution (August 2004); “Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare,” Foreign Affairs (March/April 2003); “Victory Misunderstood: What the Gulf War Tells Us About the Future of Conflict,” International Security (Fall 1996); “Technology, Civil-Military Relations, and Warfare in the Developing World,” Journal of Strategic Studies (June 1996).
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Council Senior Fellow Stephen Biddle’s Military Power Awarded Prize for Best Book on National Security Studies
Current Research Projects
June 12, 2008
| Speakers: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of International Politics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University |
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| Presider: | William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Military Fellows Program, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to CFR fellows Stephen Biddle and Vali Nasr discuss their recent trip to Iraq.
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June 12, 2008
| Speakers: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense, Council on Foreign Relations Vali R. Nasr, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Transcript
Vali Nasr and Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellows at the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss the political climate and the status of security forces in Iraq following their recent visits to the region.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Democracy and Human Rights, Nation Building
June 10, 2008
Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
diyaCFR military expert Stephen Biddle sees improvements in Iraqi security forces but worries about an erosion in stability if the U.S. military presence is sharply reduced.
See more in Iraq, Defense/Homeland Security, International Peace and Security, Peacekeeping, Peacemaking
April 2, 2008
| Author: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Testimony
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Peacekeeping
March 19, 2008
| Speaker: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to Stephen Biddle, CFR senior fellow for defense policy, provide an update on the current situation in Iraq and examine the political and military implications of U.S. policy options going forward as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.
This call was made possible in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
See more in Iraq
March 6, 2008
| Author: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Op-Ed
National Interest
Iraq's prognosis is better today than it has been for a long time, argues Stephen Biddle.
See more in United States, Iraq
January 28, 2008
News Briefing
CFR experts offer their analysis of President George W. Bush's final State of the Union address.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
January 23, 2008
| Author: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Testimony
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, U.S. Strategy and Politics
December 9, 2007
| Author: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Stephen Biddle argues that if the U.S. sees the reduction in violence in Iraq as an opportunity to bring its troops home, much of what has been gained could be lost.
See more in Iraq, Nation Building, Peacekeeping, U.S. Strategy and Politics
November 20, 2007
| Speaker: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor, CFR.org |
Transcript
A CFR teleconference with Stephen Biddle about the situation in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy, Nation Building
November 15, 2007
Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Stephen Biddle, CFR’s top defense analyst, cites positive developments in Iraq on Sunni security cooperation and reconciliation efforts from the Shiite-led government.
See more in Iraq, Elections, Nation Building, Ethnicity and National Identity
Updated: October 1, 2007
Online Debate
Lawrence J. Korb of the Center for American Progress and CFR's Stephen Biddle debate the accuracy of American military statistics on violence in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy
Updated: September 28, 2007
| Authors: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy Jeffrey Friedman, Research Associate |
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Backgrounder
Gen. David Petraeus’ assertions about falling casualties in Iraq are supported by a range of objective sources. But his testimony to Congress does not establish whether the decline is attributable to the surge or to sectarian cleansing.
See more in Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
September 11, 2007
| Authors: | Peter Beinart, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Steven A. Cook, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Other Report
Six CFR experts provide their own analysis of the Petraeus and Crocker testimony.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy, Wars and Warfare
July 25, 2007
| Author: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Testimony
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Congress
July 12, 2007
Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Stephen Biddle, CFR’s top military analyst on Iraq, says the only analytically sound alternatives in Iraq are to either pull out now, or to stick with a revamped “surge.”
See more in Iraq, Conflict Assessment, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 11, 2007
| Author: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, U.S. Election 2008
June 3, 2007
| Author: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Op-Ed
The Boston Globe
See more in United States, Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Nation Building
May 8, 2007
| Speakers: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Transcript
Stephen Biddle and Max Boot, who have both recently been in Iraq , discuss the troop surge.
See more in Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
01.15.2007
| Author: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy |
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Article
National Interest
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