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Jeffrey A. Larsen is a Senior Policy Analyst with Science Applications International Corporation in Colorado Springs, CO, president of Larsen Consulting Group, and an adjunct professor of international studies at the University of Denver. He is also a research fellow with the U.S. Navy's Center for Contemporary Conflict and the U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a retired Lt Colonel, he holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University (1991), an M.A. in international relations from Princeton, and an M.A. in national security affairs and European studies from the Naval Postgraduate School. He has held two Fulbright NATO Research Fellowships and has twice won SAIC's annual publication prize.
Dr. Larsen served as a command pilot, associate professor of political science at the Air Force Academy, first Director of the USAF Institute for National Security Studies, and senior editor of the USAF Chief of Staff studies of Air Force lessons from the recent campaigns in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He led the team that developed a strategic vision for U.S. Northern Command, wrote U.S. Space Command's theater strategy, supported Air Force Headquarters in arms control policy issues and the Nuclear Posture Review, and served as a consultant to Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is the author or editor of multiple journal articles, chapters, and books.