Education:

• PhD - American University (cand.)
• M.A. - Argentine Naval War College
• M.A. - Naval Postgraduate School
• B.S. - United States Naval Academy

Publications:

"Limits to Civilian Authority?", Armed Forces Journal. September 2009,
 

“Our Waning Influence to the South,” U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings Magazine, May 2009.
 

“SOUTHCOM Turns to Soft Power,” U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings Magazine,  July 2008. 
 

“African Peacekeeping Operations,” U.S. Army Combined Arms Center’s Military Review, July/August 2008.  Also published on South Africa Defense Force’s Defense Web, Nov 2008.
 

“Gulf of Guinea Security,” McGraw-Hill Annual Editions: World Politics 08/09 college textbook, Mar 2008.
 

“AFRICOM – The Pentagon’s New African Command,” McGraw-Hill Annual Editions: World Politics 08/09 college textbook, Mar 2008.
 

“Top Secret Documents Reveal the Truth about the Gulf of Tonkin,” U.S. Naval Institute’s Navy History Magazine, Feb 2008.  
 

“Taking Africa Seriously,” U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings Magazine, Oct 2007. 
 

“Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea”, National Defense University’s Joint Force Quarterly, Apr 2007.
 

“Navy FAO Skills in High Demand in EUCOM AOR”, U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings Magazine,   Sept 2006.
 

  “U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Counter-Terror Operations in Africa”, U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings Magazine, May 2006.