Douglas Ollivant

ASU Future of War Senior Fellow

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As an ASU Future of War Senior Fellow at New America, Douglas Ollivant is writing a book comparing and contrasting the "Surge" periods of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He is a managing partner of the strategic consulting firm Mantid International. A retired Army officer, he spent a total of three years deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, both in uniform and as a contractor, and was Director for Iraq at the National Security Council during both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations. Ollivant is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a graduate of Wheaton College and has a Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University.

Expertise:

  • National Security
  • War
  • Military Affairs
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Terrorism
  • Intelligence & Defense Issues
  • Iraq
  • Afghanistan