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You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: August 25, 2021 1100 am Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Think-JSOU Live Webinar: “SOF Working With the Intelligence Community”.

Moderator & Interviewee: Dr. David Oakley JSOU Faculty & Colonel (R)/Executive Director International Spy Museum Chris Costa

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Dr Dave Oakley
Dr Dave Oakley

David P. Oakley is an associate professor and department chair at Joint Special Operations University where he focuses on intelligence studies.   He served twenty-two years as a national security professional within the U.S. Army, Central Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center. His last assignment in the U.S. Army was as an assistant professor at National Defense University’s College of International Security Affairs in Washington, D.C where he served from 2016-2021.

Dave is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London and is on the editorial boards for Intelligence and National Security and the Special Operations Journal. 


Professional associations: American Historical Association, American Political Science Association, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, International Association for Intelligence Education, International Intelligence History Association, International Studies Association, OSS Society, Term Member Council on Foreign Relations (2013-18)


Qualifications

·      Ph.D., Kansas State University: Security Studies (2016) 

·      Master of Military Arts and Science (MMAS), United States Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies: Theater Operations (2013) 

·      MMAS., U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College: Conflict and Security Studies (2012) 

·      MPA, University of Oklahoma: Public Administration (2005) 

·      BA., Pittsburg State University: Political Science (1998)

Research Interests

·      Intelligence Studies

·      Strategy and Policy

·      National Security Cultures

·      Civil/Military Relations

 

Publications

Books

·      Subordinating Intelligence: The DoD/CIA Post-Cold War Relationship, University Press of Kentucky. 2019.


Chapters in Edited Books

·      “Organizing for the ‘Gray Zone’ Fight: Early Cold War Realities and the CIA’s Directorate of Operations,” In Thomas A. Marks and Kirklin J. Bateman (Eds.), Perspectives on the American Way of War: The U.S. Experience in Irregular Conflict, Routledge Press. 2020.


Reports

·      "Partners or Competitors?: The Evolution of the DoD/CIA Relationship since Desert Storm and its Prospects for the Future,” Joint Special Operations University Report 14-2. May 2014.


Journal Articles

·      “Perfection of Process Does Not Equal Perfect Understanding,” Military Review. January/February 2015.

·      “Adapting to Change: Strategic Turning Points and the CIA/DoD Relationship,” InterAgency Journal. 5(1), Winter 2014, 3-11.

·      “Ten Years of GWOT, the Failure of Democratization and the Fallacy of Ungoverned Spaces” (co-authored with Pat Proctor), Journal of Strategic Security. 5 (1): 1-14.

·      “Taming the Rogue Elephant?,” American Intelligence Journal. Winter 2008/2009, 61-67.


Other Publications

·      “The Problems of a Militarized Foreign Policy for America’s Premiere Intelligence Agency,” War on the Rocks, 02 May 2019

 

Email: david.oakley@jsou.edu 

Website: https://www.davidpoakley.com

Twitter: @davidpoakley

 

Chris Costa
Chris Costa
      Colonel Costa is the Executive Director of the International Spy Museum, and a 34-year veteran of the Department of Defense. Previously, he served 25 years in the United States Army working in counterintelligence, human intelligence and with special operations forces (SOF) in Central America, Europe, and throughout the Middle East. He ran a wide range of intelligence and special operations in Panama, Bosnia, the first and second Iraq wars, and Afghanistan. Costa earned two Bronze stars for sensitive human intelligence work in Afghanistan. Later assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, he served as the first civilian squadron Deputy Director. In 2013, Costa was inducted into the United States Special Operation’s Commando Hall of Honor for lifetime service to US Special Operations. Most recently, he served as the Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council.