Dr. James D. Kiras is Dean of Academics and Professor of Strategy and Security Studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University. His expertise includes strategy, irregular warfare, special operations, counterterrorism, and military theory. He is the author of Special Operations Success and Special Operations and Strategy, and has contributed to numerous edited volumes, articles, and chapters on special operations and security studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Reading, an M.A. in History/International Relations from the University of Toronto, and a B.A. in History from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
