James S. Robbins
James S. Robbins (b. 1962) is the award winning Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at the Washington Times, an author, political commentator and professor, with an expertise in national security, and foreign and military affairs. He served as special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and is Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs on the American Foreign Policy Council.
His books include This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive (2010) and Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point (2006). He is also a political commentator and contributing editor for National Review Online.
Early life and education
James S. Robbins was born in 1962. He earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati. He received a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.) and Ph.D. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Massachusetts.
Career
Robbins taught at The Fletcher School, Boston University, Marine Corps University, National Defense University, and other schools. Robbins served in the federal government for ten years, including as special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
In 2007, Robbins was appointed Director of the Intelligence Community Center at Trinity Washington University.[1] In 2008, he was selected as Program Chair of the Master of Arts in International Security Studies at Trinity Washington.[2]
In 2009, Robbins was appointed Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at the Washington Times.
In addition to writing two books, he has written frequent articles for the National Review, the Washington Times, and a variety of other publications, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Herald and other publications. He is a frequent commentator on national and international television and radio.
Robbins is Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council. He serves on the Advisory Board of the National Civil War Museum.
Books
- This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive (2010)
- Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point (2006)
Articles
- “Afghanistan: Back To Basics,” in The Journal of International Security Affairs no. 15, Fall 2008, pp. 79-88.
- “Custer: The Goat at West Point and at War,” in Custer and His Times: Book Five, John P. Hart (ed), LaGrange Park, IL: Little Big Horn Associates (2008).
- “Dangerous Deterrence,” in Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic, Ilan Berman (ed), Washington: Rowman & Littlefield (2007).
- “Insurgent Seizure of an Urban Area: Grozny, 1996,” in Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives, Volume III, James J.F. Forest (ed), McGraw Hill (2006).
- “Battlefronts in the War of Ideas,” in Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives, Volume I, James J.F. Forest (ed), McGraw Hill (2006).
- “Iraq,” in Flashpoints in the War on Terrorism, Derek Reveron (ed), New York: Routledge Publishers (2006).
- “Contemporary Operational-Level War Fighting” – a review of Nicholas E. Reynolds, Basrah, Baghdad, and Beyond: The U.S. Marine Corps in the Second Iraq War, Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2005, in the Naval War College Review, Spring 2006, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 157-161.
- “Soft Targets: Hard Choices,” in Homeland Security: Protecting America’s Targets, James J.F. Forest (ed), Westport, CT: Praeger Security International (2006).
- "Al-Qaeda Versus Democracy," Journal of International Security Affairs No. 9 (Fall 2005).
- “Terrorism, the Media, and Homeland Security,” in Homeland Security: Controlling the New Security Environment, Howard, Moore and Forest (eds), Guilford, CT: McGraw Hill Publishers (2005).
- “Defeating Networked Terrorism,” in Defeating Terrorism: Shaping the New Security Environment, Howard and Sawyer (eds.), Guilford, CT: McGraw Hill Publishers (2004).
- “Central Command: Tip of the Spear” in America’s Viceroys: The Military and U.S. Foreign Policy, Derek Reveron (ed.), New York: Palgrave Macmillan Publishers (2004).
- “Bin Laden’s War,” in Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Howard and Sawyer (eds.), Guilford, CT: McGraw Hill Publishers (2003).
Legacy and honors
- Robbins is the recipient of the 2010 Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association award for editorial writing.
- In 2001, he was awarded the U.S. Department of State, Secretary’s Open Forum Distinguished Public Service Award.
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