Philip Potter

Executive Director of the National Security Data and Policy Institute
Professor of Public Policy and Founding Director, National Security Policy Center

Contact Info

Education & Training

  • PhD, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
  • MA, Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
  • BA, Honors, Political Science and Economics, McGill University
  • Curriculum Vitae (206 KB)

UVA Affiliations

  • Miller Center
  • National Security Data and Policy Institute
  • National Security Policy Center

Areas of Focus

  • National Security, Defense & Foreign Policy

About

Philip Potter is professor of public policy, founding director of the National Security Policy Center (NSPC) in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and executive director of the National Security Data and Policy Institute (NSDPI) at the University of Virginia.

He is also a University Expert with the National Ground Intelligence Center, US Army INSCOM. Dr. Potter has published two books and articles in a wide array of peer reviewed and popular outlets. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Politics and the Journal of Global Security Studies and is an Associate Principal Investigator for Time-Sharing Experiments in the Social Sciences (TESS). Professor Potter has been a fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, Harvard University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Areas of Expertise
    • Foreign policy
    • International relations
    • Military affairs
    • Intelligence