National Security,
Defense & Foreign Policy
Producing original research and policy analysis on the vital national security questions facing the United States, connecting scholars and government practitioners to address deterrence, conflict, intelligence, and emerging threats.
Overview
Faculty and the National Security Policy Center (NSPC) support rigorous academic research and policy-relevant analysis on issues central to American national security. Drawing on expertise across the University of Virginia and beyond, this area contributes to understanding and policy in areas including deterrence, conventional force, space and naval policy, intelligence, cybersecurity, nuclear security, and sub-state violence. Convening meetings that bring together academics and government officials, and connecting students with current practitioners, this area bridges scholarship and public service at the highest levels of national security policy.
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Philip PotterExecutive Director of the National Security Data and Policy InstitutePhilip 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). He is also a University Expert with the National Ground Intelligence Center, US Army INSCOM.
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Allan StamUniversity Professor of Public Policy and PoliticsAllan C. Stam is a University Professor of public policy and politics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. His research focuses on the dynamics of armed conflict between and within states. Stam has also worked on several survey-based projects including surveys conducted in Russia, Rwanda, India and the United States.
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Alexander BickAssociate Professor of Practice in Public PolicyAlexander Bick is associate professor of practice in public policy in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. He brings more than twenty years of experience in national security policy and research, including senior roles in the U.S. government, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions.
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Gerald WarburgProfessor of Practice in Public PolicyGerry Warburg is a professor of practice in public policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Prior to Batten, he worked with Congress for several decades, serving as a legislative assistant to members of leadership in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
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Noah MyungAssociate Professor of Public Policy and EconomicsNoah Myung is an associate professor of public policy and economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. He is an experimental and behavioral economist with research interests in game theory, organizational economics, and financial economics. Myung’s current research deals with equilibrium selection in coordination games as well as information sharing between competitors
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John HolbeinAssociate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and EducationJohn Holbein is an associate professor of public policy, politics, and education at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Holbein studies political participation, political inequality, democratic accountability, political representation, and education policy.