About
AT A GLANCE:
Adjunct professor, Dakota State University and independent consultant.
RESEARCH AREAS:
• Military Innovation and Effectiveness
• Cyber Strategy and Policy
• Defense Planning and Strategy
• Indo-Pacific Security Issues
BIOGRAPHY:
Jim Cahil (Colonel, U.S. Army Retired) is an Adjunct Professor at the Dakota State
University and an independent consultant. He served as an Army Strategist (FA59) in
the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the State Department, Department of the Army
G-3/5/7, U.S. European Command, and the ROK/US Combined Forces Command. Prior to becoming
a strategist, Jim was an AH64D aviation officer with the service of the Third Infantry
Division and Forst Calvary Division.
PUBLICATIONS:
• “Improving The American Debate on the Strategic Value of Alliances and Partnerships,”
George Mason University Center for Security and Policy Studies (CSPS), 2020
• “Humanitarian Assistance and Future War,” Association of the United States Amry
(AUSA) Land Power Essay Series, 2020
• “Producing Strategic Value through Deliberate War Planning,” Military Review, 2017
• “From Cast Lead to Protective Edge: Lessons from Israel’s Wars in Gaza,” RAND Corporation,
2017 (With Rafi Cohen, et al)
• “Theory of Victory,” Strategos, 2009
• “Six Reasons Counterinsurgencies Lose,” Small Wars Journal, 2009
CONNECT / FOLLOW:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-cahill-ph-d-63273186/