David Kilcullenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. David John Kilcullen F.R.G.S is an Australian author and consultant who is a foremost theorist on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism and is the founder and CEO of Caerus Associates, a Washington D.C. based consultancy firm. He is a former Royal Australian Infantry Corps Lieutenant Colonel currently commissioned in the Australian Army Reserve and is formerly a Senior Analyst with the Australian Office of National Assessments. Kilcullen was seconded to the United States Department of State Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism as Chief Counterterrorism Strategist and then was the Special Advisor for Counterinsurgency to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In 2007 he served as the Senior Counterinsurgency Adviser to the Commander of the Multi-National Force - Iraq General David Petraeus as a civilian position on his personal staff responsible for planning and executing the 2007-08 Joint Campaign Plan which drove the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. Kilcullen has also been an advisor to the British government, the Australian government, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the International Security Assistance Force and to several private sector institutions. He is also a former Senior Fellow of the Center for a New American Security and now a Member of the Center for a New American Security Advisory Board. He is a member of the Mission Essential Personnel Board of Advisors. Dr. Kilcullen is also an Adjunct Professor of Security Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.