Nancy Walbridge Collins specializes in U.S. defense, national security, and military technology. She is the chair of defense and security studies at
Columbia University.
Collins is the author of ''Grey Wars'' (
Yale University Press, 2021), an analysis of America's shifting forms of warfare. Her essays and commentaries appear in a range of publications, including ''
Forbes'', ''
The New York Times'',
''TIME'', ''
U.S. News & World Report,'' and ''
The Wall Street Journal''.
Since 2010, Collins has worked on special projects for the
U.S. Department of Defense as a senior advisor or strategic consultant, dedicated to national mission priorities and leadership assessments. She is a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations
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and th
U.S. Commission on Military History She has served as a senior fellow at the
Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council is an American think tank in the field of international affairs, favoring Atlanticism, founded in 1961. It manages sixteen regional centers and functional programs related to international security and global economic prosp ...
, at
West Point, and at
Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
Education
Collins earned her
B.A. in government from
Georgetown University and
M.A. and
Ph.D. from the
University of London, where she was named the Thornley Fellow, an international prize. Collins graduated from the
Loomis Chaffee School and served on its Board of Trustees for a decade.
Awards
She has been awarded fellowships and grants, from among others, the
University of Chicago,
Harvard University, the
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America, after the Carneg ...
, the
Wilson Center, and
Yale University. She is a recipient of the U.S. Congressional Dirksen Award and the NCAFP 21st Century Leadership Award.
Publications
''Grey Wars: A Contemporary History of U.S. Special Operations'' (Yale University Press, 2021).Book
''The Atlantic Imperative'' (Atlantic Council, 2021) Essay
Patriotism, Security Strategies, & The Rising Generation, FOX NEWS, July 6, 2013 Article
“National Responsibility from Abbottabad to Patriots’ Day,” with M. Malvesti, CNN, May 1, 2013 Article
“NATO Is Not Enough: The Seven-Continent Strategy,” New York Times, April 23, 2013 Article
“The Bell Tolls for the U.S. Military,” TIME Magazine, March 26, 2013 Essay
“Sequestration Imperatives: Creating 21st Century Force,” ''U.S. News & World Report'',” with M. McGuire IV, March 25, 2013 Article
“The Unintended Consequences of Highly Sensitive Information Disclosure,” with M. Malvesti, Forbes, February 5, 2013 Article
""No Easy Day"" Meets Pentagon Hardball," The Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2014.Article
References
External links
* https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300198416/grey-wars
*https://greywars.info/
*https://www.siwps.org/people/nancy-walbridge-collins/
*https://www.defensesecurity.org/
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1973 births
Loomis Chaffee School alumni
Alumni of the University of London
Columbia University faculty
Georgetown College (Georgetown University) alumni
Living people
American military writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American foreign policy writers