Dr. David T. Burbach is an Associate Professor of National Security Affairs

at the Naval War College, where he teaches courses on force planning,

national strategy, and regional security. Dr. Burbach received a B.A. in

Government from Pomona College, and earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004. Before coming to

Newport, Dr. Burbach spent two years on the faculty of the U.S. Army’s

School of Advanced Military Studies in Leavenworth, KS. He has also served

as a defense policy analyst for the RAND Corporation and as a technology

consultant to private-sector firms. Dr. Burbach has written on the politics

of American national security policy, particularly on the relationship

between Presidential decision-making and public opinion. His other areas of

expertise include nuclear strategy and arms control, European regional