Tim Ball, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (Retired) is a Non-Resident Fellow in the National Security Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a retired US Army Special Forces officer. He served as a detachment and company commander in 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), with multiple tours in Iraq, and assignments throughout Europe, to include NATO Special Operations Headquarters. His research interests include the use of special operations forces and military advising. LTC Ball retired after serving as the Professor of Military Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio Army ROTC program. He holds a BA in Political Science from Texas A&M University and an MS in Defense Analysis (Irregular Warfare) from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.