Seth A. Johnston, PhD
Major, United States Army
EDUCATION
2013
2005
Honors:
2003
Honors:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Oxford, England
Ph.D. International Relations
M.Phil. European Politics
Marshall Scholar
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, West Point, New York
B.S. Political Science, European Studies, Nuclear Engineering
Distinguished Cadet, Top Graduate in the Department of Social Sciences
Top Graduate in International Relations (George K. Osborne Award)
Top Graduate in International Security Studies (William F. Murdy Award)
Truman Scholar
PROFESSIONAL (Active Duty U.S. Army Officer)
2012Present
Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
Assistant Professor
• Teaching undergraduate courses in European and international politics
• Executive Secretary of the USMA Graduate Scholarship Program
20082010
2nd Military Intelligence Battalion, U.S. Army, Wiesbaden, Germany
Company Commander
• Directed strategic military intelligence operations supporting U.S. Army forces in
Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands
• Led 70 personnel and $7 million of equipment at nine facilities in Europe
• Deployed one third of the company in support of operation in Iraq and Afghanistan
20072008
U.S. Army Europe Headquarters, Heidelberg, Germany
Chief, International Military Intelligence Cooperation
• Doubled the annual volume of multinational U.S. Army intelligence programs with allies
and partners throughout Europe and Africa with 70 new initiatives in 18 countries
• Deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan for the establishment of the Combined Security
Transition Command multinational Counterinsurgency Leaders’ Course, training
personnel from 11 countries
• Served as a special assistant to the U.S. Military Delegation to NATO in Brussels,
Belgium during a special session of the NATO Military Committee
20062007
International Security Assistance Force, Task Force Zabul, Afghanistan
Battalion Intelligence Officer
• Created, developed, and led the intelligence operations for the first multinational,
Romanian-led infantry battalion task force in Afghanistan
• Provided direct tactical intelligence support to NATO forces in Zabul Province
2006
U.S. Army Europe Headquarters, Heidelberg, Germany
Intelligence Analyst
• Authored the daily U.S. Army Europe counterterrorism intelligence threat report
2003
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of European Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Interim Chairman, Arms Transfer Vetting Working Group
• Coordinated interagency policy on the Export Control and Border Security foreign
assistance program for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
PAPERS AND SCHOLARSHIP
“NATO is a Global Organization in All but Name.” Yale Journal of International Affairs, Vol.8, No.2, 2013.
“How NATO Endures: An Institutional Analysis.” Doctoral thesis, Oxford University, 2012.
“Resourcing America’s Security Cooperation.” Yale Journal of International Affairs, Vol.6, No.2, 2011.
“Are Democracies Aggressive? Is the United States Aggressive?” with Dan Reiter, John Schuessler, and
Richard Ned Lebow. St. Antony’s International Review, Vol.7, No.1, 2011.
“Safeguarding the Freedom, Common Heritage, and Civilization of the Peoples: President Truman and the
North Atlantic Treaty.” A Dialogue on the Presidency with a New Generation of Leaders (Robert E.
Henderson, editor.) Washington, D.C.: Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, 2003.
(Donald B. Marron Award for the Best Historical Analysis of the Presidency)
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2013 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (Distinguished Honor Graduate)
2010 U.S. Army, Military Intelligence Captains’ Career Course (Distinguished Honor Graduate)
2008 U.S. Army Europe Combined Arms Training Center, Company Command Course
2008 Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy, Counterintelligence Staff Officer Course
2008 U.S. Army, Human Intelligence Operations Management Course
2006 Defense Intelligence Agency, Asymmetric Warfare Analysis Course
2005 U.S. Army, Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course
2001 U.S. Army, Airborne (Paratrooper) Course
MILITARY AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Army Commendation Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal,
Korea Defense Service Medal, NATO Medal, German Leistungsabzeichen der Bundeswehr (Gold),
Combat Action Badge, Military Intelligence Corps Knowlton Award
AFFILIATIONS
Rower, Trinity College Boat Club, Oxford
Member, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
Member, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London
Fellows Mentor, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, Washington, D.C.
Diplôme César Ritz, Ritz Escoffier School of French Gastronomy, Paris
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