Department of Military & Strategic StudiesUnited States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado,
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Non-Resident Fellow, Modern War InstituteUnited States Military AcademyWest Point, New York,
United States

Jahara Matisek is an officer in the U.S. Air Force that teaches in the Department of Military and Strategic Studies at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, U.S.A. He holds a Ph.D in Political Science from North-western University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, with a focus on conflict in Africa. He regularly publishes on the changing nature of warfare in the 21st century, U.S. foreign policy, civil-military relations, and military strategy.