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Dr. Kevin D. Stringer, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), is a Lecturer at the University of Northwestern Switzerland and a Visiting Associate Professor at the Military Academy of Lithuania. With 30 years of commissioned military service, he was a Eurasian foreign area officer and strategist assigned to the U.S. special operations community. Career highlights include assignments as Director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate (J5), Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) and Director, Plans and Strategy (J5) for a combined joint special operations task force in the Middle East. In 2021, he served as a military faculty member at the U.S. Army War College. He earned a Ph.D. in International Affairs from the University of Zurich, a Master of Arts in International Relations from Boston University, a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, and a B.Sc. degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Dr. Stringer has published in Naval War College Review, Joint Force Quarterly, Military Review, Parameters, Special Operations Journal, and the Canadian Military Journal.

Research Interests

• Irregular Warfare
• Special Operations
• Multinational Operations

Recent Publications

• “SOF Roles in the Arctic: Joint Enabler, Whole-of-Society Integrator, Reverse Security Force Assistance Provider,” in The Northern Flank: Arctic Implications for SOF, edited by Bernd Horn, et al (Winnipeg: CANSOFCOM Education & Research Centre), March 2025.
• “A Gray Zone Option for Integrated Deterrence: Special Operations Forces,” PRISM: The Journal of Complex Operations 10, No. 4, 2024.
• “Counter Threat Finance for Strategic Competition.” The RUSI Journal 168, no. 7, 2024.
• "Urban Resistance to Occupation: An Underestimated Element of Land Warfare," Parameters 53, no. 3, 2023.
• “Special Operations Forces Institution-Building: From Strategic Approach to Security Force Assistance,” Joint Force Quarterly: JFQ no. 110, 2023.

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