Bio & Experience
Frederick W. Kagan, author of the 2007 report Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq, is one of the intellectual architects of the successful “surge” strategy in Iraq. He is the director of AEI’s Critical Threats Project and a former professor of military history at the US Military Academy at West Point. His books range from Lessons for a Long War (AEI Press, 2010), coauthored with Thomas Donnelly, to the End of the Old Order: Napoleon and Europe, 1801-1805 (Da Capo, 2006).
Experience
- Associate Professor of Military History, 2001-2005; Assistant Professor of Military History, 1995-2001; U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Education
PhD, Russian and Soviet military history;
BA, Soviet and East European studies, Yale University
Latest Work
Articles and Op-Eds
Article
April 18, 2024
Institute for the Study of War
Why You Can’t Be an Iran Hawk and a Russia Dove
Article
April 16, 2024
Institute for the Study of War
America’s Stark Choice in Ukraine and the Cost of Letting Russia Win
Article
April 14, 2024
Critical Threats Project
Iran’s Attempt to Hit Israel with a Russian-Style Strike Package Failed . . . for Now
Research, Books, Speeches, and Testimonies
One Pager
November 21, 2023
If the West Cuts Aid to Ukraine, Russia Will Win. If the West Leans In, Ukraine Can Win.
Multimedia
Events
Event
February 26, 2024
