CURRICULUM VITAE
James M. Dubik
Lieutenant General
U.S. Army (Retired)
President/CEO
Dubik Associates, LLC
Education Background:
1971 BA, Gannon University, Philosophy.
1979 Graduate, U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare Course, Quantico, Virginia.
1981 M.A, the Johns Hopkins University, Philosophy.
1982
Graduate, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
1992 MA, the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Military Arts
and Sciences.
1992 Graduate, Advanced Operational Studies Fellowship, School of Advanced Military
Studies, U.S. Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Security Fellowship.
1997 Harvard JFK School of Government. Executive program, National Security.
2001 Maxwell School of Government, Syracuse University, Executive program, National
Security.
2014 PhD, the Johns Hopkins University, Philosophy.
Current portfolio.
1. President and CEO, Dubik Associates, LLC. An international consulting firm formed in
2008 with Sharon L. Basso. The firm consults on matters of national security issues;
strategic planning—military, intelligence, government, and business; leader development;
and media and Congressional relations.
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2. Senior Fellow, the Institute for the Study of War. I conduct research, write, brief, and
conduct media interviews on behalf of the Institute in the following areas: ways to
improve U.S. and allied training of indigenous security forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria,
and elsewhere; counterinsurgency doctrine; and changes in the nature, conduct, and
understanding of war. Monographs published by the Institute include: “Building Security
Forces and Ministerial Capacity: Iraq as a Primer.” “Accelerating Combat Power in
Afghanistan,” “Creating Police and Law Enforcement Systems,” and “The U.S. in Iraq
Beyond 2011.” My latest monograph is entitled, “Operational Art in
Counterinsurgencies.” My latest short work is “On Principled Resignation,” posted on
Foreign Policy’s Blog, Best Defense. All are available at www.understandingwar.org.
Also available on the Institute’s web site are my most recent media interviews.
3. Senior Fellow, the Institute of Land Warfare. I write regular articles in Army magazine,
published by the Association of the United States Army. My last monograph is “Lessons
from Lincoln, On Being a War President.” My latest two articles are “Consider These
Seven Factors Before the War Ends,” (Sep) and “A True Coalition is First Step to Win the
War,” (Aug). Forthcoming is “Two Fallacies of American Civil-Military Relations,”
(Nove) . These and other essays and monographs are available on line at www.ausa.org.
4. Chairman of the Board and Trustee of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church
Management. I assist in developing long range strategic goals for this non-profit
organization whose mission is to assist the Catholic Church in America in improving
management and leadership practices. I also help the organization in translating strategic
goals into measurable objectives and tasks, in constructing an efficient and effective
organization, and aligning resources with the organization and strategic plan. A view of
this organization can be found at www.nlrcm.org.
5. Member, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC.
6. Member, the National Security Advisory Council, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition,
Washington, DC.
7. Member, U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame. Inducted in 2012.
8. Media. I have appeared, been interviewed by, or have written for the following media
outlets: BBC, London Financial Times, Canadian Broadcast Network, NPR, CNN, Fox,
Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science
Monitor, Foreign Policy, Politico, and a number of smaller news organizations. Latest
oped: 12 June 2014, Washington Post, “Must Act to Prevent Extremist Victory in Iraq.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/james-m-dubik-us-must-act-to-prevent-
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extremists-victory-in-iraq/2014/06/12/5d74d458-f229-11e3-bf76447a5df6411f_story.html
Academic Experience:
1. Graduate level: Currently, Professor of the Practice and director of Teaching at
Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program. Other graduate level experience:
Penn State Law School, 2012-2013; Army War College, 2012-2013; and the Army’s
School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas—1991-92.
2. Undergraduate level: associate professor in ethics, ethics and leadership, history of
philosophy, and political philosophy at the United States Military Academy, West Point,
New York—1982-85.
3. Omar Bradley Chair for Strategic Leadership, 2012-13. Co sponsored by Dickenson
College, Penn State Law School, and the US Army War College; taught a course on just
war theory at each institution.
4. The Hertog War Studies Program. 2013-to-present. The Hertog War Studies Summer
Program in Washington, D.C. is an intensive 2-week program run by the Institute for the
Study of War focused upon educating advanced undergraduate students about the theory,
practice, organization, and control of war and military forces. Students learn from and
interact with distinguished senior leaders in the national security and military
communities, including retired generals, ambassadors, and leading intellectuals. The
program provides students with a deeper understanding of specific topics in military
history and their intersection with modern warfare and policy.
http://hertogwarstudies.org/.
5. Lecturer. Lectured or been a panel member at the following academic institutions:
University of Virginia, the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International
Study, University of Maryland, George Washington University, George Mason
University, The Jefferson Education Society, the US Army School of Advanced Military
Studies, the Army War College, and the National War College, Washington, D.C.
Publications: Published over 150 articles, essays, and monographs. The following are my major
publications:
1. Books: Envisioning Future Warfare, coauthored with General Gordon R. Sullivan, (Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas: US Command and General Staff College Press, 1995).
Forthcoming (currently planned for July 2016) through the University Press of Kentucky,
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Waging War Justly—a book that identifies a previously unexamined area of Just War
Theory’s jus in bello, justice in the conduct of war.
2. Introductions to three books.
a. “Get On With It,” in Anthony D. McIvor, editor, Rethinking the Principles of War
(Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2005).
b. “Complex Contingency Operations: Assessing our Past and Preparing for our
Future,” in Robert Perito, Where is the Lone Ranger: America’s Search for a Stability
Force (Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Institute for Peace, 2013). Second edition.
c. “On Expanding Our Understanding of The Moral Dimension of War,” in the
Afterwar: Healing the Moral Injuries of War (New York: Oxford University Press,
2015) by Professor Nancy Sherman of Georgetown University.
3. Selected monographs and essays.
a. “Human Rights, Command Responsibility, and Walzer’s Just War Theory,”
Philosophy and Public Affairs, Fall, 1982.
b. “Social Expectations, Moral Obligations, and Command Responsibility,” The
International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Spring, 1984.
c. “On The Foundations of National Military Strategy: Past and Present,” US
Command and General Staff College, 1990.
d. “Grant’s Final Campaign,” US Command and General Staff College, 1991.
e. “Creating Combat Power in the 21st Century,” The Institute of Land Warfare, 1996.
f. “Sacred Cows Make Good Shoes: Changing the Way We Think About Military
Force Structure, The Institute of Land Warfare, 1997
g. “Building a Strategy Based Force Structure,” The Institute of Land Warfare, 1999.
h. “The Army’s ‘Twofer:’ The Dual Role of the Interim Force,” The Institute of Land
Warfare, 2001.
i. “Lessons from Lincoln: On Being a War President,” The Institute of Land Warfare,
2008.
j. “Building Security Forces and Ministerial Capacity: Iraq as a Primer,” The Institute
for the Study of War, 2009
k. “Accelerating Combat Power in Afghanistan,” The Institute for the Study of War,
2009.
l. “Creating Police and Law Enforcement Systems,” The Institute for the Study of War,
2010.
m. “The U.S. in Iraq Beyond 2011,” The Institute for the Study of War, 2011.
n. “Operational Art in Counterinsurgencies: A View from the Inside,” The Institute for
the Study of War, 2012.
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Executive leadership experiences. Over 37 years of continuous active duty culminating in
more than ten years of effective, values-based executive management and leadership. Proven
change leader and strategic thinker. Practiced in successfully working with senior governmental,
corporate, and military leaders of many nations—sometimes in very difficult and sensitive
conditions. Exercised responsible stewardship of billions of dollars.
1. 2007-8. Commanding General, Multi-National Security Transition Command—Iraq and
NATO Training Mission—Iraq. Baghdad, Iraq. Senior US official responsible for
training and equipping the Iraqi military and police forces. $5B annual budget.
Coordinated with Iraqi, American, NATO, and other national senior governmental and
military officials. Main innovation: accelerated growth—in size, capability, and
confidence—of the Iraqi security forces—military, police, and Ministries of Defense and
Interior—to meet US strategic objectives.
2. 2004-7. Commanding General, I US Corps. Fort Lewis, Washington. Senior American
Army operational commander in the Pacific region. Responsible for training 40,000
soldiers for war as well as for developing or continuing military relationships with Korea,
Japan, and Thailand. $600 M budget. Main innovations: created a global, distributed,
peer-learning environment to accelerate learning among Stryker units in Hawaii, Alaska,
Germany, Pennsylvania, and Washington State and began new family programs to reduce
stress on spouses and children of deployed service members—both now being adopted
throughout the army.
3. 2002-4. Commanding General, Joint Laboratory, Joint Forces Command, Norfolk,
Virginia. Senior US military official responsible for the development and execution of
US and multi-national experimentation that included France, Germany, Canada,
Australia, and the U.K. $110 M budget. Main innovations: Created two experimental
areas—prototype experimentation to focus on near-term products and concept
experimentation to provide insights into potential long-term security investments. Created
and led a distributed, virtual, multi-service, and multi-national team to manage this
program.
4. 2000-2. Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division and US. Army Hawaii, Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii. Senior US Army commander in the State of Hawaii responsible for
training 15,000 soldiers for global contingency missions. $ 300 M budget. Interacted
with state governmental, business, environmental, and cultural leaders as well as senior
US military commanders in Hawaii. Main innovation: negotiated in 2001-2 land use,
land purchase, information architecture, and construction agreements necessary to field
and train a Hawaiian Stryker Brigade in 2005-6. Model also used in Alaska, Germany,
Washington, and Pennsylvania.
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5. 1999-2000. Deputy Commanding General for Transformation, US Army Training and
Doctrine Command, Fort Lewis, Washington. Senior leader responsible for creating the
most technologically advanced combat unit in the US Army. Also developed accelerated
learning and leader development methodologies as well as began the installation of a
training and learning information infrastructure necessary for this program. $1B budget.
As the lead executive, personally reported to three army 4-stars and integrated supporting
actions across the Army. Main innovation: setting all aspect of this project in place—
equipment, training, management structures and procedures, and information
architecture—in one year.
6. 1998-9. Deputy Commanding General, Multi-National Division (North), BosniaHerzegovenia. Tuzla, Bosnia. Deputy commanding general responsible for the security
of one-third of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Supervised the execution of operations and support
of forces from six nations—Russia, Poland, Turkey, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.
Major innovation: seated the first post-war government in Srebrenica and implemented
the Dayton Accords Agreement in the district of Brcko.
7. 1997-8. Director of Training, Headquarters Department of the Army. The Pentagon,
Washington, DC. Senior Army executive responsible for the funding of all Army
training world-wide. $10B program. Major innovation: began the process of divesting
the army from legacy training methods and investing in more advanced training and
learning systems.
History of military assignments.
1971 Platoon leader, recon platoon leader, company executive officer. 3 Bn, 325 Inf, 82D
Airborne Division.
1973 S3, Air Operations Officer. 2nd Brigade, 82D Airborne Division
1975 Company executive officer, S5, Company Commander, S2, S1. 2nd Bn, 75 Infantry
(Ranger)
1978 Student, USMC Amphibious Warfare School.
1979 Student, the Johns Hopkins University.
1981 Student, the US Army Command and General Staff College.
1982 Assistant Professor, Department of English (teaching Philosophy, Ethics, Just War
Theory, Ethics and Leadership) the US Military Academy.
1985 Executive Officer, 1st Bn, 75 Infantry (Ranger)
1987 Inspector General, 25th Infantry Division
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1988 Commander, 5th Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division
1990 Student, the Advanced Operations Study Fellowship, School of Advanced Military
Studies (SAMS)
1992 Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
1994 Commander, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. Commanded during Operation
Uphold Democracy.
1996 Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army.
1997 Director of Training, Department of the Army, Operations Division
1998 Assistant Division Commander, 1st Cavalry Division and Deputy Commanding General
Task Force Eagle in Tuzla, Bosnia.
2000 Deputy Commanding General for Transformation, U.S. Training and Doctrine
Command.
2001 Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division and US Army, Hawaii.
2003 Commander, Joint Experimental Division and J9, Joint Forces Command.
2005 Commanding General, 1st US Corps
2007 Commanding General, Multi-national Security Transition Command-Iraq. Responsible
for accelerating the growth of the Iraqi Security Forces in size, capability, and confidence during
the surge.
2008 Retired.
Hobbies. Exercise (have completed four ultra-marathons—but don’t do that anymore!), biking,
golf, guitar, reading, writing, and most of all hanging out with my wife and playing with my
seven grandchildren.