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AT A GLANCE:
Irregular Warfare and Airpower Planner, European Special Operations Command
RESEARCH AREAS:
鈥� Russia as a Strategic Adversary
鈥� Irregular Warfare
鈥� Air Power
鈥�&苍产蝉辫;狈础罢翱
鈥� Special Operations
鈥� Arctic Security
BIOGRAPHY:
Richard Newton, PhD is currently serving as an irregular warfare and airpower planner
for Special Operations Command Europe. He is a retired USAF special operations and
combat rescue helicopter pilot, combat aviation advisor, strategic planner, and educator.
Between 2001 and 2023 he served on the faculty and as a researcher and author at Joint
Special Operations University. He has also served as visiting faculty at the US Army
School of Advanced Military Studies.
In addition to the GNSI, 鈥淣ewt鈥� volunteers his time as the Managing Editor for and
occasional contributor to the Air Commando Journal, as a Senior Fellow at the Homeland
Defense Institute, and as the Director of Project Air and Space Power at the Irregular
Warfare Initiative. He earned a bachelor of science degree from the USAF Academy and
a master鈥檚 degree from the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies. Dr Newton
holds a PhD in defence studies from King鈥檚 College London.
PUBLICATIONS:
PRISM
Irregular Warfare Initiative
Future Faces of Irregular Warfare
Air Commando Journal
Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs
Air Commando Journal
Air Commando Association Press
University Press of Kansas
JSOU Press
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