Dr. Sean McFate is an author, novelist and foreign policy expert. He is a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Additionally, he is an Advisor to Oxford University’s Centre for Technology and Global Affairs. McFate’s career began as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army’s storied 82nd Airborne Division, and then he became a private military contractor. He has dealt with warlords in the jungle, raised small armies, rode with armed groups in the Sahara, conducted strategic reconnaissance for oil companies, transacted arms deals in Eastern Europe, and helped prevent an impending genocide in the Rwanda region. He is the author of several books, including The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder (2019). McFate co-wrote the novels Shadow War and Deep Black (William Morrow) based on his military experiences. He has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Economist, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, BBC, and other outlets. McFate holds a BA from Brown University, MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He lives in Washington, DC. More at www.seanmcfate.com