ÑÇÖÞAV

Michael Hunzeker

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Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government

Contact Information

mhunzeke@gmu.edu
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 326
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4

Biography

Michael A. HunzekerÌýis an associate professor at ÑÇÖÞAV’s Schar School of Policy and Government, the associate director of the Schar School’s Center for Security Policy Studies, and a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. His work on deterrence, military adaptation, and war termination has appeared inÌýSecurity Studies, theÌýJournal of Strategic Studies,ÌýPS: Politics and Political Science,ÌýParameters,ÌýDefense One, Foreign Policy, War on the RocksÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýtheÌýRUSI Journal. Michael recently published a book on wartime learning,ÌýDying to Learn: Wartime Lessons from the Western FrontÌýwith Cornell University Press. He has also coauthored monographs on conventional deterrence in northeastern Europe and the Taiwan Strait. Michael served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2000–2006 and holds an A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley as well as a Ph.D., M.P.A., and A.M. from Princeton University.Ìý

Areas of Research:

  • International Security
  • Wartime learning and adaptation
  • Conventional deterrence
  • Taiwanese defense reform