Colin F. Jackson

Colin F. Jackson is the Chairman of the Strategic and Operational Research Department (SORD) at the U.S. Naval War College.[1] In this role, he oversees several research groups, including the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), the Russia Maritime Studies Institute (RMSI), the Advanced Research Programs (Halsey A, Halsey B, Gravely, and Holloway), the Cyber and Innovation Policy Institute (CIPI), and the Brodie Group.[2]

Early life and education

Jackson grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds degrees from Princeton University (BA, 1992), Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) (MA, 1999), the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (MBA, 1999), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD, 2008).

Career

From 2006 to 2017, Jackson was a professor in the Strategy Department and later Director of the Advanced Strategist Program. He also taught courses in strategy and counterinsurgency at MIT and Columbia.

In 2009, he served as a Senior Civilian Adviser to Task Force Mountain Warrior in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

From 2017 to 2019, Jackson served as Deputy United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.[3][4][5] In this role, he oversaw all U.S. defense policy in the region, including strategy formulation, security cooperation, budget oversight, and contingency planning.

Jackson served as the senior Department of Defense official at the U.S.-Taliban peace talks.[6] In 2020, he delivered testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan.[7]

In April 2022, Jackson was appointed by the Senate Armed Services Committee to serve as a member of the Afghanistan War Commission, a bipartisan commission designed to study the entirety of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021.[8][9]

Military service

In 2011, he deployed in uniform to Afghanistan as Executive Officer for Policy Planning for the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, USFOR-A.

Jackson is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve, serving with a unit based at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.

Personal life

Jackson lives on Aquidneck Island with his wife and family. He has three children.

References
  1. cite url=https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Colin-Francis-Jackson
  2. "Faculty | Colin Francis Jackson". usnwc.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. Seligman, Lara. "Hollowed-Out Pentagon Begins to Staff Up". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  4. "Acting Defense Minister Meets with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense | Ministry of Defense". mod.gov.af. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  5. uz, Kun. "Abdusalom Azizov received the US military delegation". Kun.uz. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  6. "MIT Security Studies".
  7. "U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, 11 Feb 2020" (PDF).
  8. "Armed Services Committees Leadership Announces Selections for Afghanistan War Commission". www.inhofe.senate.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  9. Martin, Nichols (2022-04-04). "Congressional Armed Services Committee Leaders Unveil Afghanistan War Commission Members". executivegov.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
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