Christopher Dougherty
Research Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Special Operations, Irregular Warfare, Future Military Capabilities, Operational Concept Development and Wargaming
Biography
Christopher Dougherty researches, writes and conducts wargames in support of CSBA’s strategic studies program. He has contributed extensively to CSBA monographs including: Sustaining America’s Strategic Advantage in Long-Range Strike; AirSea Battle: A Point of Departure Operational Concept; Special Operations Forces: Future Challenges and Opportunities; The US Navy: Charting a Course for Tomorrow’s Fleet; and Why AirSea Battle?. He has supported numerous CSBA wargames with a particular focus on developing operational concepts and capabilities for countering anti-access/area-denial threats.
Mr. Dougherty graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Security Studies from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and received an MA in Strategic Studies with distinction from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He also served as an airborne infantryman with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment from 1997 to 2000.
Author Bibliography for Christopher Dougherty
Outside-In: Operating from Range to Defeat Iran’s Anti-Access and Area-Denial Threats
January 17, 2012 • By Mark Gunzinger and Christopher Dougherty • Studies
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the U.S. military has been able to project power overseas ..