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Jim Cook and Joseph Swiecki

Jim Cook and Joseph Swiecki

Jim Cook is a Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He specializes in Strategy, Military Force Planning and the Middle East. A retired Army Air Defense Artillery officer, Professor Cook is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, and the Naval War College (College of Naval Command and Staff). He has served in a variety of command and staff assignments within the United States, Europe and the Middle East, most recently in Afghanistan. Professor Cook is an active participant in the Naval War College’s International Engagement program, where he lectures on strategy and international security matters. Joe Swiecki is a Professor at the U.S. Naval War College and the George H. W. Bush Chair of National Intelligence. He teaches policy analysis in the National Security Affairs Department and electives on intelligence. In more than 29 years of US military and government service he has held senior positions in Washington D.C. and the foreign field. In his career, he has worked closely with the National Security Council, Congress, and other governmental agencies on the creation and implementation of critical US government initiatives.