Dr. Darrell (Darrell) Driver
Part-Time Instructor, Security and Global Studies
Education
- Ph.D. in Political Science
- Syracuse University
- M.A. in Political Science
- Syracuse University
- B.A. in Government and International Studies
- University of Notre Dame
Research Interests
European Security Issues, Transatlantic Alliance, Civil-Military Relations, Political Thought
Positions Held
2017 - Present
U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA
Professor of National Security Studies and Director of European Regional Studies
2015 - 2017
U.S. European Command, Stuttgart Germany
Deputy Director of Strategy and NATO Policy Director
2014 - 2015
U.S. Army War College Fellowship
Senior Fellow, George C Marshall Center, Garmisch, Germany
2012 - 2014
U.S. Mission to NATO, Brussels, Belgium
Defense Policy Advisor
2010 - 2012
Executive Strategy Group, Office of the Chief of Staff U.S. Army
Strategist and Policy Advisor
2010 - 2010
Department of the Army
Europe Regional Affairs Specialist
2009 - 2010
Council on Foreign Relations
International Affairs Fellow
2006 - 2009
George C Marshall European Center for Security Studies
Military Professor and Strategic Planner
2003 - 2006
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Assistant Professor
Intellectual Contributions
<scp>Civil‐Military</scp> Bargaining in Early <scp>NATO</scp> Institution Building: The Long Shadow of Institutional Beginnings
Darrell W Driver
September 2024
Australian Journal of Politics & History
Return to Realism? NATO and Global Competition
Darrell W Driver,Linde Desmaele,Seth Johnston,Paul Poast
June 26, 2022
Defence Studies
Using Q-Methodology to Understand Student Learning Preferences
Darrell W Driver
October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 1, 2021
Journal of Military Learning
Deterrence in Eastern Europe in Theory and Practice
Darrell W Driver
May 2019
ConnectionsThe Quarterly Journal
This Isn’t Your Father’s Anti-War Movement: Comparing the Political Mobilization of Vietnam and Iraq Veterans
Jean Callaghan
February 14, 2019
Journal of Veterans Studies
Burden Sharing Dilemmas and NATO's Tumultuous Summer
Colby Lutz,Colby :utz
September 27, 2018
US Army War College's War Room Online Journal
Burden Sharing and the Future of NATO: Wandering Between Two Worlds
Darrell W Driver
January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2016
Defense and Security Analysis
Smart Defense: Brave New Approach or Déjà Vu
Darrell W Driver,Timothy LaBenz,Paul Johnson
July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013
U.S. Naval War College Review
Integrating Security: The Comprehensive Approach and the Civil-Military Dilemma
Darrell W Driver
2011
Per Concordium
The European Union and the Comprehensive Civil-Military Approach in Transatlantic Security: Matching Reality to Rhetoric
Darrell W Driver
2010
Strategic Studies Quarterly
Citizenship in Early American Romance: Case Studies in Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, and James Fenimore Cooper
Darrell W Driver
November 2010
New England Journal of Political Science
Citizenship in Early American Romance: Case Studies in Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, and James Fenimore Cooper
Helen E Driver,Darrell W Driver
October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2010
The New England Journal of Political Science
Ideology and the Military Profession: A Reassessment of the Military Mind
Darrell W Driver
2009
Johns Hopkins University Press
Sparta in Babylon: Case Studies in the Public Philosophy of Soldiers and Civilians
Darrell W Driver
2009
VDM Publishing
The Military Mind and American Public Philosophies: A Q-Methodology Approach
Darrell W Driver
2008
Operant Subjectivity
Student Learning Identities: Developing a Learning Taxonomy for the Political Science Classroom
Darrell W Driver,Kyle Jette,Len Lira
January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2008
Journal of Political Science Education
Professionals, Bureaucrats, and Citizen Soldiers: The Countervailing Patterns of American Military Administration
Darrell W Driver
2007
Taylor and Francis Publishing
Book Review: Forster, A. (2005). Armed Forces and Society in Europe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
Darrell W Driver
July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2007
Armed Forces & Society
Armed Forces and Society in Europe: Review Essay
Darrell W Driver
October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2006
Armed Forces and Society Journal
External Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research
US Army War College Fellow George C. Marshall Center
US Army War College
2014 - 2015
Funded - Completed
Presentations
The Politics of Military Doctrine: How Alliances Change how They Fight
2023 IUS International Conference
October 13, 2023
New Technologies and New Warfighting Concepts: How Alliances Change how they Fight
European Political Science Association 13th Annual Conference
June 21, 2023
How Alliances Change how they Fight
2023 ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 20-22 HILTON MYSTIC MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT
April 21, 2023
New Technologies and New Military Doctrine
Order, Counter-Order, Disorder? 2 0 2 3 Regional and Global Security Orders in the Shadow of Sino-American Competition
February 10, 2023
Civil-Military Bargaining in NATO Institution Building
Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting
January 12, 2022
Civil-Military Relations in NATO Institution Building
Bi-Annual Conference of the International University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society
October 2021
Transatlantic Civil-Military Bargaining in NATO Institution Building
Annual Conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association
July 2021
Our Man in Mons: SACEUR, CJCS, and US Military Influence in Transatlantic Security Policy
Bi-Annual Conference, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society
November 9, 2019
NATO Defense Planning and NATO Decision Making
North Macedonian Parliamentarian Symposium
September 26, 2019
The Rise of European Populism
Great Decisions Lecture Series
March 2019
Common Security and Defense Policy and the Transatlantic Relationship
International Studies Association Conference, Toronto
March 29, 2019
A U.S. Approach to Defense and Deterrence in Eastern Europe
Strengthening NATO’s Deterrent Potential: The Eastern allied nations and the Alliance’s efforts to guarantee their national security and defence
September 28, 2018
Deterrence on NATO's Eastern Flank
Projecting Stability on NATO's Flanks
September 12, 2018
Conference Presentation
Veterans in Society Conference. Veterans, Globalized: Veterans and Their Societies in International Perspective
March 26, 2018
NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence: Progress and Issues in the Baltic Sea Region
Hybrid Warfare and Collective Defense” National Defense University Conference
February 2017
NATO After Warsaw
Seminar for Baltic State Parliamentarians
January 2017
Turkey, NATO, and the Warsaw Summit
Turkish Parliamentarians Seminar
April 2016
NATO Defense Planning
Advantages of Membership: Montenegro Accession to NATO
January 2016
The Advantages of Membership in NATO: View from the Perspective of NATO” Conference on The Benefits of Montenegro’s Membership to NATO
Montenegro and Nato
May 2015
National Strategies and Defense and Security Reviews: From Adoption to Implementation
Managing Smart Security: National Strategy, Defense, and Security Review Implementation
November 2014
Citizenship in Early American Romance
Conference on Self Among Selves: Emotion in the Common Life.
October 2011
The Comprehensive Approach: A Transatlantic Comparison of Security Institution Reform
Biennial International University Seminar's Conference on the Armed Forces in Society
October 2009
Taking People Seriously: How the U.S. Army has been Shaped by the All-Volunteer Force Policy
Conference on Citizenship, the Soldier, and the State
April 2006
The Military Mind: Commensurability and the Limits of Shared Experience
Annual Conference of the International Studies Association
March 2006
Media Contributions
Don't Go After Military Pensions
New York Times
December 26, 2011
Newspaper
Awards & Honors
June 2015
Military Order of the World Wars Writing Award
Military Order of the World Wars, Army War College
Award for research and writing sponsored by the Military Order of the World Wars for the US Army War College.
August 2014
Hugh G. Nott Award
US Naval War College Review
1st place award for most exceptional article published in U.S. Naval War College Review, 2013.
June 2012
Commandant's Award for Writing
Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College
March 2009
Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship
Council on Foreign Relations
Awarded 2008 by the Council on Foreign Relations, 58 East 68th Street, New York, New York, 10065.
August 2006
Best Dissertation in Political Science Award
Syracuse University
2006 award for best dissertation in political science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Service, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
April 2006
Master Teacher Certification Award
US Military Academy
Completed Academy’s Two Year Program of Studies in Teaching at the University Level