Austin Long
Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
International Affairs Building, Room 1329
212-854-8368
al2866@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/al2866-fac.htmlLong previously worked as an Associate Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation where he authored reports for the Carnegie Corporation, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. While at RAND, he was an analyst and adviser to Multinational Force Iraq’s Task Force 134/Detention Operations and the I Marine Expeditionary Force (2007-2008). In 2011 he was an analyst and adviser to Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command Afghanistan. Long has also served as a consultant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, Science Applications International Corporation, the Department of Defense's Office of Net Assessment, and International Crisis Group.
Long received his B.S. from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Selected Publications
Review of Barak Mendelsohn, Combating Jihadism: American Hegemony and Interstate Cooperation in the War on Terrorism, Political Science Quarterly (Fall 2010).
"Going Nowhere Fast: Assessing Concerns about Long-Range Conventional Ballistic Missiles," Correspondence in International Security (Spring 2010).
"Small is Beautiful: The Counterterrorism Option in Afghanistan." Orbis (Spring 2010).
"What, Me Worry? A Letter from Pakistan." The American Interest (January/February 2010).
“The Anbar Awakening.” Survival (April/May 2008).
“Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence: The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006” (RAND, 2008).
With Whitney Raas, “Osirak Redux? Assessing Israeli Capabilities to Destroy Iranian Nuclear Facilities.” International Security (Spring 2007).
On “Other War”: Lessons from Five Decades of RAND Counterinsurgency Research (RAND, 2006).
With Joshua Rovner, “The Perils of Shallow Theory: Intelligence Reform and the 9/11 Commission.” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (Winter 2005-2006).
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