DON M. SNIDER is Director, Political-Military Studies, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He joined the Center in March 1990 after retirement from active duty with the U.S. Army. Since 1980 he had specialized in assignments related to military strategy and defense policy, serving consecutively as Chief of Plans for the Theater Army in Europe; Joint Planner for the Army Chief of Staff; Deputy Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy on the Army General Staff; and Federal Executive Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He then joined the staff of the National Security Council in the White House in 1987 as Director, Defense Policy, serving in both the Reagan and Bush Administrations. Within the Center, he specializes in national security strategy, defense policy and programs, military strategy, and European security issues. Dr. Snider holds Master of Arts degrees in economics and public policy administration from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in public policy from the University of Maryland. He has held faculty positions at West Point and at the National Defense University. Back to Table of Contents The National Security Strategy Back to SSI List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1995 by US Army War College. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com