Few scholars have had a greater influence on the academic study of American civil-military relations than Dr. Peter Feaver. But Dr. Feaver’s career has reached far beyond the campus of Duke University, where he is a professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and director of the American Grand Strategy Program. The author and editor of several books and innumerable papers on national security, he has also served twice on the National Security Council staff and as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves. In this episode, we explore what Dr. Feaver has learned during his career as a scholar-practitioner.

We also discuss the “civil-military gap” – Dr. Feaver’s groundbreaking research project with Dr. Richard Kohn at the Triangle Institute nearly twenty years ago, trends in American civ-mil since then, and his ongoing work with Lieutenant Colonel Jim Golby.

This podcast is in no way intended to reflect the official positions of the Department of Defense or any other military entity.

Podcast Production Credit:

Thomas Krasnican, host
Nick Paraiso, host
Aishwarya Kumar, producer
Haz Yano, publisher

Special thanks to Don Hoover.