Mackubin Thomas Owens | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | "Mac" |
| Born | (1945-11-16)November 16, 1945 (age 79) Bryan, Texas, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles / wars | Vietnam War |
| Awards | Silver Star |
| Other work | Author |
Mackubin Thomas Owens is a senior fellow at theForeign Policy Research Institute. From 2015 until 2018, he served as dean of academic affairs at theInstitute of World Politics. He was previously the associate dean of academics for electives and directed research and professor of strategy and force planning for theNaval War College in the U.S., as well as a contributing editor toNational Review.[1]
He is a senior fellow at the Program on National Security of theForeign Policy Research Institute, and has edited its journal,Orbis, since 2008.[2] Owens has previously served as anational security advisor toSenatorBob Kasten and in theDepartment of Energy under theReagan administration. From 1990 to 1997, Owens waseditor-in-chief of the defense journalStrategic Review and an adjunct professor ofinternational relations at what is now thePardee School of Global Studies atBoston University.[3]
Owens served as aninfantryplatoon commander from 1968 to 1969 inVietnam during theVietnam War, during which he was wounded twice, and awarded theSilver Star. He retired from theMarine Corps Reserve as acolonel in 1994. He holds aPh.D in politics from theUniversity of Dallas, aMaster of Arts in economics from theUniversity of Oklahoma, and aBachelor of Arts from theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara.[4]
His book,US Civil-Military Relations After 9/11: Renegotiating the Civil-Military Bargain, was published byContinuum in January 2011. It explains some of the key issues that surround the relations between the military and its civilian control in the US today.[citation needed]
Owens contends "thatwomen in combat undermineunit cohesion and thereby generateClausewitzian friction."[5]
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