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Andrew A. Michta

Senior Scholar

    Term

    September 1, 2009 — August 1, 2011

    Professional affiliation

    M.W. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies, Rhodes College

    Wilson Center Projects

    "Getting the Balance Right: NATO and Transatlantic Security Relations in the Next Decade"

    Full Biography

    Andrew A. Michta is the M. W. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College. In 2005-2009 he was Professor of National Security Studies and Director of Studies of the Senior Executive Seminar at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. (1987).Professor Michta is the author of several books on NATO, European politics, security and transatlantic relations. He has contributed articles and book chapters on NATO enlargement, U.S. national security policy, European security, post-communist transition, and civil-military relations. He has lectured at universities in the U.S. and Europe, and is a frequent consultant to the U.S. government and the media. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
     

    Expertise

    NATO, American Foreign and Security Policy, Europe, Central Europe, Civil-Military Relations, International Relations

    Major Publications

    • The Limits of Alliance: The United States, NATO and the EU in North and Central Europe
    • America's New Allies: Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in NATO
    • The Soldier-Citizen: The Politics of the Polish Army after Communism
    • The Government and Politics of Postcommunist Europe
    • East Central Europe After the Warsaw Pact: Security Dilemmas in the 1990s
    • "NATO Enlargement post-1989: Successful Adaptation or Decline?" Contemporary European History, Cambridge University Press; UK, 18: 3 (2009), pp. 363–376
    • "Future Forces: Double or Nothing" The National Interest (January/February, 2008)
    • "What Next for NATO," Orbis (Winter 2007)
    • "Transatlantic Troubles: Are they America's loss?" The National Interest (November/December 2006)

    Previous Terms

    Oct 1, 2000 - Jan 1, 2001: Central Europe in the Trans-Atlantic Security System