Clark Murdock is a senior adviser at Center for Strategic and International Studies

Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1962 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and Ambassador David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University...

 (CSIS), a Washington, D.C.-based foreign policy think tank. Murdock specializes in strategic planning, defense policy, and national security affairs. He also serves as the Director of the Project on Nuclear Issues

Project on Nuclear Issues

The Project on Nuclear Issues is a program hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies to advance the public debate about the future role nuclear technology will play on the world stage.-Origin:...

; a collection of nuclear experts from government, academia, the national laboratories, the military and the private sector.

In 2000, Murdock taught military strategy, the national security process, and military innovation at the National War College

National War College

The National War College of the United States is a school in the National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., the third-oldest Army post still active. It was officially established on July 1, 1946, as an upgraded replacement for the...

. From 1995 to 2000, he was deputy director of the headquarters planning function for the United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

. As deputy special assistant to the chief for long-range planning, he helped define a coherent strategic vision for the 2020 Air Force and institutionalize a new long-range planning process. As deputy director for strategic planning, he helped implement the new planning process and led the development of several new planning products. Before joining the Air Force, he headed the Policy Planning Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

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Murdock has served in many roles in the defense world, including as a senior policy adviser to House Armed Services Committee chairman Les Aspin

Les Aspin

Leslie "Les" Aspin, Jr. was a United States Representative from 1971 to 1993, and the United States Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from January 21, 1993 to February 3, 1994.-Early life:...

, as an analyst and Africa issues manager in the CIA, and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Office of the Secretary of Defense

The Office of the Secretary of Defense is a headquarters-level staff of the Department of Defense of the United States of America. It is the principal civilian staff element of the Secretary of Defense, and it assists the Secretary in carrying out authority, direction and control of the Department...

. He also taught for 10 years at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is an honors graduate of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....

 and holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

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Education

• BA Political Science from Swarthmore College
  Swarthmore College
  Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
  
   (with honors)
• Ph.D. in Political Science (with a minor in economics) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
  University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Publications

• Transitioning Defense Organizational Initiatives: An Assessment of Key 2001-2008 Defense Reforms, CSIS Publication, 11/12/2008
• Facilitating a Dialogue among Senior-Level DoD Officials on National Security Priorities, CSIS Publication, 04/04/2008
• The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century, CSIS Publication, 03/05/2008
• U.S. Air Force Bomber Modernization Plans: An Independent Assessment, CSIS Publication, 01/25/2008
• Special Operations Forces Aviation, CSIS Publication, 10/26/2007
• Future Making: Getting Your Organization Ready for What’s Next, Murdock Associates, Inc., 09/01/2007
• Debating 21st Century Nuclear Issues, CSIS Publication, 07/24/2007
• Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: An Annotaed Brief, CSIS Publication, 08/01/2006
• The Future of the National Guard and Reserves, CSIS Publication, 07/12/2006
• Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: Phase 3 Report, CSIS Publication, 07/01/2006
• Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Panel Final Report, CSIS Publication, 01/27/2006
• Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: Phase 2 Report, CSIS Publication, 07/28/2005
• Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: Phase 1 Report, CSIS Publication, 03/01/2004
• Improving the Practice of National Security Strategy, CSIS Publication, 02/01/2004
• Conduct of the Military Campaign Against Iraq, CSIS Publication, 03/06/2003
• Revitalizing the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent, CSIS Publication, 2002