Dr. John Garofano
Senior Fellow for
Defense
John Garofano is Dean, Academic
Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College in
Newport, Rhode Island, where he oversees the
education of some six hundred U.S. and
international resident officers and civilians
and more than four thousand distance education
students. The College educates and
develops leaders through rigorous academic and
executive training programs, helps define the
future Navy through analysis and wargaming,
supports international maritime security
cooperation through a robust international
officer program, and supports combat readiness
with extensive support to Fleets and to Joint
operations.
Dr. Garofano's research interests include military intervention, Asian security, and the making of U.S. foreign policy. Publications include The Intervention Debate: Towards a Posture of Principled Judgment (Strategic Studies Institute: 2002), Clinton's Foreign Policy: A Documentary Record (Kluwer: 2003), Rising Tide: Security in the Indian Ocean (co-edited with Andrea Dew: Georgetown University Press, forthcoming), and articles in International Security, Asian Survey, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Orbis and the Naval War College Review. He remains active in the study of Southeast Asia, civil-military relations in the U.S., and the ongoing wars. Dr. Garofano has received fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, and the Olin Foundation. In 2011 Garofano deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, to support the First Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) in areas related to assessment and red-teaming.
Previously at the College Dr. Garofano held the CAPT Jerome Levy Chair of Economic Geography and a Professor in both the College's Strategy and Policy and National Security Affairs Departments. Prior to joining the War College's faculty he was a Senior Fellow at Belfer Center of the Kennedy School of Government. He has taught at the U.S. Army War College, the Five Colleges of Western Massachusetts, the University of Southern California, Chuo University, and for the Semester at Sea program. Dr. Garofano received the Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University, an M.A. in Security Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Bologna/ Washington), and the B.A. in History from Bates College with stints at the Williams College-Mystic Seaport Program in American Maritime Studies and the Oxford Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He is a native of Lynn, Massachusetts and resides with his family in Barrington, Rhode Island.
Dr. Garofano's research interests include military intervention, Asian security, and the making of U.S. foreign policy. Publications include The Intervention Debate: Towards a Posture of Principled Judgment (Strategic Studies Institute: 2002), Clinton's Foreign Policy: A Documentary Record (Kluwer: 2003), Rising Tide: Security in the Indian Ocean (co-edited with Andrea Dew: Georgetown University Press, forthcoming), and articles in International Security, Asian Survey, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Orbis and the Naval War College Review. He remains active in the study of Southeast Asia, civil-military relations in the U.S., and the ongoing wars. Dr. Garofano has received fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation, the Smith Richardson Foundation, and the Olin Foundation. In 2011 Garofano deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, to support the First Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) in areas related to assessment and red-teaming.
Previously at the College Dr. Garofano held the CAPT Jerome Levy Chair of Economic Geography and a Professor in both the College's Strategy and Policy and National Security Affairs Departments. Prior to joining the War College's faculty he was a Senior Fellow at Belfer Center of the Kennedy School of Government. He has taught at the U.S. Army War College, the Five Colleges of Western Massachusetts, the University of Southern California, Chuo University, and for the Semester at Sea program. Dr. Garofano received the Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University, an M.A. in Security Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Bologna/ Washington), and the B.A. in History from Bates College with stints at the Williams College-Mystic Seaport Program in American Maritime Studies and the Oxford Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He is a native of Lynn, Massachusetts and resides with his family in Barrington, Rhode Island.
