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Home page  Experts Clark A. Murdock
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Clark A. MurdockSenior Adviser, International Security Program |
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Clark Murdock, a senior adviser in the CSIS International Security Program, specializes in strategic planning, defense policy, and national security affairs. Joining CSIS in January 2001, Murdock coauthored the report Revitalizing the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent (CSIS, 2002). He currently directs the Project on Nuclear Issues and the four-phase study on Defense Department reform, “Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: USG and Defense Reform for a New Strategic Era,” which released reports in March 2004, July 2005, and July 2006 and will release several reports in the summer of 2007. He is the principal author of Improving the Practice of National Security Strategy: A New Approach for the Post–Cold War World (CSIS, 2004). In 2000, Murdock taught military strategy, the national security process, and military innovation at the National War College. From 1995 to 2000, he was deputy director of the Air Force’s headquarters planning function. 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. Murdock has served in many roles in the defense world, including as a senior policy adviser to House Armed Services Committee chairman Les Aspin, as an analyst and Africa issues manager in the CIA, and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He also taught for 10 years at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is an honors graduate of Swarthmore College and holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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CSIS Publications by Clark A. Murdock
Facilitating a Dialogue among Senior-Level DoD Officials on National Security Priorities: A Methodological Note 04/04/2008
The Department of Defense and the Nuclear Mission in the 21st Century 03/05/2008
U.S. Air Force Bomber Modernization Plans: An Independent Assessment 01/25/2008
Special Operations Forces Aviation 10/26/2007
Debating 21st Century Nuclear Issues 07/24/2007
Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: An Annotaed Brief 08/01/2006
The Future of the National Guard and Reserves 07/12/2006
Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase III Report 07/01/2006
Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Panel Final Report 01/27/2006
Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase II Report 07/28/2005
Beyond Goldwater-Nichols Phase I Report 03/01/2004
Improving the Practice of National Security Strategy 02/01/2004
Conduct of the Military Campaign Against Iraq 03/06/2003
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Clark A. Murdock In the News
Clark Murdock, a senior adviser with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by Government Executive magazine, "Air Force's Stealth Bomber Plans Called Unrealistic." 02/01/2008
CSIS Senior Adviser Clark Murdock published an Op-Ed in Defense News, "Dispelling Nuclear Myths." 03/26/2007
CSIS Senior Adviser Clark Murdock was quoted by Defense News, "Bush Budget Chief Promises Detailed ’07 Supplemental Request." 01/18/2007
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