Dr. Timothy Hoyt

Dr. Timothy D. Hoyt is a Professor of Strategy and Policy and the John Nicholas Brown Chair of Counterterrorism Studies at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where he also serves as Academic Director and Senior Mentor of the Advanced Strategist Program.  Dr. Hoyt earned his undergraduate degrees from Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. in International Relations and Strategic Studies from The Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in 1997.  Before joining the Naval War College, he taught at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Dr. Hoyt is the author of Military Industries and Regional Defense Policy: India, Iraq, and Israel, and over 50 articles and chapters on international security and military affairs.   Recent publications and presentations include analyses of the war on terrorism in South Asia, the limits of military force in the global war on terrorism, the impact of culture on military doctrine and strategy, military innovation and warfare in the developing world, NATO’s anti-access challenges in a historical perspective, U.S.–Pakistan relations, the impact of nuclear weapons on recent crises in South Asia, U.S.-Indian naval cooperation, military and strategic innovation in the Irish war of independence (1919-1921), and the strategic effectiveness of terrorism. He is currently working on a multi-volume study of the strategy of the Irish Republican Army from 1913-2015, a series of projects examining U.S. relations with India and Pakistan, analyses of irregular warfare and terrorism in the developing world, and an updated study of military industry and national security policy in Israel.