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Strengthening Alliances Through Learning, NPS Hosts European International Alumni Symposium
Oct 29, 2024
With a focus on enhancing European and global security partnerships, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) hosted its first European International Alumni Symposium in Garmisch, Germany, Sept. 29 to Oct.... Read More

NPS Recognizes Latest Cohort of Summer Quarter Graduates
Sep 27, 2024
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recognized the achievements of its 2024 Summer Quarter graduates during the school’s latest commencement ceremony on Sept. 27 at King Hall Auditorium. Dr. James Ne... Read More

17th President of National Defense University Honors NPS Winter Quarter Graduates
Mar 29, 2024
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recognized the achievement of its 2024 Winter Quarter graduates during the school’s latest commencement ceremony in King Hall Auditorium, Mar. 29. U.S. Air Force L... Read More

Marine General Offers Challenge to NPS Summer Quarter Graduates
Sep 22, 2023
Emphasizing the power of collaboration and embracing the inevitable flux of change, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) celebrated its 2023 Summer Quarter graduates on Sept. 22 during a ceremony at Ki... Read More

NPS Student, Faculty Research Helps Develop Climate-Ready Force through Infrastructure Resilience
Jul 19, 2023
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) student research that identified and modeled different aspects of real-world disaster preparedness is being adopted by Navy and state emergency management officials for... Read More

Chief of Navy Reserve Encourages NPS Winter Quarter Graduates
Mar 24, 2023
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) honored its 2023 Winter Quarter graduates during a commencement ceremony held in King Hall Auditorium, March 24. NPS alumnus Vice Adm. John Mustin, Chief of Navy R... Read More

Former Pacific Fleet, STRATCOM Commander Haney Honored as 26th Inductee Into NPS Hall of Fame
Dec 20, 2022
Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil Haney, who commanded the United States Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) and U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), became the 26th inductee of the esteemed Naval Postgraduate School (NP... Read More

NPS Professor Takes a Deep Dive Into Elected Autocrats
May 17, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine left many Western analysts confounded. From a foreign policy perspective, it simply did not make any sense. Even if its “special military operation” proved fully successfu... Read More

NPS Professor Takes On Russian Cyber Operations
Feb 3, 2022
On the morning of January 14, 2022, in the midst of a vast massing of Russian military forces on the borders of Ukraine and the global community scrambling to avert invasion, a two-pronged cyberattack... Read More

NPS Establishes Climate and Security Network for Research Collaboration, Accessibility
Apr 22, 2021
On January 27, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to tackle climate challenges at home and abroad, which both elevates and frames climate concerns within a national security perspective. Re... Read More

Enlisted Marine Earns Top Marine Corps Student Award
Apr 9, 2021
Out of 35 U.S. Marine Corps students graduating this quarter, Staff Sgt. Warren Diffey, a Foreign Area Staff Non-Commissioned Officer (FASNCO), has earned the 2021 Winter Quarter Marine Corps Associat... Read More

NPS Expands Coursework in Great Power Competition, Focused on China
Feb 17, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is once again expanding its graduate education offerings on the subject of Great Power Competition (GPC). While NPS has recently launched a distance learning GPC ce... Read More

NSA Professor Rachel Sigman Honored With 2020 Hamming Teaching Award
Sep 22, 2020
During her five years teaching at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Dr. Rachel Sigman has given her all to her work and her students as a National Security Affairs (NSA) assistant professor. Her de... Read More

Former CNO Mullen Talks Leadership, National Security Challenges in a Post-COVID-19 World
May 21, 2020
Years of leadership experience as a Naval officer, culminating as the Navy's Chief of Naval Operations then as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Navy Adm. Mike Mullen offered his view... Read More

New Regional Studies Program Prepares Navy Enlisted for Next Assignment
May 20, 2020
A handful of senior Navy enlisted personnel are taking advantage of a new opportunity at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to better prepare for their next deployment while also earning graduate-lev... Read More

NSA Professor Co-Authors Journal of Peace Research Article of the Year
Mar 4, 2020
Dr. Mohammed Hafez, a professor in the NPS Department of National Security Affairs, is one of three collaborating authors recognized with the Nils Petter Gleditsch Journal of Peace Research (JPR) Arti... Read More

NSA Distinguished Professor Yost Earns Superior Civilian Service Award
Sep 13, 2019
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Distinguished Professor David Yost was recognized for 40 years of service in teaching, impactful research and leadership in the National Security Affairs (NSA) departme... Read More

NPS launches campus-wide course in Great Power Competition
Jul 9, 2019
The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Department of National Security Affairs (NSA) has launched an initiative to help students from every curriculum better understand the history and nuances behind G... Read More

NPS relaunches partnership with Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Mar 21, 2019
For the first time in eight years, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students have returned to the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) campus in Monterey, Calif. as part of an exchange ... Read More

NSA curricula review leans into Great Power Competition
Mar 12, 2019
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) just completed its latest curricula review for the National Security Affairs (NSA) department, adjusting course to meet the new challenges of increasing Great Power... Read More

NPS National Security Affairs Graduates
Dec 21, 2018
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) held a graduation ceremony for six service members who graduated from the National Security Affairs (NSA) Regional Security Studies Course Dec. 13, 2018. “This is a ce... Read More

Alumnus Shares a Powerful Story of Transformation With Summer Grads
Sep 21, 2018
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) bid farewell to 320 graduates, including 29 international students from 11 nations, earning 323 advanced degrees during the 2018 Summer Quarter Graduation ceremony ... Read More

Founding Faculty Member of NWC Monterey Program Retires
May 16, 2018
The Naval War College (NWC) Monterey program honored longtime NPS Professor Jan Breemer with the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award and Medal prior to his retirement, recognizing his 30 years of ded... Read More

NSA Guest Speaker Shares Latest Research on Youth in Terrorism
Mar 21, 2018
From lethal suicide bombings to savvy propaganda, the Islamic State continues to use children from around the world to wage war. Dr. Mia Bloom, world-renown expert on terrorism and political violence... Read More

NSA Guest Speaker Shares Critical Insight on Authoritarian Regimes
Feb 23, 2018
Students at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) were recently challenged to rethink the internal dynamics of authoritarian regimes. Engaging a packed lecture room in Glasgow Hall on the university ca... Read More

NSA Professor’s Latest Book Details the Power of Narratives in Afghanistan
Feb 6, 2018
Dr. Thomas H. Johnson, Associate Research Professor in the NPS Department of National Security Affairs, released his latest book, “Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan C... Read More

FAOs, DOD Civilians Get Primer on Joint Humanitarian Ops, Disaster Relief
Jan 30, 2018
NPS’ Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) Prevention, Relief and Recovery program, in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of U.S. Foreign Disast... Read More

Air Force Officer Recognized with Multiple Student Awards
Dec 6, 2017
U.S. Air Force Capt. Margarita Balish, set to graduate from NPS’ National Security Affairs program, Dec. 15, is the recipient of two prestigious awards for the 2017 Fall Quarter, the Superior Service ... Read More

General Cyber Pilot Course Completes First Delivery
Sep 13, 2017
NPS’ Cyber Academic Group has just wrapped up the first delivery of its All Hands General Cyber Course, a pilot program charged with providing general cyber awareness for all Navy students at NPS, reg... Read More

NPS Academics Quietly Contribute to International Diplomacy Efforts
Jun 8, 2016
Unbeknownst to the general public, academics and subject matter experts from universities and think tanks quietly contribute to international diplomacy through what are known as track II talks - infor... Read More

NPS Foundation Announces 2015 Menneken Award Winners
Jan 29, 2016
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently announced the recipients of the 2015 Menneken Awards. NPS Dean of Research Jeff Paduan made the announcement which included the introduction of a new facul... Read More

Combating Terrorism Through Graduate Education, Research
Jan 27, 2016
Students and faculty at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) are contributing to U.S. efforts to counter terrorism with the weapons they understand best – graduate education and research. NPS Departme... Read More

Distinguished Ops Research Professor Named AAAS Fellow
Dec 2, 2015
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Department of Operations Research Distinguished Professor Patricia Jacobs has been named a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for ... Read More

(VIDEO) NPS Student Turns Tragedy Into Triumph in Service to His Fellow Wounded Warriors
Nov 18, 2015
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) student U.S. Army Maj. Dennis “DJ” Skelton, of Elk Point, South Dakota, has been given a rather unfortunate moniker, one he likely would prefer not to have. In 2011, fo... Read More

NPS Student Honored with Prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Mar 31, 2015
Recent Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) alumnus U.S. Air Force Maj. Creighton Mullins of River Ridge, Louisiana was named a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the National Ethnic Coalition... Read More

Navy Turns to NPS to Educate Naval Strategists
Mar 17, 2015
After a long hiatus following the cold war, the Navy has once again turned to NPS to educate Naval strategists. NPS curriculum 688, Strategic Studies, will now train board-selected officers to receive... Read More

Former Intel Officer, Now Academic Challenges Student Perspectives
Mar 3, 2015
Former Navy intelligence officer turned academic, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Assistant Professor Erik Dahl teaches at both NPS, and at its Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS). Dahl’s ... Read More

NPS Student Participates in Nimble Titan Exercise Held on Campus
Jul 9, 2013
When the U.S. Strategic Command decided to hold a multi-national, tabletop exercise in support of Nimble Titan on the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) campus, June 24-28, they also extended an invitati... Read More

Minerva Initiative to Fund Two NPS Faculty-led Research Projects
Jul 2, 2013
When the Minerva Initiative announced its 2013 selection of university-led proposals to fund, researchers from nearly 35 academic institutions, including seven non-U.S. universities, received approval... Read More

Senior Pakistani Officer Honored With Thesis Award
May 23, 2013
Pakistani Air Force Air Commodore Shahid Latif Bajwa will graduate with outstanding thesis honors during the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) upcoming Summer Graduation Ceremony, an honor bestowed up... Read More

NPS Professor Given Rare Access to Turkmen Archives
Feb 12, 2013
Nestled among the high plains, nearly impenetrable mountains, and black sands of Central Asia sits an ancient, but little known nation. Turkmenistan is one of the five countries of former Soviet Centr... Read More

NPS Faculty Authors Book on Aid Dependence and Democracy
Jan 18, 2013
There is a Cambodian proverb that states, “People give, but don’t be in a hurry to take.” NPS Department of National Security Affairs Assistant Professor Sophal Ear’s latest work on international aid ... Read More

University USW Curriculum Leads Resurgence in Undersea Warfare Dominance
Oct 31, 2012
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” These iconic words, presented to rousing cheers by then President Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987 in West Berlin, were the defining moment of a generation. With th... Read More

Student Dissertation Explores Privatization of Global Security
Oct 5, 2012
It may not be immediately obvious how a focus in environmental resource policy could lead one to ask the tough questions about the privatization of global security, but for Naval Postgraduate School (... Read More

USSOCOM McRaven Honors Longtime NPS Professor During SGL
Jun 11, 2012
Naval Postgraduate School alumnus Adm. William McRaven, Commander, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), presented a Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture (SGL) and award, June 7, in King ... Read More

Workshop Explores History’s Lessons in Nonproliferation of WMD
Apr 13, 2012
“We are an epistemic community writing about epistemic communities,” Dr. Jeff Knopf, a senior lecturer with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) department of National Security Affairs (NSA), said with... Read More

New Remote Sensing Degree Program Addresses DoD ISR Needs
Feb 8, 2012
The Naval Postgraduate School celebrated a new addition to the academic lineup as 20 students in the Remote Sensing Intelligence (RSI) master’s degree program recently completed their first quarter of... Read More

NPS’ Award-Winning Dudley Knox Library Launches Mobile Website
Feb 1, 2012
The Naval Postgraduate School’s Dudley Knox Library (DKL) recently launched a mobile version of its website to offer library users easy access anywhere, anytime to the wealth of information and servic... Read More

University’s Center on Contemporary Conflict Leads Project on Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Jan 31, 2012
The Naval Postgraduate School’s Center on Contemporary Conflict (CCC) is now home to the Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (PASCC), a multi-million do... Read More

SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Douglas Fraser Briefs NPS Regional Studies Students, FAOs
Jan 25, 2012
Naval Postgraduate School students in the National Security Affairs Western Hemisphere curriculum and regional Foreign Area Officers gathered in Glasgow Hall on the university campus for a detailed br... Read More

National Security Affairs Distinguished Professor Releases Two Books on Wholly Diverse Subjects
Jan 17, 2012
A Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Distinguished Professor recently published two books on two very different subjects concerning national security, defense, civil military relations and organized crim... Read More

Army’s Intellectual Center Commander Continues What CSA Odierno Started
Jan 13, 2012
The Commanding General of the esteemed ‘intellectual center’ of the Army, the Combined Arms Center (CAC), Lt. Gen. David Perkins visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for a series of briefings a... Read More

NPS Professor Clay Moltz Explores “Asia’s Space Race” in New Book
Dec 14, 2011
National Security Affairs Associate Professor J. Clay Moltz explores Asia’s space programs and the dangers of a growing militarization of the space race in his most recent book, “Asia’s Space Race: Na... Read More

Air Force Doctoral Graduate Edits Book on Hybrid Conflict
Oct 6, 2011
Air Force Maj. Paul Brister, a special tactics officer and graduate from the doctoral program in security studies at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Department of National Security Affairs, recent... Read More

U.S. Ambassador to Libya Addresses Student Questions About Arab Spring
Aug 18, 2011
Since late 2010, the “Arab Spring" has brought the spotlight of the world onto North African and Middle Eastern countries in the thick of political protests and countrywide unrest. For Libya, the tens... Read More

Adaptive Optics Center of Excellence for National Security Established at NPS
Jun 14, 2011
On May 2, 2011, then Maj. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), placed the final signature on the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), completing the process to offi... Read More

Professor Sophal Ear Awarded Fulbright Grant
Dec 1, 2010
Sophal Ear, an Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), was recently awarded a Fulbright grant in conjunction with the Fulbright Senior Specialist desig... Read More

NPS Alumnus Serves as XO, Future CO, of Navy’s Flagship Amphib
Oct 18, 2010
Capt. Cedric Pringle graduated from Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) with a Master’s Degree in National Security Strategy in 1998 and recently returned to the state as Executive Officer, and soon to be... Read More

NSA Director and First Commander, U.S. Cyber Command Keynotes Summer Graduation
Oct 4, 2010
Three hundred and eight U.S. and international students tossed their mortar boards at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Summer 2010 graduation ceremonies Sept. 24 following a rousing keynote address by ... Read More

2010 Homeland Security Conference Brings Key National Security Experts to NPS
Sep 21, 2010
With the recent anniversary of September 11 providing a somber reminder to the importance of their mission, experts from around the country gathered for the 4th Annual Homeland Security Conference hel... Read More

NPS Professor Tapped as Top Political Adviser to Canada’s Commander, Task Force Kandahar
Aug 10, 2010
At a critical turning point in the war in Afghanistan, Naval Postgraduate School Professor of National Security Affairs Thomas Johnson has been tapped to be the senior political aide and counterinsurg... Read More

NSA Students Design “Afghanistan-in-Your-Hand” Smart Phone App
May 26, 2010
While smart phone apps can put a map in your hands, two Naval Postgraduate School students have designed one that puts a whole country in your hands – Afghanistan. That’s why National Security Affair... Read More

Growing a Brighter Future for Conflict-Affected Environments
Apr 9, 2010
Agriculture and the empowerment that comes with self-reliance allow conflict-affected environments around the world to rebuild economic foundations and establish lasting resources. From March 22-25, ... Read More

Teacher Reunites with Student in Afghanistan
Jan 19, 2010
NPS National Security Affairs Prof. James Russell (right) and Captain Bobby Davis (left), who graduated with a master’s degree in National Security Affairs in 2007, have reunited in Afghanistan at com... Read More

Afghan Theatre Conference Aims to Impact Strategies in the Field
Oct 21, 2009
”Are we faced with something unique in Afghanistan, something that challenges our entire strategic paradigm?” That question, posed by NPS Defense Analysis Professor John Arquilla, challenges fundamen... Read More

Workshop Explores Bond Between Economic Recovery and International Stability
Jun 1, 2009
At the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies (CSRS), educational programs explore methods for creating jobs and rebuilding livelihoods in post-conflict enviro... Read More

CCMR Prof Pioneers Book on Transforming Defense Capabilities
May 6, 2009
When he touches down in Argentina the weekend of Apr. 17, Naval Postgraduate School lecturer in the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) and Department of National Security Affairs retired Navy ... Read More

Global Center for Security Cooperation, DLI Sign Historic Collaboration
Feb 12, 2009
The Global Center for Security Cooperation (GCSC) and Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) signed an historic Letter of Accord Jan. 30 making the nation's language provider for ... Read More