Christopher Faulkner

Christopher Faulkner is an assistant professor at the U.S. Naval War College. He researches and writes on issues related to irregular warfare, militant financing and tactics, private military and security companies, maritime terrorism, and civil-military relations. He has written articles on a variety of security issues for The Conversation, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Modern War Institute, the Combating Terrorism Center, War on the Rocks, and World Politics Review. The views expressed in this article, and others by him, are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Naval War College, U.S. Navy, Department of Defense, or U.S. government.