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Cynthia Watson earned a Master’s in Economic History
from the London School of Economics and a Doctorate in Government &
International Studies from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Watson
served as Associate Dean at the National War College between 1997 and
2002, having taught there since in 1992. She was Assistant Dean for
Social Sciences and a member of the Political Science Department at
Loyola University Chicago and a member of the Politics Department at
Ithaca College before coming to the War College. Dr. Watson was on the
staff of the House Subcommittee on Government Information in the 1970s
as well as a staff auditor for the General Accounting Office for three
years before engaging graduate work.
She has written extensively nation-building and civil-military relations
from a variety of perspectives, to include political violence in Latin
America and China. In 2005, she testified before several Congressional
committees on China in Latin America, her sabbatical topic between
2003-2004. Dr. Watson has also published on nuclear developments,
conventional arms issues, military involvement in transnational issues
and the effects they have on nation-building. ABC Clio in Santa Barbara
published Nation-Building: A Reference Handbook in July 2004. Her prior
books include National Security Contemporary Issues Series (ABC Clio,
2002), Political Role of the Military, co-edited with Constantine
Danopolous (Greenwood, 1996), and National Security Policy Groups
(Greenwood, 1990).
Between 2000 and 2001, Dr. Watson co-directed the National Defense
University team for the Middle States Association reaccreditation. Dr.
Watson has served as the Secretary for the Inter-University Seminar on
Armed Forces & Society and serve on the Governing Board of the
International Studies Association. She is a member of the International
Institute for Strategic Studies and is on the Editorial Board of Third
World Quarterly. She is a popular and highly-sought speaker on national
security issues. Dr. Watson is Spanish-certified for Recording for the
Blind and Dyslexic.
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