About
AT A GLANCE:
Irregular Warfare and Airpower Planner, European Special Operations Command
RESEARCH AREAS:
• Russia as a Strategic Adversary
• Irregular Warfare
• Air Power
• NATO
• Special Operations
• Arctic Security
BIOGRAPHY:
Richard Newton, PhD is currently serving as an irregular warfare and airpower planner
for Special Operations Command Europe. He is a retired USAF special operations and
combat rescue helicopter pilot, combat aviation advisor, strategic planner, and educator.
Between 2001 and 2023 he served on the faculty and as a researcher and author at Joint
Special Operations University. He has also served as visiting faculty at the US Army
School of Advanced Military Studies.
In addition to the GNSI, “Newt” volunteers his time as the Managing Editor for and
occasional contributor to the Air Commando Journal, as a Senior Fellow at the Homeland
Defense Institute, and as the Director of Project Air and Space Power at the Irregular
Warfare Initiative. He earned a bachelor of science degree from the USAF Academy and
a master’s degree from the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies. Dr Newton
holds a PhD in defence studies from King’s College London.
PUBLICATIONS:
Strategic Political Sabotage and How to Tackle It
PRISM
Air and Space Power in the Gray Zone
Irregular Warfare Initiative
Cheap Toys and Deadly Results: The Rise of Guerrilla Air Forces
Future Faces of Irregular Warfare
Surviving the Trap
Air Commando Journal
Landpower and Security in the European Arctic
Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs
Special Air Warfare During the Korean War
Air Commando Journal
Valor Untold: Air Commandos During the Jonestown Massacre Recovery
Air Commando Association Press
The RAF and Tribal Control: Airpower and Irregular Warfare between the World Wars
University Press of Kansas
Defense Institution Building ... by Design
JSOU Press
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