INSCT Staff
Nicholas J. Armstrong
Research Fellow, Institute for National Security and
Counterterrorism
Ph.D.
Student,
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Nick Armstrong
is a Research Fellow at the Institute for National
Security and Counterterrorism at Syracuse
University. His research interests in
national security and organizational
studies, focusing on public management,
organizational design and strategy, interagency
planning and operations, and post-conflict
reconstruction.
Before
joining INSCT, Nick served for eight years as a U.S.
Army Officer (Captain). In that time he held several
leadership and staff assignments, to
include serving as Aide-de-Camp to the
Deputy Commanding General and Speechwriter
for the
Commanding General in the
highly deployed
10th Mountain Division
(Light Infantry). Nick's
military experience
includes combat tours in
Iraq and Afghanistan,
peacekeeping
duty in
Bosnia,
and specialized training at the U.S. Army
Airborne, Air Assault, and Ranger Schools.
Nick is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Maxwell School's interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Program. His dissertation topic explores how the U.S. Interagency organizes for complex contingency operations. He is a graduate of both the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (B.S., 2000), and the Maxwell School of Syracuse University (M.P.A., C.A.S.-Security Studies, 2008).
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Email:
narmstro@maxwell.syr.edu
Publications, Reports, and Working Papers
“Resilient Military and Security Organizations.” (2009). In Workshop Report: Resilience in Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Natural Disasters. Institute for National Security & Counterterrorism, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. pp. 42-44.
"Resilience, Institutions, and Public Sector Networks.” (2009). with Ines Mergel. In Workshop Report: Resilience in Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Natural Disasters. Institute for National Security & Counterterrorism, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. pp. 26-31.
Workshop Report: Resilience in Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Natural Disasters. (2009). with Patricia Longstaff and Ines Mergel (eds.). Institute for National Security & Counterterrorism, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
"The Next U.S. National Security Strategy: A Normative and Public Management Approach.”(2008). Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism Working Paper Series: National Security Advice to the New Administration, Paper #08-001. Syracuse, NY. Republished in National Security and Foreign Relations Law Abstracts. 6 (17), April 2009. (Link at Social Science Research Network).
Securing America’s Passenger Rails: Analyzing Current Trends and Future Solutions. (2008). with Drew Bland, Edward Cox, Eric Oddo, Dan Wears, P.C. Zai; Institute for National Security & Counter-terrorism, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Re-published in Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL), Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security, 2008.
“1-87 Infantry’s Split-Focus Fires and Effects Cell: Rural and Urban Iraq.” (2006). Field Artillery Journal, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, OK.
