Dr. Daniel R. Green was a Defense Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy focusing on counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, and stability operations in the Middle East and Central Asia. He became deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development in March 2019.
He is a reserve officer with the U.S. Navy and most recently served in Iraq (2015-2016) as a tribal and political engagement officer in Baghdad. His prior deployments include service in Afghanistan (2012) as a tribal and political engagement officer in Uruzgan province; as the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command liaison officer to the U.S. Embassy's Office of Interagency Provincial Affairs in Afghanistan (2009-2010); as a tribal and political engagement officer in Fallujah, Iraq (2007); and as a civilian with the Department of State as the political advisor to the Tarin Kowt Provincial Reconstruction Team in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan (2005-2006). Since 2001, he has held several senior advisory positions dealing with the Middle East, Central Asia, and NATO/Europe in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the State Department.
Ph.D. in political science, The George Washington University; M.Phil. in political science, The George Washington University; M.S. in international affairs, Florida State University; B.A. in political science, American University; B.A. in history and communications, law, economics and government American University.
