COL Michael Rosol Assistant Professor Program Director - International Affairs Social Sciences michael.rosol [at] west.point.edu About Education Research & Publications Colonel Mike Rosol has served as an active-duty Army officer in various tactical, strategic, and educational positions since 2001. He has served as an Armor and Cavalry Officer and Army Strategist in 1st Cavalry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, the United States Military Academy, XVIII Airborne Corps, and Joint Task Force-North with four total deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He currently serves as an Academy Professor and Director of the International Affairs Program in the Department of Social Sciences. Mike holds a BS from West Point and an MA and PhD from The University of Chicago. His research interests include international order, the politics of military adaptation and change, and the military’s role in national security policy planning. Ph.D. in Political Sciences - The University of Chicago M.A. in Political Science - The University of Chicago B.S. - U.S. Military Academy Research Interests International order, Politics of military adaptation and innovation, Military's role in the policy planning process Current Research "Weberian Militaries: Promotion Systems and the Limits of Population Centric Counterinsurgency", Scott Limbocker and Michael Rosol "Why Huntington's 'Objective Control' is Bad for Democracy", Jordan Becker, Erin Lemons, and Mike Rosol, "Order, Disorder, and the Stability of Instability in the International System" Selected Publications Barnes, Jake, Seth Barnes, Michael Rosol, and Todd Schmidt. "Domestic Politics and International Competition: Populism and the Importance of Understanding Rhetoric." 2024. Defence Studies 24, no. 1: 176-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2023.2279625Kelly, Patrick and Michael Rosol. "Authority and the Space Between Order and Ordering - Theorizing International Order" in Order, Counter-Order, and Disorder: Regional and Global Security Roders in the Shadow of Sino-American Competition. Eds. Jordan Becker and Joshua Woodaz. https://westpointpress.com/s/Security-Seminar-2023-Proceedings.pdfLyall, Jason, Rachel Radvinsky, Michael Rosol, and Simon Smit. "Social Ordering and Security Ordering: Uncertainty and Order" in Order, Counter-Order, and Disorder: Regional and Global Security Roders in the Shadow of Sino-American Competition. Eds. Jordan Becker and Joshua Woodaz. https://westpointpress.com/s/Security-Seminar-2023-Proceedings.pdfBell, Robert, Daphne Karahalios, Jarrett Reckseidler, and Michael Rosol. "Still Fit for Purpose? Reassessing and Revising NATO's Core Tasks." 2022. Defence Studies 22, no. 3: 548-557. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2022.2082951Rosol, Michael. "Should America Take a Leadership Role in the World?" in Taking Sides: Clasing Views in American Foreign Policy. 6 ed, Eds. Suzanne Nielsen and Scott Handler. New York: McGraw Hill, 2013.