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| Contact Information: Department of Government & International Affairs Gray Hall 211 Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA 24595 Office Phone: (434) 381-6552 Email: sbakich{at}sbc{dot}edu |
2007-present |
Assistant Professor, Department of
Government & International Affairs |
| 2006-2007 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department
of Government & International Affairs |
2006-2007 |
Adjunct Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
| 2006 | Ph.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
VA |
| 1998 | M.A., Foreign
Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
| 1996 | B.A., International Affairs and Economics, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA |
| 2001 | Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military
Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS) Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University |
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Works in Progress
Article-Length Projects |
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Publications |
| 1996 | “Toward and New Quality: Russian Military Doctrine and Eurasian Security,” Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, 21, 1 (Washington, D.C.: The Council for Social and Economic Studies). |
| 2010 | "A Tale of Two Cultures: Information Sharing versus Organizational Culture in the Battle Over Strategy," paper presented at the International Studies Association annual meeting. |
| 2009 | “The Sinews of Grand Strategy: Hypotheses on Information Management and Limited War Outcomes,” paper presented at the International Studies Association annual meeting. Panel Chair and Discussant, “Military Power in a Changing World,” International Studies Association annual meeting. |
| 2006 | “Limited Wars and Information Networks,” paper presented at the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Conference, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics. |
| 2004 | “Strategy and Information Overload: Avoiding Extreme Balancing in Limited Wars,” paper presented at the American Political Science Association annual meeting. |
| 2001 | “Hypotheses on Operational Power, the Offense-Defense Balance, and War,” paper presented at the International Studies Association annual meeting. |
| 2000 | “Social Origins of Military Doctrine,” paper presented at the International Studies Association annual meeting. |
| 1997 | “The Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation: Three Tests of Continued Validity,” paper presented at the 13th Annual Symposium on Russian and Eastern European Studies, UVA. |
| 1996 | “National Interest and the ‘New’ Russian Army,” paper presented at the National Council of Undergraduate Research annual meeting. |
| 2000 | “Offense-Defense Theory: Retrospectives and Future Directions,” conference co-sponsored by Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) and Georgetown University’s Center for Peace and Security Studies |
| 1997 | “Life Beyond Yeltsin: Policy, Not Personality,” The Washington Post, 10/18/1997, A22. |
| 2009 | Gilpin Faculty Grant |
| 2007-2008 | Kenmore Faculty Fellowship |
| 2003 | Fernbach Award for Research in International
Relations Department of Politics, University of Virginia |
| 2002 | Nomination for the Brookings Research
Fellowship in Foreign Policy Studies Department of Politics, University of Virginia |
| 2001-2002 | Albert Gallatin Fellowship Department of Politics, University of Virginia |
| 2000-2001 | President’s Fellowship Department of Politics, University of Virginia |
| 1999-2000 | Dissertation Fellowship Department of Politics, University of Virginia |
| 1997-1999 | Governor’s Fellowship Department of Politics, University of Virginia |
| 1996 | University Research Grant James Madison University |
2009 |
"Afghanistan 2009: A Strategic Appraisal," Ethics and Public Policy discussion series, Sweet Briar College, 14 October 2009 |
2009 |
Outside Honors Examiner in International Relations |
| 2000-2006 | Program Assistant Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Virginia Primary duties: major grant development ($880,000 in received funds with an additional $1.6 million pending from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI NRC/FLAS Fellowship Programs); coordinate visiting lectures; budget and purchasing |
| 2000-2006 | Program Assistant Middle East Studies Program, University of Virginia Primary duties: coordinate visiting lectures; budget and purchasing |
| American Political Science Association
International Studies Association Committee on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy |
| Reading French |
| Jeffrey Legro, Professor Department of Politics University of Virginia P.O. Box 400787 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4787 legro@virginia.edu (434) 924-3958 Dale C. Copeland, Associate Professor Allen C. Lynch, Director and Professor |
John M. Owen, Associate Professor Department of Politics University of Virginia P.O. Box 400787 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4787 jmo4n@virginia.edu (434) 924-3523 Melvyn P. Leffler, Professor Daniel P. Jordan, President (retired) |