James Dubik

Lieutenant General James Michael Dubik Dubik is a 1967 graduate of Cathedral Preparatory School in Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1971, he received a B.A. degree in philosophy from Gannon University in Erie. Dubik later received an M.A. degree in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University and a master's degree in Military Arts and Sciences from the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. After retiring from active duty, he completed a Ph.D. degree in philosophy at Johns Hopkins University in August 2014. His doctoral thesis was entitled Waging War: Filling the Gap in Just War Theory.

Military career Dubik served as commanding general for the Multi National Security Transition Command-Iraq.

Other command assignments include the 5th Battalion of the 14th Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division, and the 25th Infantry Division.

Civilian career Dubik currently serves as the senior fellow at the Institute for the Study of War. He has written for various journals, including Foreign Policy magazine.

Selected works Waging War and Using Force. Naval Institute Press, forthcoming. Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics, and Theory. Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2018. Accelerating Combat Power in Afghanistan. 2009. Has Warfare Changed?: Sorting Apples from Oranges. Arlington, Va: Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the United States Army, 2002. The Army's "Twofer": The Dual Role of the Interim Force. Arlington, Va: Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the United States Army, 2001. With Gordon R. Sullivan. Envisioning Future Warfare 1995. Reissued in 2003.

Personal life Dubik lives in Arlington, Virginia.