Andrew Maher
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Mail code: 3902Campus: Tempe
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I am a Professor of Practice with Arizona State University and Lecturer with University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra. I focus on post-graduate education in Irregular Warfare, Proxy Warfare, and Military Adaptation and Innovation topics, building upon my personal experience as a former Officer in the Australian Army. I’ve served in Afghanistan and Iraq and have been a non-resident fellow with the U.S. Joint Special Operations University and the Modern War Institute at West Point. My PhD addressed the Strategic Logic of Proxy Warfare. Where time permits, I have volunteered with the Irregular Warfare Initiative (IWI) for approximately 3 years.
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra, 2024.
- Master of Terrorism Studies, Charles Sturt University (CSU), 2022.
- Master of Defence Studies, Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), 2010.
- Certificate in Executive Management and Development, Australian Graduate School of Management, Sep 2018.
- Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) / Bachelor of Business (Management and Leadership), University of Southern Queensland, 2004.
I'm currently turning my PhD thesis into my first book, tentatively titled Riding Tigers: The Strategic Logic of Proxy Warfare. I have an enduring interest in the formation, evolution and counters to non-state armed groups (irregular warfare) and their impact upon policy-making.
- ‘Special Operations Developments in the Pacific: Back to the Future?’, Into the Void: Special Operations Beyond the Global War on Terror, Martijn Kitzen and James Kiras (eds.), Hurst, Jun 2024.
- ‘Strategic Planners’, The Long Road: The Long Road: Australia’s Train, Advise and Assist Missions, Tom Frame (ed.), UNSW Press, 2017.
- A Framework for Irregular Warfare, Australian Army Research Centre, (3 December 2021), available at: https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/framework-irregular-warfare.
- ‘Resistance Strategy: Lessons from the Russo-Ukraine conflict for Europe, Australia and the Indo-Pacific,’ Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies, 5:1, (2023), available at: https://www.defence.gov.au/research-innovation/research-publications/australian-journal-defence-and-strategic-studies-vol-5-number-1.
- ‘Information-Age Proxy Warfare,’ Joint Special Operations University, (Aug 2019), available at: https://jsou.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=49819511.
- ‘Understanding our Middle-Eastern competitor: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force,’ Australian Army Journal, 16:1, (Jun 2018), available at: https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/aaj_autumn_2018_vol_xiv_no_1.pdf.
Courses
2025 Spring
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| GSC 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
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| GSC 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
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| GSC 501 | War, Conflict and Security |
2023 Summer
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| GSC 501 | War, Conflict and Security |
2023 Spring
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| GSC 501 | War, Conflict and Security |