Colonel Kris A. Bauman, PhD
Colonel Bauman is the Brent Scowcroft Professor of National Security Studies at the United States Airforce Academy and teaches American Government, American Foreign & National Security Policy, Middle East Politics, and Comparative Politics at the United States Air Force Academy.
From April 2017 to June 2018, he served at the White House on the National Security Council as the Senior Director for Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian, and Egyptian Affairs.
Prior to the NSC, he was a Senior Military Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, and an adjunct professor at the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, both at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
In 2013-2014, during the negotiations led by Secretary of State John Kerry between Israelis and Palestinians, Colonel Bauman was the Chief of Staff for the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, General John R. Allen, USMC, retired. General Allen’s team was responsible for the security portfolio of a proposed two-state agreement.
