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Paul D. Miller, PhD

Paul D. Miller, PhD

Author | Writer | Speaker | Professor — Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service

Dr. Paul D. Miller is a scholar and public servant devoted to ordered liberty at home and abroad. Dr. Miller is a political theorist and political scientist focusing on international affairs, the American experiment, and America's role in the world. He is a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and serves as co-chair of the Global Politics and Security concentration in the MSFS program. He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Dr. Miller served as Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan on the National Security Council staff; worked as an intelligence analyst for the CIA; and served as a military intelligence officer in the US Army. He is the author of several books and taught at The University of Texas at Austin and the National Defense University and worked at the RAND Corporation prior to his arrival at Georgetown. Miller's writing has also appeared in many foreign publications. He holds a PhD in international relations and a BA in government from Georgetown University, and a master in public policy from Harvard University. He is a contributing editor of Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy, a research fellow at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, and a visiting professor with AEI's Initiative on Faith and Public Life.

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Awkward Conversations Podcast

Awkward Conversations with Paul D. Miller is a thoughtful podcast about politics, religion, and culture. Get away from the frenetic headlines and list...

Featured on: Tuesday, January 10, 2023

The Religion of American Greatness: What's Wrong with Christian Nationalism

ECPA Top Shelf Award Winner Long before it featured dramatically in the 2016 presidential election, Christian nationalism had sunk deep roots in th...

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