Christopher D. Booth

Co-Director, Maritime Program

Christopher D. Booth was a 2024 non-resident fellow with the Irregular Warfare Initiative. He has more than two decades experience in national security and international relations, starting on activity duty as an Army armor and cavalry officer. He has served throughout Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central, North, and South Asia. He is a Distinguished graduate of Command & Staff College – Marine Corps University, where he was a Fellow in the General Robert H. Barrow Fellowship for Strategic Competition from MCU and the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation & Creativity, and a scholar in the Gray Scholars Program – Advanced Studies on Social & Political Conflict. He graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School and the College of William and Mary with a double major in History and Government. He has published in a diverse variety of venues including: The Atlantic Council, the Army University Press, Marine Corps University Press, The National Interest, U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings, and War on the Rocks.