Dr. Ash Rossiter
Dr. Ash Rossiter Assistant Professor
Bio
Education
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Bio

Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr. Ash Rossiter has been assistant professor of international security at Khalifa University since 2015. He received his PhD from the University of Exeter in 2014 after earlier completing a MA in War Studies from King’s College London. He is author of Security in the Gulf published in 2020 by Cambridge University Press.

Ash also has published widely on technology and international security, strategy, warfare, comparative defense industries, and the changing military balance in the Indo-Pacific. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Intelligence & National Security, Defence Studies, Parameters, Diplomacy & Statecraft, Small Wars & Insurgencies, Middle Eastern Studies, as well as many other outlets.

He has written numerous policy reports and evaluations for several governments. Before entering academia, Ash pursued a career across the Middle East spanning both governmental and private sectors.

Education
  • Ph.D., University of Exeter
  • M.A. King's College London
Teaching Areas
  • International Security
  • Emerging Technology and Security
  • Intelligence and National Security
  • Changing Character of Warfare
  • Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Research Interests
  • International Security
  • Military Innovation
  • Technology and Security
  • Comparative Defense Industries
  • Conduct of Contemporary Warfare
  • Intelligence and National Security
  • Indo-Pacific Geopolitics
  • International Relations Theory
  • Computational Social Sciences