ABOUT THE AUTHORS: RUSSELL N. BAILEY is a 2015 U.S. Army War College graduate and Carlisle Scholar. He is a Foreign Area Officer specializing in Southeast Asia. He has served in policy and intelligence positions at the Joint Staff, U.S. Pacific Command, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council Staff. He served as the Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 2010 to 2014. Colonel Bailey is a graduate of California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona, the University of Michigan, the Singapore Command and Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. ROBERT G. DIXON is a 2015 U.S. Army War College graduate and Carlisle Scholar. He is a Corps of Engineers officer who has commanded at the company and battalion levels. He has served as a strategist and planner at the Combined Joint Task Force; Division; and Combatant Command levels. Lieutenant Colonel Dixon is a graduate of the Florida Institute of Technology, American Public University, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the U.S. Army War College. LAURA MCALEER currently serves as a Visiting Scholar at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, supporting the establishment and execution of the Carlisle Scholars Program in its inaugural year. She has extensive civilian and military experience at all levels of government, including service as a military strategist, defense policy analyst, intelligence officer, and congressional staffer. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the U.S. Naval War College. DEREK J. O'MALLEY is a 2015 U.S. Army War Col-lege graduate and Carlisle Scholar. He is an Air Force fighter pilot with more than 2,100 hours of operational flying time in the F-16C and the F-35A. Lieutenant Colonel O'Malley commanded an Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron, where he led operational test efforts for the F-16C, F-15C, F-15E, A-10C, F-22A, and F-35A. He is a graduate of Brigham Young Uni-versity, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, the Naval Post Graduate School, and the U.S. Army War College. CHRISTOPHER J. PARSONS is a New Zealand Army officer and 2015 Carlisle Scholar at the U.S. Army War College. His assignments have included command at unit and brigade levels. Colonel Parsons is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, a recipient of the New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration and the U.S. Defense Meritiorious Service Medal. He is a graduate of Canberra University, Massey University, the Australian Command and Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. ELIZABETH R. SMITH is a 2015 U.S. Army War College graduate and Carlisle Scholar. She is an Air Defense Officer, specializing in patriot missile operations. She has commanded at battery and battalion levels, served as a Joint Staff Intern working Iraq Strategic policy and the International Criminal Court, and held numerous positions on Joint and Multi-National staffs such as Chief of Operations at Joint Task Force-North and the Knowledge Manager for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission/Combined Security Transition Command in Afghanistan. She is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. Colonel Smith holds a certification in Knowledge Management from the KM Institute and master's degrees from the University of Phoenix, Marine Corps University, and the U.S. Army War College.
