Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor, Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University

Expert Bio

Walt Hudson, J.D., Phd.,  is a Global Wilson Fellow and is currently an associate professor at the Eisenhower School of National Security and Resource Strategy, where he teaches courses in strategy, strategic leadership, geoeconomic policy and other topics.  He is a retired Army colonel and is the author of the book Army Diplomacy (2015) which focuses on post-World War II occupation policy.  He has also written widely in various journals such as The American Interest, Joint Forces Quarterly, Military Review, Military Law Review, and Prism.

Wilson Center Project

Residual Forces: The Absence or Presence of Residual Forces as part of U.S. Strategy During and After the Korean and Vietnam Wars

Project Summary

Hudson's research includes a detailed examination into the strategic rationales (and planning) for leaving or not leaving residual US forces in Korea in 1948-9, Korea in 1953 post-Armistice and Vietnam, 1973-on. He examines the consequences (e.g. adversary reactions) into the leaving or not leaving such residual forces.

Major Publications

• Army Diplomacy: American Military Occupation and Foreign Policy After World War II (2015)
• The Continuing Influence of Clausewitz, Military Review, 2003
• The Limits of International Law (Review-Essay), Army Lawyer, September 2006

Previous Terms

Title VIII Short-Term Scholar, 7/1/19 - 7/31/19, Kennan Institute