Expertise:
•    U.S. foreign and security policy, national security decision making
•    Central and Southeast European security issues

Dr. Matthew Rhodes is the director of the Program in Advanced Security Studies and professor of national security studies at the Marshall Center.  He arrived at the center in 2003. His principle interests include U.S. foreign and security policy, national security decision making, and Central and Southeast European security issues. Dr. Rhodes previously served as assistant professor of strategy and international security at the U.S. Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama from 1999-2003; assistant professor in the department of political science at Central College, Pella, Iowa from 1998-1999; and Jan Hus Foundation Academic Mentor in the department of politics and European studies at Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic from 1997-1998. Dr. Rhodes earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and German from Lawrence University of Wisconsin in 1990.