Jeremy Gwinn

At Johns Hopkins, Jeremy Gwinn is a lecturer for the MA in Global Security Studies program.

Gwinn is a national security professional with several decades of military operational and strategic experience, serving in settings that ranged from the mountains of Afghanistan to the halls of the Pentagon.

He has taught at West Point, The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and Harvard University, and his writing has focused on unconventional warfare, counterinsurgency, and security assistance. Through his work, Gwinn seeks opportunities to connect academia with national security practitioners in pursuit of better policy and real-world outcomes.

Gwinn earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from Penn State University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a PhD in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Featured Works

• “Sweeter Carrots and Harder Sticks: Rethinking U.S. Security Assistance,” Jeremy Gwinn, War on the Rocks, April 19, 2022
• “By, With, and Through: Explaining Effectiveness in U.S. Unconventional Warfare,” Jeremy Gwinn, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, May 15, 2021
• “The Advisor and the Brigade Combat Team,” Jeremy Gwinn, Military Review, May 1, 2015
• “Risk and Transition in Afghanistan,” Jeremy Gwinn, Small Wars Journal, January 24, 2012
• “Monetary Ammunition in a Counterinsurgency,” Seth Bodnar and Jeremy Gwinn, Parameters, October 1, 2010
• “Revisiting Priorities for the Army’s Future Force,” Jeremy Gwinn, Robert Kewley, James Merlo, Jeffrey Peterson, Buzz Phillips, Ed Werkheiser, Ryan Wylie, Military Review, September 1, 2009
• “Politics 101 for Small Units in Counterinsurgency,” Jeremy Gwinn, CTC Sentinel, April 1, 2008