Jason Criss Howk

Jason Howk is a retired South Asia Foreign Area Officer who also served the Army as an enlisted Infantry Paratrooper and Engineer officer from 1991-2015. He spent over 12 years contributing to the Afghan campaign and thrived in Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, Non-Governmental and Multi-national organizations. He is a published author of scholarly and professional books and articles, is a Malone Fellow in Arab and Islamic Studies and was a term member in the Council on Foreign Relations. When not writing and teaching Jason runs a not for profit organization that improves the diversity of thought in foreign affairs by helping college-age Americans of all backgrounds find their way into the community.