Dr. Carol V. Evans is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) and the USAWC Press at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  SSI is the research arm of the Army War College and serves as the U.S. Army’s premier institute for global geostrategic and national security research and analysis.  The USAWC Press publishes high quality, timely and impactful studies of key national security issues, military strategy, theater operations, and on other topics related to the nature of land warfare and the Army’s future.  As Director of SSI, Dr. Evans oversees a Strategic Research and Analysis Department (SRAD), a Strategic Research Engagement Directorate, and the USAWC Press.

Dr. Evans’ research interests are wide-ranging in the areas of geoeconomics, geostrategy, intelligence, and international security with a focus on the Indo-Pacific region. For the AWC’s School of Strategic Landpower, Dr. Evans teaches the elective on the “Economics of National Security: Contemporary Issues in the Global Economy.” Since 2014 Dr. Evans has been a Lecturer at NATO, Center of Excellence-Defense Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) in Ankara, Turkey, where she teaches in COE-DAT’s Critical Infrastructure Protection against Terrorist Attacks training program.