Atlantic Council

Biography

James Joyner

James Joyner has been the managing editor of the Atlantic Council since September 2007.

He has published dozens of articles at publications including The Atlantic, International Studies Quarterly, The National Interest, Foreign Policy, World Politics Review, Politico, The American Conservative, Strategic Insights, Tech Central Station/TCS Daily, Reason, The New Individualist, Legal Affairs, Human Events, and The Washington Examiner.   He has appeared on national and international broadcast media including BBC, CNN, NPR, C-SPAN, MSNBC, Voice of America, Al Jazeera, Russia Today, and Air America.

James founded the popular weblog Outside The Beltway on January 31, 2003. It was recognized with the 2006 Golden Dot Award for “Best Blog,” awarded by The George Washington University's Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet.

He has previously worked as a management analyst at the  Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA); Managing Editor of Strategic Insights, the professional journal of the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School;  acquisitions editor for international affairs at Brassey’s, Inc. (now, Potomac Books) a Dulles, Virginia book publisher; and a political science professor at Troy State University (now, simply Troy University), Bainbridge College, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

James served in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 1992 and is a combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and numerous service medals and ribbons. He is a graduate of the Airborne and Air Assault schools.

He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Alabama (1995) and B.A. (1987) and M.A. (1988) degrees in Political Science from Jacksonville State University.

He has been married since October 2005 to the former Kimberly Webb and they reside in Alexandria, Virginia with their daughters, Katie and  Ellie.