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Ian Rice is a retired United States Army officer. He has primarily served with or in support of special operations forces during his career. He has been stationed overseas in Germany, Okinawa, and Korea as well he has deployed for 45 months between Iraq and Afghanistan. Most recently, he led the United States Mission to Iraq鈥檚 Sunni trial engagement effort in Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve in 2016-2017. From 2013 through 2018, he served as an active-duty faculty member in the Defense Analysis Department. He is a 2003 graduate of Defense Analysis and he is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of California Los Angeles.

Ian has taught sections of 鈥淐onflict in the Information Age,鈥� 鈥淧sychological Operations and Deception,鈥� 鈥淭he History of Special Operations,鈥� and 鈥淢ilitary Organization and Technological Change.鈥� He is also interested in developing courses on conflict-based state-building and the dynamics of combined operations namely security force assistance and military advising.

Ian's most notable publication with Craig Whiteside, 鈥淏lack Ops: Islamic State and Innovation in Irregular Warfare鈥� is being developed into a book regarding the concepts and capabilities of special operations conducted by non-state actors.