Michael Miklaucic is a senior fellow with the Institute for National Strategic Studies, and the director of research, information and publications at the Center for Complex Operations (CCO) at National Defense University. He is also the editor of PRISM, the journal of CCO. Prior to this assignment he served in various positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of State, including USAID representative on the Civilian Response Corps Inter-Agency Task Force, as the senior program officer in the USAID Office of Democracy and Governance, and rule of law specialist in the Center for Democracy and Governance.