Biography - Stephen W Twing

Stephen Twing received his B.A. in government and Philosophy from Wofford College in 1986. He received his M.A. (1990) and his Ph.D. (1995) in International Studies from the University of South Carolina with a concentration in national security policy. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech from 1996 to 1998. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Frostburg State University. He has taught online graduate courses in terrorism and national security studies for Norwich University and Virginia Tech. He is the author of Myths Models, and U.S. Foreign Policy--the Cultural Shaping of Three Cold Warriors. (Lynne Rienner, 1998). His current research is focused on the influence of bureaucratic structure on strategic decision-making in the Bush White House in the run-up to the Iraq War.