Dr. Jacob Stoil is the US Army's Research Professor of Middle East Security at the US Army Strategic Studies Institute In this capacity he advises US Army and others on Middle East policy, strategy, and lessons. Dr. Stoil also serves as Chair of Applied History at the West Point Modern War Institute, Assistant Director of the Second World War Research Group (North America) and Trustee of the U.S. Commission on Military History. Jacob was a Senior Fellow of the 40th Infantry Urban Warfare Center and a co-founder of the International Working Group on Subterranean Warfare as well as an Associate Professor of Military History at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS).