James (Jim) Miller is a distinguished expert in national security and foreign policy. He currently serves as the Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and as the U.S. Coordinator for the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) security agreement on the National Security Council staff.
James Miller was senior professional staff member for the House Armed Services Committee (1988-1992), assistant professor at Duke University (1992-1997); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Requirements, Plans, and Counterproliferation Policy (1997-2000); and Senior Vice President (2003-2007) and Vice President (2000-2003) at Hicks and Associates, Inc.
He then served as Senior Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security (2007-2009). Miller was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
Miller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and International Institute for Strategic Studies. In 2000, he was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. He is a four-time recipient of the Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest civilian award of the U.S. Department of Defense. In 2015, Miller joined Johns Hopkins APL as a senior fellow and was named as the Lab’s Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis in 2022. He served as a board member for the Defense Science Board from 2014-2020. He was appointed to the board again in 2022.
Miller previously served as a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Don’t miss the chance to gain insights from his extensive experience at the upcoming DCFR Conversation with Jim Miller on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver.
