John H. Gill (Jack) is an Associate Professor on the faculty of the Near East – South Asia Center. A former U.S. Army South Asia Foreign Area Officer, he retired as a colonel in 2005 after more than 27 years of service.

Prior to joining the NESA Center, he worked on South Asia issues in the Pentagon from 1998-2001, including the 1999 Kargil crisis. During his time at the NESA Center, he has also served as Special Assistant for India/Pakistan to the Plans and Policy Director of the U.S. Joint Staff and as Military Advisor to Ambassador James Dobbins, the U.S. envoy to the Afghan opposition forces (2001-02). From August 2003 to January 2004, he served in Islamabad as the liaison officer to the Pakistan Army for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, including participation in Tripartite Commission meetings and other trilateral discussions.

He has been following South Asia issues from the intelligence and policy perspectives since the mid-1980’s in positions with the U.S. Joint Staff, the U.S. Pacific Command staff, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. His publications on South Asia include an Atlas of the 1971 India-Pakistan War, chapters in Strategic Asia (2003 and 2005), and chapters on U.S.-India military relations (2006) and India-Pakistan behavior during the "Brass Tacks" crisis (2008).

Prof. Gill is currently working on chapters addressing Indian counterinsurgency experiences in Sri Lanka ("IPKF") and military operations during the 1999 Kargil conflict. He is also an internationally recognized military historian and has authored several books and numerous papers on the Napoleonic era.

Education
• United States Army Command and General Staff College
• M.A., International Relations, George Washington University
• B.A., History / German, Middlebury College

Areas of Interest
• Intelligence
• Military History
• India and Pakistan
• Afghanistan, South Asia

Suggested Readings
• Khan, I., Cheema, P., and Wirsing, R. (2008, August). Challenges Facing Pakistan's Federall Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). NBR Analysis, 19(3). [download]
• Roul, A., Hefner, R., and Liow J. (2008, August). Aspects of Islamism in South and Southeast Asia. NBR Analysis, 19(4). [download]
• Tellis, A., Kuo, M., and Marble, A. (2008). Strategic Asia 2008-09: Challenges and Choices. Washington, DC: National Bureau of Asia Research. [download]