Thomas Talley

Thomas Talley is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, who served the final years of his career as a Strategic Plans Officer. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Mr. Talley received a master’s degree in international relations from Troy University and a master’s degree in military arts and sciences from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. As a professional soldier, a student of international affairs, and a concerned American, Mr. Talley has spent many years reading about and coming to understand China as the pacing threat it is, long before the U.S. establishment (finally) publicly acknowledged it as such. Mr. Talley has previously been published in Small Wars Journal and IO Sphere, the professional journal of Joint Information Operations.