Scott Feil is a Research Staff Member in the Operational Evaluation Division at the Institute for Defense Analysis, Alexandria, Virginia, a Federally Funded Research and Development Corporation. The non-profit Institute conducts studies in support of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Agencies, the Joint Staff, and the Combatant Commands. Prior to joining IDA, Scott was the Executive Director of the Program on the Role of American Military Power, a study group chartered and supported by the Association of the US Army. The program examined the changing international and strategic environment to develop a better understanding of impact and requirements for the U.S. military in general and the U.S. Army in particular. He also served as co-director of a joint project sponsored by AUSA and the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Post-Conflict Reconstruction, a multi-year study of tasks, organizational comparative advantage, and planning mechanisms for the effective and efficient rebuilding of countries emerging from conflict.

Scott served 27 years in the United States Army, retiring in August 2000. His final assignment was as the Chief, Strategy Division, Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy, (J-5), the Joint Staff, providing strategic analysis and recommendations on issues relevant to security and military strategies of the United States. His division was the Joint Staff lead coordinator on the National Security Strategy and the Contingency and Defense Planning Guidances. The division authored Joint Vision 2020, the Joint Planning Document, and was the Joint Staff lead for the implementation of Theater Engagement Planning.

Commissioned in Armor, he served in Cavalry and Armor units in the United States, Korea, Germany, and Southwest Asia. He was the Operations Officer of a Cavalry Regiment in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, (‘90-‘91) and subsequently commanded an armored battalion (’93-’95) and an armored brigade (’97-’99). His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. Scott also served in a number of policy related positions, including Senior Speechwriter to the Chief of Staff, Army (’91-’93), Military Liaison Team Chief to the Republic of Slovenia, (’95-’96) and Assistant Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy (’84-’87).

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the U.S. Military Academy and a Masters in Political Science from Stanford University and is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College. He completed an Army War College Fellowship with the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, in 1997.

Open Publications

Author, “Preventing Genocide: How the Early Use of Force Might Have Succeeded in Rwanda.” Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, Carnegie Corporation of New York, April 1998.

Co-Author, “Post-Conflict Reconstruction Task Framework” Association of the US Army and Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., May 2002.

Co-Author, “Play to Win: Final Report of the bi-partisan Commission on Post-Conflict Reconstruction” Association of the US Army and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., January 2003.

Co-Author, “Transitions from War to Peace: Post-Conflict Reconstruction.” The Liaison. The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Vol. II, No. 4, Spring 2002.

Author, “Building Better Foundations: Security in Post-Conflict Reconstruction.” The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 4, Autumn 2002.

“Strategy and Resource Requirements in Post-Conflict Iraq” Statement for the Record, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 107th Congress, 2nd Session, August 1, 2002.

“Security in a Post-Conflict Situation in Iraq” Statement for the Record, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 108th Congress, 1st Session, February 11, 2003.

“Civil Military Emergency Planning: Lessons Learned in Transition.” IDA Report D-2917, forthcoming.