Nicholas Naquin

Senior Fellow | Enduring American Leadership

Nicholas Naquin (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2013), is a former officer in the United States Army with over twelve years of experience working with security forces across the world. With a BA in History from The Johns Hopkins University and MAs in Classical and European history from The Johns Hopkins University, Oxford University and Princeton University, Dr. Naquin brings unique historical and linguistic expertise to his military and political analysis. Dr. Naquin’s first military service was as an enlisted soldier in the French Foreign Legion (2008-2010), with which he deployed to Afghanistan for six months. From 2013 until 2022 he served as an active-duty infantry officer in the United States Army at Airborne units in Italy (173RD Airborne Brigade), Fort Benning (U.S. Army Ranger School) and Fort Bragg (82ND Airborne Division). From 2017-2019, Dr. Naquin deployed to Afghanistan twice in support of the 75TH Ranger Regiment. While an instructor at the U.S. Army Ranger School (2019-2020), Dr. Naquin was chosen to serve as an exchange officer at Colombia’s Lancero School. He completed the Colombian Army’s Lancero course in December 2019 and worked in Colombia for sixteen months. Dr. Naquin is a fluent speaker of six languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German) and a dedicated student of four other ancient and modern languages (Latin, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Arabic).