Dr. Travis Sharp is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
He directs the defense budget studies program and works to inform policymakers, senior leaders, and the public about issues related to resourcing national security. He also serves as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and is a lecturer at The John Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In 2023-2024, he served as a staff member on the National Defense Strategy Commission, a congressionally mandated bipartisan review group.
Dr. Sharp has held positions with academic and policy organizations, including George Washington University’s Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the Center for a New American Security. His research has appeared in The Journal of Strategic Studies, Policy Sciences, Survival, and International Affairs, among other outlets.
Dr. Sharp is a past recipient of the Naval War College’s Reinauer Essay Prize in Defense Economics, the 1LT Bacevich Fellowship at CNAS, the Harold Rosenthal Fellowship in International Relations, and the Herbert Scoville Peace Fellowship.
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Education
M.A. and Ph.D. in Security Studies
Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs
M.P.A. in International Relations
Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs
B.A. in History and Politics (summa cum laude)
University of San Francisco
Graduated (with highest distinction) College of Naval Command and Staff
Naval War College