Author: sandorfabian1979

Sandor Fabian is a PhD student in Security Studies at the Political Science Department at the University of Central Florida. He works as a Teaching Assistant for Scope and Methods of Political Science (POS 3703), Politics of Eastern Europe (CPO03614), and American National Government (POS 2041). His areas of research include non-traditional approaches to conflict, civil war, insurgency and (counter-) terrorism. Sandor pursued his Master’s degree in Defense Analysis at Naval Postgraduate School as an international military exchange student and received his Bachelor's degree from the Miklos Zrinyi National Defense University in Hungary. Sandor separated from the Hungarian military after serving 16 years as a Special Forces Officer at the tactical, operational and strategic levels. During his last assignment Sandor served as the Assessment and Evaluation Branch Head at the NATO Special Operations Headquarters in Mons, Belgium. Sandor is from married and has one daughter. Sandor and his family currently reside in Oviedo, FL.

FPSA 2018 Presentation and Award

Today I had the honor of receiving the University of Central Florida`s Graduate Presentation Fellowship Award and with that presented my latest research paper, titled Why does David sometimes defeat Goliath?, at the 2018 Florida Political Science Association Annual Conference at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. The paper assesses the effects of the different level of institutionalized military knowledge on the outcome of … Continue reading FPSA 2018 Presentation and Award

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Special Operations Events Back to Back

What an interesting and fruitful week. On Wednesday I chaired a panel discussing the topic of Building A Multinational Special Operations Command at the 2018 Global SOF Foundation Symposium (https://www.globalsofsymposium.org/us) then on Thursday I presented my research on the challenges of NATO Special Operations Forces at the 2018 Annual Special Operations Research Association Conference (http://www.specopsjournal.org/symposium.html) hosted by the Joint Special Operations University. Continue reading Special Operations Events Back to Back

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2018 Florida International Summit Award

The Florida Network for Global Studies (FNGS) held its 2018 Florida International Summit on January 30, 2018 at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. As part of the International Summit`s program the FNGS organized its first undergraduate and graduate student research poster competition in the topic of Transatlantic Security. I had the privilege to win the best graduate student poster award with my … Continue reading 2018 Florida International Summit Award

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