Intelligence and National Security Policy

Dr. Michael David Miner is a Lecturer in Extension and a longtime member of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Miner has taught at Harvard for over a decade, including courses on intelligence, strategy, and national security. He advises and directs graduate theses in government, foreign policy, and international relations. As part of the Intelligence Project leadership team at the Belfer Center, he examines organizational processes and reform in addition to the role of intelligence in policymaking. Miner also writes case studies used for seminars in organizational and leadership development. He earned his PhD at King's College London studying with the Official Historian of the British Joint Intelligence Committee. Outside of teaching, he speaks to various audiences and organizations on current affairs and advocates for matters of public interest. He previously served on the Fulbright Specialist Roster supported by the US Department of State and volunteered in the United States Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary. Miner is president of the Massachusetts Fulbright Association, treasurer of the North American Society for Intelligence History, and is a graduate of Dartmouth College.