Jeffrey D. McCausland is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, and Visiting Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law where he had previously served as the Director of the Leadership in Conflict Initiative at Dickinson College. He is also an adjunct fellow at both the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the RAND Corporation. McCausland graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1972 and was commissioned in field artillery. He completed his active duty service in 2002, ending his career as Dean of Academics, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

During his military career, McCausland served in a variety of command and staff positions both in the United States and Europe, including as Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council Staff during the Kosovo crisis.

McCausland has published and lectured broadly on military affairs, European security issues, the Gulf War, and leadership throughout the United States and abroad. He has been a visiting fellow at many institutions, including the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Conflict Studies Research Center, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst; George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany; and the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. He serves as a national security consultant to CBS television and radio, and has been a frequent commentator on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan for CBS as well as MSNBC, CSPAN, CNN, Al Jazeera, and the CBS Morning Show.