Robert J. Bunker

Dr. Robert J. Bunker is an American academic and an applied theorist on national security and other advanced concepts.

Bunker's research is mainly focused on:

• Non-state threat groups,
• Counter-threat strategies,
• Future war/conflict.

Bunker has also made significant contributions to the debate on the 'Body Cavity Bomb' (BCB) concept.

Bunker, is from California, the Los Angeles area. He is an Epochal Warfare Studies Scholar, and security consultant focusing on non-state opposing force research, analysis, and defeat strategies.

• He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Claremont Graduate University; and,
• Five other university degrees, in political science, government, behavioral science, social science, anthropology-geography, and history

Bunker has over 200 publications including numerous edited works, booklets, chapters, and articles in policy, law enforcement, and military venues. He has been involved in red teaming and counter-terrorism exercises and has provided operations support within Los Angeles County.

Bunker's books on security and defence related topics include:

• Global Criminal and Sovereign Free Economies and the Demise of the Western Democracies (Routledge Advances in International Political Economy), by Robert J. Bunker and Pamela Ligouri Bunker (Eds.)(2 September 2014).
• Body Cavity Bombers: The New Martyrs: A Terrorism Research Center Book, by Robert J. Bunker and Christopher James Flaherty (Primary Authors) (23 August 2013).
• Studies in Gangs and Cartels, by Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan (22 August 2013).
• Mexican Cartel Essays and Notes: Strategic, Operational, and Tactical: A Small Wars Journal-El Centro Anthology, by Robert J. Bunker (Primary Author) (30 May 2013).
• Criminal Insurgencies in Mexico and the Americas: The Gangs and Cartels Wage War, by Robert J. Bunker (Ed.) (4 September 2012).
• Mexico's Criminal Insurgency: A Small Wars Journal-El Centro Anthology, by John P. Sullivan and Robert J. Bunker (Primary Authors) (24 May 2012).
• Narcos Over the Border: Gangs, Cartels and Mercenaries, by Robert J Bunker (Ed.) (15 November 2010)
• Criminal-States and Criminal-Soldiers, by Robert J. Bunker (Ed.) (24 April 2008).
• Red Teams and Counterterrorism (International and Security Affairs), by Stephen Sloan and Robert J. Bunker (5 May 2011).
• Networks, Terrorism and Global Insurgency, by Robert J. Bunker (Ed.)(8 December 2005)
• Non-state Threats and Future Wars, by Robert J. Bunker (Ed.) (30 September 2002)

On September 13, 2011, Bunker gave testimony before a joint hearing with the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. His testimony was about the Mérida Initiative, which is the US effort to provide support to Mexico’s security apparatus in fighting the drug cartels in Mexico.

Bunker is also a Research Associate at the Terrorism Research Center.

Bunker's present associations include the Claremont Graduate University as adjunct faculty, and Small Wars Journal-El Centro as a Senior Fellow.

Bunker's past associations include the Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (LA-HIDTA), Counter-OPFOR Corporation, University of Southern California, FBI Academy (as Futurist in Residence), National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center—West, and the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group.