James Joyner is a freelance writer and Publisher of OTB Media, a collection of weblogs with over two dozen contributors.

He has published dozens of columns for publications including The Politico, Reason, Legal Affairs, Human Events, The New Individualist,TCS Daily, Tech Central Station, and The Washington Examiner. Additionally, he has published academic articles in International Studies Quarterly and Strategic Insights; five book reviews; fourteen encyclopedia articles; and presented over two dozen conference papers. A more-or-less complete listing can be found here.

He was the Managing Editor of Strategic Insights, the professional journal of the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School, from January 2004 to March 2005.

He worked two years as a management analyst at Lanmark Technology, Inc., a Washington, D.C. area defense contractor, as a consultant to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in Falls Church, Virginia. Previously, he was acquisitions editor for international affairs at Brassey's, Inc. (now, Potomac Books) a Dulles, Virginia book publisher and a political science professor at Troy State University (now, simply Troy University), Bainbridge College, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

James served in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 1992 and is a combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and numerous service medals and ribbons. He is a graduate of the Airborne and Air Assault schools.

He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Alabama (1995) and B.A. (1987) and M.A. (1988) degrees in Political Science from Jacksonville State University.

He has been married since October 2005 to the former Kimberly Webb and they reside in Alexandria, Virginia with two dogs and two cats.