About
AT A GLANCE:
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Xundis Global
RESEARCH AREAS:
鈥� Future of Special Operations
鈥� Strategic Competition
鈥� Integrated Statecraft
BIOGRAPHY:
Charlie Black is the co-founder and managing partner of Xundis Global, a bespoke advisory
firm specializing in helping private, commercial, and government organizations navigate
complexity. He also holds a senior professional position at Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Lab, supporting national security research endeavors.
Black holds a PhD in Humanities from Salve Regina University and is a graduate of
the National Intelligence University. A retired Marine Corps Infantry and Special
Operations Officer, Charlie has over thirty-five years of experience in policy coordination,
operational planning, and tactical operations with joint, interagency, and international
partners.
From 2018 to 2022, he served as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Joint Special
Operations University, conducting research, writing, and teaching about the future
of special operations, strategic competition, and integrated statecraft. Charlie has
authored and co-authored numerous works related to complexity, strategic competition,
and future warfare. He is a frequent speaker on topics such as social complexity,
national security, and leadership as culture-making.
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