Evert Jordaan is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Studies at the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University. He completed his PhD at Stellenbosch University with a dissertation on South African Defence Policy-making, 1994–2015. He teaches Introduction to African Security, and Contemporary Thought on Low-intensity Conflict at undergraduate level, and an MPhil course on defence policy and strategy at the South African National Defence College. He provides postgraduate supervision on themes related to defence and security in Africa, and regularly advises the Department of Defence and Parliament on defence policy matters.  His previous appointment was as Deputy Director Defence Policy Formulation at the Defence Secretariat, where he was responsible for writing research papers and formulating defence-related policy. Between 2012 and 2014, he was seconded to the South African Defence Review Committee, as its programme coordinator and liaison with the academic community. He was also responsible for executing the public consultation process of the Defence Review.  Prior to this, he served as a major in the South African Armoured Corps at SA Army Headquarters, where he undertook various research projects, publications and conferences in collaboration with civilian and military researchers for the Future SA Army Strategy project. This included a co-edited book on South Africa and Contemporary Counterinsurgency. He has published several articles in academic journals on South African defence issues and operational thinking. He is the co-editor of Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies.