Paul D. Miller is an American academic, writer and former White House staffer for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

[2] He is a former associate director of The William P. Clements Jr. Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin.

Miller supported the presidential transition and continued in his position during the Obama Administration before accepting a position as assistant professor of International Security Affairs at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.[4][5] Miller writes regularly about U.S. policy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Asia.

He has argued that "The greatest threat to long-term success in Afghanistan is not the Taliban, who are fairly weak compared to other insurgent movements around the world.

[13] He has criticized the views of conservatives, like George Will, as well as moderates and liberals, like David Rothkopf, who argue the war effort in Afghanistan is unwinnable for the U.S.[14][15]