Outside Publications

The past few weeks of events in Iraq have been both personally and professionally depressing. The fall of Tal Afar was personally depressing because I spent a year in that area back in 2006-2007 living with and serving alongside...

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For years the United States has relied on the Gulf Cooperation Council as a force multiplier and an oasis of stability in a volatile part of the world, but internal disagreements are now threatening the GCC’s unity. Read the...

The Gulf’s strategic location and abundance of energy resources has always made it the site of competing global interests and a host of regional conflicts. The Arab Uprisings unleashed additional troubles in the Gulf and have the potential to...

The interim Egyptian government formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization on Dec. 25, 2013. The decision, which came as little shock to most seasoned observers of Egypt, was made just days after a suicide bombing was allegedly...

The long-awaited decision on the fate of US aid to Egypt was finally made on October 9, 2013. In a carefully worded – albeit muddled – message, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced the “recalibration” of US assistance to...

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Last week marked the start of Major League Baseball’s regular season schedule in North America. (The season actually started on March 22 in Australia when the Los Angeles Dodgers played the Arizona Diamondbacks for two games at the Sydney...

Last week, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey delivered a speech at the National Defense University where he spoke about the current strategic environment, the military instrument and the military profession. On the current strategic...