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How The Real World Ended "Don't Ask Don't Tell"
Brookings Foreign Policy Paper
Number 6, August 2008

The Defence Challenges for the Next Commander-in-Chief
RUSI: Royal United States Services Institue for Defense and Security Studies
June 2008, Vol. 153, No. 3

To Win the "War on Terror," We Must First Win the "War of Ideas": Here's How
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
July 2008, p. 212-222

What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist?
The New York Times
June 13, 2008

PRIVATE MILITARY FIRMS

Outsourcing The Fight
Forbes
June 5, 2008

Lessons Not Learned: Contracting Out Iraqi Army Advising
The Brookings Institution
May 12, 2008

The Roger Clemens of War
Wired.com
December 14, 2007

Counterproductive
Armed Forces Journal
November, 2007

Seven Questions: The Hired Guns of Iraq
Foreign Policy
October, 2007

Outlook: Break the Blackwater Habit
Washington Post
Oct 8, 2007

Les Etats-Unis et les societes militaries privees
La Defense, p. 22-24.
Septembre-Octobre, 2007

Private Military Firms
Encarta

Sure, He's Got Guns for Hire. But They're Just Not Worth It.
Washington Post
Oct 7, 2007

The dark truth about Blackwater
Salon.com
Oct 2, 2007

'Can't Win With 'Em, Can't Go to War Without 'Em': Six Questions for P.W. Singer
Harpers.org
Sept 30, 2007

Banned in Baghdad
Wired.com
Sept 17, 2007

Can't Win With 'Em, Can't Go To War Without 'Em: Private Military Contractors and Counterinsurgency
Brookings Institute
Sept 27, 2007

Frequently Asked Questions on the UCMJ Change and its Applicability to Private Military Contractors
January 12, 2007

The Law Catches Up To Private Militaries, Embeds
Defence Tech
January 3, 2007

Humanitarian Principles, Private Military Agents: Some Implications of the Privatized Military Industry for the Humanitarian Community
Resetting the Rules of Engagement: Trends and Issues in Military–Humanitarian Relations
February 2006

Outsourcing War
Foreign Affairs
3/1/2005

The Contract the Military Needs to Break
The Washington Post
9/12/2004

Should Humanitarians Use Private Military Services?
Humanitarian Affairs Review
Summer 2004

Nation Builders and Low Bidders in Iraq
The New York Times
6/15/2004

Beyond the Law
The Guardian (UK)
5/3/2004

Outsourcing the War
Salon.com
4/16/2004

The Humanitarian Transformation: Expanding Global Intervention Capacity
written with Michael E. O'Hanlon
Survival
Spring 2004

War, Profits, and the Vacuum of Law: Privatized Military Firms and International Law
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
Spring 2004

Warriors for Hire in Iraq
Salon.com
4/15/2004

The Dogs of War Go Corporate
The London News Review
3/19/2004

The Enron Pentagon
The Boston Globe
10/19/2003

Have Guns, Will Travel
The New York Times
7/21/2003

Peacekeepers, Inc.
Policy Review
June 2003

The Ultimate Military Entrepreneur
Military History Quarterly
Spring 2003

Corporate Warriors: The Rise and Ramifications of the Privatized Military Industry
International Security
1/1/2002

Arguments Against Federalization Flimsy
The Balitmore Sun
11/7/2001

Some Things Just Can't Be Handed Off
Los Angeles Times
10/25/2001

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CHILD SOLIDERS

Los Nuevos Niños Soldados de la Guerra
Air and Space Power Journal Espanol
Spring 2008

Children at War
Military History
September, 2007

Young Soldiers Used in Conflicts Around the World
Washingtonpost.com
6/12/2006

The New Children of Terror
The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training, and Root Causes
December 2005

The New Faces of War
American Educator
Winter 2005

Tragic Challenge of Child Soldiers
USA Today
3/30/2005

Terrorists Must Be Denied Child Recruits
Financial Times
1/20/2005

Western Militaries Confront Child Soldiers Threat
Jane's Intelligence Review
January 2005

Too Young to Kill
Newhouse News Service
1/9/2005

Talk Is Cheap: Getting Serious About Preventing Child Soldiers
Cornell International Law Journal
Winter 2004

Fighting Child Soldiers
Military Review
May 2003

Facing Saddam's Child Soldiers
Iraq Memo #8
1/14/2003

Children at War
Veterans Vision
Fall 2002

Child Soldiers
Voice of America
4/25/2002

Fighting Child Soldiers
NPR's All Things Considered
4/10/2002

Caution: Children at War
Parameters
12/1/2001

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US-MUSLIM WORLD RELATIONS

To Win the "War on Terror," We Must First Win the "War of Ideas": Here's How
(link to pdf)
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
July 2008, p. 212-222

What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist?
Brookings Institution
June 13, 2008

America's New Leadership: Reboot and Restart
Special to Washingtonpost.com's Think Tank Town
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Engaging the Muslim World: A Communications Strategy for Winning the War of Ideas
(Translated into Arabic)
written with Hady Amr
Opportunity ’08 – A Project of Brookings In Partnership with ABC News
April 2007

America, Islam, and the 9-11 War(pdf)
Current History
December 2006

9/11 Plus 5: Hope Not Hate?
The Brookings Institution
September 7, 2006

War Names (pdf)
The Asian Age (New Delhi)
August 23, 2006

The 9-11 War Plus 5: Looking Back and Looking Forward at U.S.-Islamic World Relations (pdf)
(Link to html summary)
Brookings Institution
September 2006

Leaders Effect Change
Doha, Qatar
2/18/2006

Science and Technology in U.S. Relations with the Islamic World
Executive Summary
1/5/2005

Bridging the Divide
The Role of the American Muslim Community in U.S. Relations with the Wider Islamic World
12/13/2004

Conference on Islamic Reform 10/5/2004

The War on Terrorism: The Big Picture
Parameters
Summer 2004

6 Guidelines to Improve American Public Diplomacy
written with Hady Amr
The Daily Star (Beirut)
2/28/2004

U.S.-Islamic World Forum
1/10/2004

The Crisis Within the Crisis
Al Jazeerah
August 2003

America Slams the Door (On Its Foot): Washington's Destructive New Visa Policies
written with John N. Paden
Foreign Affairs
May 2003

Postscript: A New Model Afghan Army, Anja Manuel
Foreign Affairs
December 2002

2002 Doha Conference
10/19/2002

Time for Hard Choices: The Dilemmas Facing U.S. Relations with the Islamic World
Analysis Paper #1
October 2002

A New Model Afghan Army
written with Anja Manuel
Foreign Affairs
July 2002

Iraq Can Wait Till Phase 1 is Done
The Baltimore Sun
3/19/2002

Now What?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
11/15/2001

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DEFENSE ISSUES

How The Real World Ended "Don't Ask Don't Tell"
Brookings Foreign Policy Paper
Number 6, August 2008

The Defence Challenges for the Next Commander-in-Chief
RUSI: Royal United States Services Institue for Defense and Security Studies
June 2008, Vol. 153, No. 3

Steering The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Program Off The Shoals
Defense News
May 19, 2008

Lessons Not Learned: Contracting Out Iraqi Army Advising
The Brookings Institution
May 12, 2008

A commander for Millennial military
Gulf News
May 11, 2008

How To Be All That You Can Be: A Look At The Pentagon’s Five Step Plan For Making Iron Man Real
The Brookings Institution
May 02, 2008

A Commander in Chief for Generation Y
Originally published as “Train and Protect Those Who Serve Us”, Miami Herald
April 8, 2008

Interview with ABC’s Martha Raddatz on Military Readiness
ABC News
December 19, 2007

Bent But Not Broken: The Military Challenge for the Next Commander in Chief
Opportunity ’08 – A Project of Brookings In Partnership with ABC News
March 2007

Mike Tyson and the Hornet's Nest: Military Lessons of the Lebanon Crisis
The Brookings Institution
August 1, 2006

Arming Kabul, Disarming Cabals
written with Anja Manuel
foreignaffairs.org
9/22/2004

New Thinking on Transatlantic Security: Terrorism, NATO, and Beyond
(Speech) Weltpolitik
1/15/2003

Who's the Big Winner? All Services Likely to Reap Rewards
Defense News
12/18/2001

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OTHER TOPICS

How to get a job in the foreign-policy world
Foreign Policy Passport
November 12, 2007

AIDS and International Security
Survival (Volume 44, no. 1)
4/1/2002

 

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