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Director of Research and Senior Fellow

Michael E. O'Hanlon

Michael E. O'Hanlon

Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, 21st Century Defense Initiative
The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair

Michael O’Hanlon specializes in national security and defense policy and is senior author of the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Index projects. Before joining Brookings, O'Hanlon worked as a national security analyst at the Congressional Budget Office. His current research agenda includes military strategy and technology, Northeast Asia, U.S. Central Command, defense budgets, among other defense/security issues. Read Full Bio

Expertise

Arms treaties; Asian security issues; homeland security; Iraq policy; military technology; missile defense; North Korea policy; peacekeeping operations; Taiwan policy; military analysis; U.S. defense strategy and budget

  • Language Fluency:
  • French

Background

Current Positions
Visiting Lecturer, Princeton University
Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Past Positions
Defense and Foreign Policy Analyst, National Security Division, Congressional Budget Office (1989-94); Research Assistant, Institute for Defense Analyses; Peace Corps Volunteer, Congo

Education

Ph.D. (1991), M.A. (1988), M.S.E. (1987), A.B. (1982), Princeton University

"But we do think that by 2011, this war can turn around and that by 2013 or so--when the U.S. and NATO role in the war will reach the twelve-year mark--there will be a chance to turn over the main effort to Afghans themselves."


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Save to My PortfolioWhy Afghanistan Shouldn’t Turn to India over PakistanNovember 16, 2011The Wall Street Journal
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