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Michael E. O'Hanlon
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies
The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair

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Michael E. O'Hanlon

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

Current Projects
Taiwan Strait military issues; Iraq and North Korea Policy; defense strategy and budgeting; homeland security

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

Background
Current Position(s): Visiting Lecturer, Princeton University

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

Languages
French

Selected Publications

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Protecting the Homeland 2006/2007, with Michael d'Arcy, Peter Orszag, Jeremy Shapiro, and James Steinberg (2006)

"How to Stop a Civil War," The Washington Post (3/27/06)

"The State of Iraq: An Update," with Nina Kamp and Amy Unikewicz, The New York Times (3/19/06)

"We Can't Stop Rebuilding Iraq: Funding Cutoff Imperils U.S. Goals," The Washington Post (1/24/06)

Defense Strategy for the Post-Saddam Era (2005)

"Iraq Without a Plan," Policy Review (December 2004 & January 2005, No. 128)

The Future of Arms Control, with Michael A. Levi (2004)

Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: How to Deal with a Nuclear North Korea, with Mike Mochizuki (McGraw-Hill, 2003)

Expanding Global Military Capacity for Humanitarian Intervention (2003)

"Clinton's Strong Defense Legacy," Foreign Affairs (November/December 2003)

"Estimating Casualties in a War to Overthrow Saddam," Orbis (Winter 2003)

"A Flawed Masterpiece," Foreign Affairs (May/June 2002)

Defending America: The Case for Limited National Missile Defense, with James M. Lindsay (2001)

Winning Ugly: NATO's War to Save Kosovo, with Ivo H. Daalder (2000)

Technological Change and the Future of Warfare (2000)

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Defense Strategy for the Post-Saddam Era
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Expanding Global Military Capacity for Humanitarian Intervention
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Neither Star Wars nor Sanctuary
Michael E. O'Hanlon
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Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
Michael O'Hanlon and Mike Mochizuki

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Recent Work
Analysis & Commentary
· Misplaced Blame: The Media's Performance in Iraq
· Iraq: How to Stop a Civil War
· The State of Iraq: An Update
Policy Briefs
· A "Master Plan" to Deal With North Korea
· The New National Security Strategy and Preemption
· Limiting the Growth of the U.S. Defense Budget: An Alternative to the Bush Administration Numbers
Events
· President Bush's National Security Strategy: Is the U.S. Meeting Its Global Challenges?
· Autism and Hope
· U.S. Interrogation Practices: Are We Compromising Medical Ethics and Violating International Law?




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