Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Dan Gallington, Esq., is an intelligence and security analyst who has served as Deputy Counsel for Intelligence Policy at the Department of Justice and Legal Advisor for Intelligence Oversight in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, among other positions. He says all indications are that ongoing revolutions in the Arab world took the US intelligence community by surprise, which is a great cause for concern. In a recent interview on the Jim Bohannon Show he focused on challenges facing the intelligence community. Click here to listen to the interview in full.
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Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith, (Ret.), directs the Georgian Security Analysis Center in Tbilisi, Georgia. In an article for the Georgian publication Tabula, he looks at the recent revolts in the Middle East and North Africa. Amb. Smith writes that although the full ramifications of these events remain unclear, worldwide socio-economic impacts - including rising insecurity about energy supplies - could have the effect of empowering Russia. Click below to read the article in full.
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Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith, (Ret.), directs the Georigian Security Analysis Center in Tbilisi, Georgia, and is a keen observer of Russian foreign policy. In his latest column for the Georgian publication Tabula, he writes about Moscow's newly aggressive posture toward a group of islands that Japan considers to be part of its Northern Territories, but Russia calls the Kuril Islands and claims as Russian soil. He writes that a recent diplomatic confrontation with Tokyo was planned in Moscow "for some time, following an altogether familiar pattern—expansionism, paranoia, pretext, military action and righteous indignation," and adds, "anyone familiar with Russia’s 2008 attack on Georgia will recognize Moscow’s Kuril caper for what it is." Click below to read the article in full.
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Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Tawfik Hamid, the Institute's Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism, is optimistic that the revolution in Egypt will be a new start for that country after thirty years under Hosni Mubarak. Dr. Hamid, who is originally from Egypt, was interviewed on C-SPAN's Washington Journal about Egypt's future post-Mubarak and what the US can do now to support democratic reforms there. Click here to visit C-SPAN's website and watch the program in full.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Tawfik Hamid, the Institute's Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism, is originally from Egypt and is keeping a close eye on the political upheaval in that country. In recent comments to Voice of America, Dr. Hamid took note of the response of the Egyptian military. Click here to read the article in full.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith (Ret.), is a foreign policy and security expert who runs the Georgian Security Analysis Center in Tbilisi. In a column for the Georgian publication Tabula, he writes about the political upheavals taking place in the Middle East and the uncertainty about what comes next. Writes Amb. Smith,"...some analysts fear that today’s euphoria in the city squares will tomorrow yield to reality: protestors united only by frustration with extant regimes, the tenacity of entrenched power structures and rising prices. With clever maneuvering, a few concessions and some repression, many of the old dogs might just survive...Or, radical Islam could be waiting in the wings." Click below to read the article in full.
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Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, was born and raised in Egypt and is analyzing the rapid political developments in that country. Dr. Hamid was interviewed on the nationally-syndicated Jim Bohannon Show about the future of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's regime, the role of the US, and the possible outcomes for Egypt and the region. Click here to listen to the interview in full.
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