Publications

With Joshua Rovner, "Dominoes on the Durand Line? Overcoming Strategic Myths in Afghanistan and Pakistan" (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2011).

"The Quiet Americans? CIA, NSA, and Counterinsurgency: A Review Essay," Journal of Cold War Studies (Summer 2011).

Review of James Russell, Innovation, Transformation, and War: Counterinsurgency Operations in Anbar and Ninewa Provinces, Iraq, 2005-2007 , The Middle East Journal, (Summer 2011).

Review of Steven E. Lobell, Norrin M. Ripsman, Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, eds. Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy, Journal of Strategic Studies (March/April 2011).

"Time," in Thomas Rid and Thomas A. Keaney, eds., Understanding Counterinsurgency Warfare: Origins, Operations, Challenges (New York: Routledge, 2010).

"Assessing the Success of Leadership Targeting," CTC Sentinel (November 2010).

Review of Barak Mendelsohn, Combating Jihadism: American Hegemony and Interstate Cooperation in the War on Terrorism, Political Science Quarterly (Fall 2010).

"Going Nowhere Fast: Assessing Concerns about Long-Range Conventional Ballistic Missiles," Correspondence in International Security (Spring 2010).

"Small is Beautiful: The Counterterrorism Option in Afghanistan." Orbis (Spring 2010).

"What, Me Worry? A Letter from Pakistan." The American Interest (January/February 2010).

“What a CT mission in Afghanistan would actually look like.” Foreign Policy (October 2009).

“The Hegemon’s Dilemma.” (review of David Kilcullen’s The Accidental Guerilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One) Journal of International Affairs (Fall/Winter 2009).

“Blood Sport: The Evolution of American Pugilism.” The American Interest (March 2009).

With William Rosenau, “The Phoenix Program and Contemporary Counterinsurgency.” (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2009).

With William Rosenau, Peter Chalk, Renny McPherson, and Michelle Parker, “Corporations and Counterinsurgency.” (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2009).

With Colin Jackson, “The Fifth Service: The Rise of Special Operations Command.” U.S. Military Innovation Since the Cold War: Creation Without Destruction, ed. Harvey Sapolsky, Benjamin Friedman, and Brendan Green (New York: Routledge, 2009).

With James Dobbins, Michele A. Poole, and Benjamin Runkle, After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2008).

“The Marine Corps: Sticking to Its Guns.” U.S. Military Innovation Since the Cold War: Creation Without Destruction, ed. Harvey Sapolsky, Benjamin Friedman, and Brendan Green (New York: Routledge, 2009).

Book review of Joan Johnson-Freese‘s Space as a Strategic Asset, Review of Policy Research (September 2008).

“The Anbar Awakening.” Survival (April/May 2008).

Deterrence From Cold War to Long War: Lessons from Six Decades of RAND Research (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2008).

“Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence: The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006” (RAND, 2008).

With Whitney Raas, “Osirak Redux? Assessing Israeli Capabilities to Destroy Iranian Nuclear Facilities.” International Security (Spring 2007).

“Prompt Global Strike: A Brief Assessment.” Précis (Spring 2007).

“Coordination Could Breed Control in Iraq.” Washington Post (January 24, 2007).

With Adam Stulberg and Michael Salomone, Managing Defense Transformation: Agency, Culture, and Service Change (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007).

With Joshua Rovner and Amy Zegart, “How Intelligent is Intelligence Reform?” Correspondence in International Security (Spring 2006).

On “Other War”: Lessons from Five Decades of RAND Counterinsurgency Research (RAND, 2006).

With Joshua Rovner, “The Perils of Shallow Theory: Intelligence Reform and the 9/11 Commission.” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (Winter 2005-2006).

With Joshua Rovner, “Theories of Failure and Intelligence Reform: Evaluating the 9/11 Commission Report.” Breakthroughs (Spring 2005).

With Jodie Sweezey, From Concept to Combat: Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program History and Reference Guide, 1972-2004 (Patuxent River, MD: Naval Air Systems Command, 2005).