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Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
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Phone: +1-212-434-9619
E-mail: mboot@cfr.org
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New York, NY
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Award-winning author and former editorial editor for the Wall Street Journal. Author of War Made New:Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today. Currently writing a history of guerrilla warfare.
Expertise:Defense policy; defense budget; proliferation; nation-building and peacekeeping; democracy and human rights; U.S. grand strategy; national security; military technology; military history; U.S. foreign policy; terrorism and guerilla warfare; terrorism; media.
Experience:Contributing editor, Weekly Standard (current); Editorial Features Editor, Wall Street Journal (1997-2002); writer and editor, Wall Street Journal (1994-97); writer and editor, Christian Science Monitor (1992-94).
Honors:Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism (2007); named one of “the 500 most influential people in the United States in the field of foreign policy,” World Affairs Councils of America (2004); Wallace M. Greene Award for best nonfiction book on the Marine Corps (2003); Savage Wars of Peace selected as one of the best books by the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor (2002); two-time finalist, Gerald A. Loeb Award for Business Journalism.
Selected Publications:War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today (Gotham Books, 2006); The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power (Basic Books, 2002); Out of Order: Arrogance, Corruption and Incompetence on the Bench (Basic Books, 1998); contributes regularly to the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Financial Times, Times, Weekly Standard, and other publications.
"America should be the world's policeman," Intelligence Squared US debate (transcript available; February 12, 2008)
Related Links:
Max Boot on CommentaryMagazine.com (blog)
Current Research Projects
June 16, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
New York Times
Eevry chief-of-staff of the Air Force for the past quarter century was first a fighter jet pilot. Last week, however, there was a changing of the guard as Gen. Norton A. Schwartz took over the position. Max Boot discusses the implications of having a Chief that does not come from a fighter jet background and the effect this will have on the appropriation of the Air Force budget.
See more in Organization of Government
June 11, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
“For every two steps forward in Iraq, there is also a step backward,” says Max Boot, referring to the faltering negotiations between the U.S. and Iraqi governments over the conditions of the United States’ continued presence in Iraq. Sticking points include whether U.S. soldiers and private security contractors will maintain immunity from Iraqi prosecution, and whether the U.S. will continue to have the freedom to detain terrorist suspects without Iraqi approval.
See more in Iraq, Conflict Assessment, Diplomacy
May 13, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
“Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan,” writes Max Boot as he analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Organization of Government
Updated: May 9, 2008
Online Debate
Two CFR experts on the war, Max Boot, senior fellow for national security studies, and Steven Simon, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, debate whether the surge has put Iraq on the path to success.
See more in Iraq, Defense/Homeland Security, Wars and Warfare
May 3, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
April was still one of the lighter-casualty months during the long war in Iraq. It could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat and the creation of a more peaceful environment in the future, says Max Boot.
See more in United States, Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 8, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
As Petraeus and Crocker know, the U.S. can win if troops remain, argues Max Boot.
See more in United States, Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 4, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
New York Post
Max Boot argues that “by retreating from the streets of Basra, the British allowed the situation to spin out of control. That is a mistake we should not repeat in the rest of the country.”
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Democracy Promotion, Nation Building
March 31, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
Max Boot writes that, “ironically, considering the importance that Brzezinski places on restoring American standing in the world, nothing would be more calculated to aggravate other countries than a precipitous pullout [from Iraq].”
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare
March 12, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
The departing head of Central Command was wrong about the surge, argues Max Boot.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security
February 12, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
Max Boot looks at which presidential candidate “an Ahmadinejad, Assad or Kim would fear the most.”
See more in North Korea, Middle East, State Sponsors of Terrorism, U.S. Election 2008
February 4, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Commentary
Max Boot argues that a set troop withdrawel “is likely to retard rather than to advance the kind of political progress that Clinton and Obama claim to want.”
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, U.S. Election 2008
![The Impact of Foreign Policy in the 2008 Election [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]](/content/publications/images/flag.jpg)
January 31, 2008
| Speakers: | Peter Beinart, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs |
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| Presider: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor, CFR.org |
Transcript
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
January 31, 2008
| Speakers: | Peter Beinart, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs |
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| Presider: | Robert McMahon, Deputy Editor, CFR.org |
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the role of foreign policy in the 2008 presidential campaign.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, U.S. Election 2008
January 28, 2008
News Briefing
CFR experts offer their analysis of President George W. Bush's final State of the Union address.
See more in U.S. Strategy and Politics, Presidency
January 28, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Weekly Standard
America has a chance at a historic victory in Iraq, but only if we don't pull out too many forces too soon, argues Max Boot.
See more in United States, Iraq
January 28, 2008
| Authors: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies Bing West |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
Max Boot and Bing West argue that Bush may have to withdraw his support for Nouri Maliki if the prime minister continues to slow progress.
See more in Iraq
January 28, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
New York Post
Max Boot discusses the Democratic candidates' wavering stance on pulling American troops out of Iraq.
See more in Iraq, U.S. Election 2008
January 5, 2008
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Max Boot argues that the Arab-Israeli conflict may not have a ‘solution’ in the foreseeable future.
See more in Middle East, Israel
December 10, 2007
| Authors: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies Lee S. Wolosky |
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Article
Weekly Standard
Max Boot and Lee Wolosky write that “traveling to the Middle East can be a disconcerting experience. One day you feel as if you're journeying into the future, the next day into the past.”
See more in Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Business & Foreign Policy, Emerging Markets
December 7, 2007
| Author: | Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies |
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Op-Ed
Financial Times
Max Boot writes "Poland has been one of the U.S.’s most reliable allies in recent years, sending troops to both Afghanistan and Iraq, but Polish attitudes, while still firmly pro-American, are changing for the worse."
See more in Poland
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