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Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution, Brookings Institution
Michael O’Hanlon specializes in U.S. national security policy. He is senior author of the Iraq Index. A former defense budget analyst who advised members of Congress on military spending, he specializes in Iraq, North Korea, homeland security, the use of military force and other defense issues. He is also director of Opportunity 08: Independent Ideas for Our Next President.
For more information, visit Michael O'Hanlon at Brookings.
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.
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