Dov S. Zakheim

Dov Zakheim served as the undersecretary of defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer for the U.S. Department of Defense from 2001–2004 and as the deputy undersecretary of defense (planning and resources) from 1985-1987. He also served as DoD's civilian coordinator for Afghan reconstruction from 2002–2004. He is a member of The National Interest's advisory council. 


Essays

Security

Dollars & Sense

| 07.02.08

Pundits across the political spectrum have been busy making pronouncements about the “real” financial and political costs of the war in Iraq. Most of them are just blowing smoke. In TNI’s Realist, Grover Norquist and Dov Zakheim separate fact from

A Realist Symposium: Partisans Reviewed

| 09.13.07

Responding to Dimitri K. Simes’s assertion that we aren’t having a real debate over foreign policy, Derek Chollet argues the Democrats are providing genuine alternatives; Grover G. Norquist looks at the structural reasons inhibiting both parties f

Security

Is This Victory?

| 11.10.06

Defining what constitutes victory in Iraq is the number one question in American politics. Washington needs to go beyond offering bumper-sticker cliches to provide workable yardsticks for measuring success. Some thoughts on the matter.

Society

Blending Democracy

| 09.01.05

The political soil of the Middle East has not been tilled by the Western Enlightenment. Growing democracy there must take this into account.

Security

Tough Choices: Toward a True Strategic Review

| 03.01.97

The upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review will have to go beyond superficial plans, address the international environment squarely, assess real savings and the difficult political decisions that they will engender, and avoid budgetary sleights-of-ha

The Great Debate

Politics

The Final Obama-Romney Clash

| 10.23.12

Several TNI regulars assess the campaign's last debate.

Commentary

Security

Cozy Up to the Kurds

| 03.13.13

Erbil has a lot to offer the United States.

Politics

The State of the Union Could Be Stronger

| 02.13.13

National security remains on the president’s radar screen. But it is not nearly as important as other issues.

Security

Get the Deal or Get Out of Afghanistan

| 01.15.13

There is simply no justification for having a single American killed or wounded on the Afghan battlefield if all is certain to come to naught in a year’s time or less.

Politics

Actions, Not Words

| 12.28.12

The administration has been too reluctant to take concrete steps in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

Politics

Immigration Policy Is Foreign Policy

| 11.14.12

Work programs at home and development in America's neighborhood could stop illegal border crossings.

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