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 was named the DoD's coordinator for Afghan civilian reconstruction in 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.

Politics

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

Commentary

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Specters at the NATO Summit

| 05.16.12

Obama and NATO promised Afghanistan a "stable future." But can they deliver? 

Security

South Asia's Separation Anxiety

| 03.29.12

U.S. withdrawal could bring a new Afghan civil war—or worse, the division of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Security

Obama's Opportunity in Syria

| 02.13.12

A Syrian civil war presents a host of problems and challenges. But Washington can be grateful for the possibility of improved relations between Israel and Turkey.

Security

The Unintended Consequences of America's Adventure in Iraq

| 12.30.11

Sectarian violence. Government death squads. Closer ties with Iran. Iraq should be a lesson to those who wish to transform the Mideast.

Security

Where We Went Wrong in Afghanistan

| 10.07.11

Has it all been in vain?

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