Michael O'Hanlon

Michael O'Hanlon is the coauthor, with Hassina Sherjan, of Toughing It Out in Afghanistan (Brookings Institution Press, 2010). He is also the Sydney Stein, Jr. chair and director of research for the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution.


Essays

Democrats need to learn that jobs and healthcare do not make up a national security strategy.

SINCE WE last wrote for The National Interest--in the Winter 2003/04 issue ("

How to measure real progress--or lack thereof--in Iraq.

There are 75,000 cruise missiles in the world, and the chance that some could fall into nefarious hands isn't nearly small enough.

A reply to their critics, claiming that James Lilley and Carl Ford miss the forest for the trees.

Reviews

The U.S.-Saudi relationship is based on more than just oil—it hinges directly on common core interests.

Commentary

How much defense-budget cutting is too much?

The top three reasons for rethinking the withdrawal.

A frank assessment is in order as Petraeus relinquishes control. Why we are bound to fail unless we redefine winning.

What will happen if Obama makes the wrong decisions about troop withdrawal.

President Hamid Karzai's move to postpone seating Afghanistan's parliament is legit.

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February 10, 2012