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Paul Kane

Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2008

 

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Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2008

Current Affiliation: U.S. Marine Corps, Silver Spring, Maryland

 

 

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2008

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March 19, 2008

Five Years Into Iraq: A Report Card

Media Feature

By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Brigadier General (ret.) Kevin Ryan, Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Meghan O'Sullivan, Lecturer in Public Policy, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Eric Rosenbach, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Paul Kane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2008

With the war in Iraq stretching past the five-year mark, experts weigh in on what has gone right, what has gone wrong, and lessons learned. Paul Kane, a Marine veteran of Iraq, writes of the “serious disconnect” between civilians and those who have served in uniform, while Meghan O’Sullivan, former deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, says that today “we have the right strategy in place — and it is making a difference on the ground.”

 

2007

September 19, 2007

"We Owe It to Iraq to Set Aside Partisan Politics"

Op-Ed, Financial Times, Letter to the Editor

By Paul Kane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2008

Sir, Clive Crook’s article on Iraq (“America’s wishful thinking”, September 13) provides a lucid analysis and rightly points to the imperative for a bipartisan, “centrist” solution....

 

 

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September 7, 2007

Iraq Progress Report: Reading Between the Lines

Media Feature

By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Brigadier General (ret.) Kevin Ryan, Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Paul Kane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2008, Eric Rosenbach, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

With Gen. David H. Petraeus scheduled to appear before Congress next week, Belfer Center experts and researchers offer their insights and analysis — as well as items that Congress should not overlook.

 

 

September 7, 2007

"More Finger-Pointing Over Iraq"

Op-Ed, The New York Times, Letter to the Editor

By Paul Kane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2008

The following letter was written in response to L. Paul Bremer III's op-ed "How I Didn’t Dismantle Iraq’s Army" which appeared in The New York Times on September 6, 2007.

 

2006

April 20, 2006

A Peaceful Call to Arms

Op-Ed, The New York Times

By Paul Kane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2008

 

2005

August 20, 2005

Whose Children Will Go to War?

Op-Ed, The New York Times, Letter to the Editor

By Paul Kane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2008

 

2004

July, 2004

Marine Corps Reserve Forces in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Marine Corps Gazette, Quantico, Va., issue 7, volume Vol. 88

By Paul Kane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2005-2008

 

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