James Clad; "Wasting the Golden Hour in America's Iraq Meltdown"
Miércoles, 24 Julio 2013
Iman Foundation Advisory Board Member James Clad
Iman Foundation Advisory Board Member James Clad has written an article for 'The National Interest' entitled "Wasting the Golden Hour in America's Iraq Meltdown" which draws on his experience in Iraq to present a compelling insight into the conflict and it's current direction.
James Clad is a senior adviser at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) in Arlington, and also advises IHS Jane’s and Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). During 2002-10, he was US deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asia, senior counselor & director for Middle Eastern affairs at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and a senior counselor for the US Agency for International Development. From 1995-2002 he was a faculty professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University and concurrently Director/Asia-Pacific Energy at CERA.
His first book, Business, Money & Power in Southeast Asia (1991) critiqued Asia’s crony capitalism; his next volume, After the Crusade (1996), dealt with American foreign policy. He received the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award in 2009 and a royal honour from HM the Queen in 2011.
The full article can be read via the below link.
