Senior Advisor to the Atlantic Council and distinguished senior fellow at the National Defense University; Senior Associate (non-resident) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and columnist for the Washington Times; author of America's Promise Restored: Preventing Culture, Crusade and Partisanship from Wrecking the Nation and Unfinished Business: Afghanistan, the Middle East and Beyond - Defusing the Dangers that Threaten America's Security
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