I’m a graduate student at Columbia University trying to figure things out; I think this blog may help me do that in a couple different ways. My main interests are American foreign policy, human security and the intersection of the two. However, this blog is not exclusive to those topics.
I served five years in the US Marine Corps infantry with three tours in Iraq from 2003-2006. I hesitate to bring this up because I can’t stand when vets gratuitously trot out their service. But the reality is that it was a huge part of my personal formation and informs much of my commentary on this blog. I wouldn’t take it back but it alone does not define me and I’m looking forward to what I will next do for the world rather than backward on what everyone should congratulate me for.
As a student of international affairs, I’m looking for opportunities in peace and conflict resolution, strategic/security studies, journalism, advocacy or some combination thereof. I prefer opportunities in my current location of New York City but am open to relocation. Just sayin’…
All views expressed herein are my own, not those of any other person or organization, unless otherwise noted.
Publications:
• “No Really, Is the US Military Cut Out for Courageous Restraint?” Small Wars Journal. July 29, 2010.
• Cordesman, Anthony H., Adam Mausner, and Jason Lemieux. Afghan National Security Forces: What It Will Take to Implement the ISAF Strategy. Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2010.
• Cordesman, Anthony H., Marissa Allison, and Jason Lemieux. “IED Metrics for Afghanistan: January 2004-September 2010.” Center for Strategic and International Studies. November 11, 2010.
