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EXPERIENCE
Dr.
Michael Vlahos is a member of the Senior Professional Staff in APL's National
Security Analysis Department. APL is
a not-for-profit research and development organization dedicated
to solving a wide range of complex problems that present critical
challenges to the nation. Dr.
Vlahos is the author of the
2002 APL paper Terror's
Mask: Insurgency Within Islam, which has become
basic reading at several universities and war colleges. His
second APL paper, Culture's
Mask: War and Change After Iraq, was published in September
2004 and explores the impact of the war on both military and world change. In
his latest work, Two
Enemies: How Change Comes to the Muslim World, Dr. Vlahos describes how the Middle East conflict has evolved into
a conflict between the United States and its Arab supporters and two enemies
or fighter groups.
Dr. Vlahos also formerly served as Director of
the U.S. State Department's Center for the Study of Foreign Affairs
and as Director of Security Studies, Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies. He was foreign affairs and national
security commentator for CNN for many years and appeared regularly
on Good Morning America and Canada AM as well. He has also published
in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, National Review, Washington Quarterly,
The Times Literary Supplement, and Rolling Stone. He is a regular
contributor to TechCentralStation.com. Dr. Vlahos received his B.A. from Yale College and his Ph.D. from the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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