War

EXPERTS

• AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AEI Scholars who can comment on foreign policy, defense, economic and medical aspects of a war against Iraq

  • Foreign Policy/Defense Aspects:
    • Thomas (Tom) Donnelly, AEI Resident Fellow Tel: 202.862.5875 (cell: 301.675.0401) Author of AEI's monthly National Security Outlook. Former Professional Staff Member, Committee on Armed Services. Interview Topics: military and defense issues, national security. AEI website bio:http://www.aei.org/donnelly

    •   Reuel Marc Gerecht, AEI Resident Fellow Tel: 202.862.5889 (asst: 202.862.5855) Former Middle Eastern specialist for the Central Intelligence Agency (1985-1994), Gerecht is knowledgeable about the Ottoman, colonial, and late-20th century history that has led to the current situation in Iraq. Interview Topics: intelligence, terrorism (& Osama bin Laden), Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia. AEI website bio: http://www.aei.org/gerecht

    •   Michael A. Ledeen, AEI Resident Scholar in the Freedom Chair Tel: 202.862.5823 (asst: 202.862.5855) Foreign policy expert.  Former Special Adviser to the Secretary of State and consultant to the NSC and Defense Department (Reagan administration). His latest book is entitled The War against the Terror Masters. Interview Topics: state sponsors of terrorism, counter-terrorism, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, Europe, and intelligence. website bio: http://www.aei.org/ledeen

    • Richard Perle, AEI Resident Fellow Tel: 301.656.0390 (asst: Gay Gill, e.mail: ggill@comcast.net) Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy in the Reagan administration. Interview Topics: defense and national security, Europe and the Middle East. AEI website bio:http://www.aei.org/perle

    • Danielle Pletka, AEI Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Tel: 202.862.5943 (asst: 202.862.5872) Former Senior Professional Staff Member for Near East and South Asia, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (1992-2002) Interview Topics: Middle East, South Asia (India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan), terrorism, and weapons proliferation. AEI website bio: http://www.aei.org/pletka

    • Radek Sikorski, AEI Resident Fellow Tel: 202.862.7163 (asst: 202.862.7196) Executive Director of AEI's New Atlantic Initiative, an AEI program which focuses on European/U.S. relations. Former Deputy Defense Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland. Interview Topics: Europe, European Union, NATO, alliance politics, European military preparations, missile defense, and Afghanistan (where Sikorski accompanied the Mujaheddin fighting the Russians.) AEI website bio:  http://www.aei.org/sikorski

  • AEI Scholars on war against Iraq: Economic Aspects:
    • James K. Glassman, AEI Resident Fellow Tel: 202.862.7198 (asst: 202.862.5933) Glassman has written about both the economic effects of war and the uncertain future of Iraq's oil reserves in a post-Hussein Iraq. He can also discuss the impact of current U.S. foreign policy on investors and economic markets. Interview Topics: impact of war on Wall Street and investors. AEI website bio:  http://www.aei.org/glassman

    • Kevin A. Hassett, AEI Resident Scholar Tel: 202.862.7157 (asst: 202.862.5876) Former senior economist at the Federal Reserve Board. Also chief economic adviser to Senator McCain during his 2000 presidential campaign. His latest book isBubbleology: The New Science of Stock Market Winners and Losers. Interview Topics: impact of current policy on the U.S. economy and stock market, investments, and tax policy. AEI website bio: http://www.aei.org/hassett

    • John Makin, AEI Resident Scholar and Director of AEI's Fiscal Policy Studies Tel: 212.303.6151 (Based in New York City) A former member of the panel of economic advisers at the Congressional Budget Office, Makin is the author of AEI's monthly Economic Outlook. Interview Topics: impact of the war on Wall Street and on investments. AEI website bio: http://www.aei.org/makin

  • AEI Scholars on war against Iraq: Medical Aspects:
    • Scott Gottlieb, M.D., AEI Resident Fellow Tel: 202.862.5826 (cell: 888.991.7667) A practicing physician, Dr. Gottlieb can speak about bioterrorism, pathogens, antidotes, vaccines, military vaccinations, and countermeasures to chemical weapons including nerve agents. AEI website bio: http://www.aei.org/gottlieb

    • Sally Satel, M.D., AEI W.H. Brady Jr. Fellow Tel: 202.862.7154 (asst: 202.862.6024) A practicing psychologist and lecturer at Yale School of Medicine. Interview Topics: psychological effects of war and terrorism; emotional impact of increased national security measures. AEI website bio: http://www.aei.org/satel

• BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY WAR EXPERTS
  • Tansa G. "Tony" Massoud, Associate professor, political science; chair, political science department Area of expertise: Middle East politics. Arab-lsraeli conflict; war in the Middle East; International conflict Phone: (office) 570/577-3518; home 570/523-1852 Email: massoud@bucknell.edu

  • Eric Mazur, Assistant professor, religion. Area of expertise is religious nationalism; the use of violence by religious communities for religio-political purposes; Western attitudes seen as threatening to traditional and/or orthodox religions around the world Phone: 570/577-3525 Email: mazur@bucknell.edu

  • Steve Stamos, Professor of international relations. Area of expertise is international economics and the global environment. Recently wrote a newspaper op-ed piece about the shape of the U.S. economy in the context of looming war with Iraq Phone: 570/577-3445 Email: stamos@bucknell.edu

  • Tom Travis, Professor of international relations and political science. Area of expertise: International relations, international relations theory, world order and justice Phone: 570/577-1300 Email: ttravis@bucknell.edu

• CARLISLE ARMY WAR COLLEGE Contact is Lt. Col. Carol Kerr 245-4389. Her email is carol.kerr@carlisle.army.mil
• DICKINSON COLLEGE WAR EXPERTS
  • David Commins, Professor of History Area of expertise: modern Middle East history. He can address regional political aspects (how an American invasion and occupation may affect U.S. position in the Middle East). He lived/researched in the Saudi Arabia in 2001/02. Phone: (campus) 245-1218, (home) 303-1666 Email: commins@dickinson.edu

  • Neil Diamant, Assistant Professor of East Asian Law and Culture and Political Science Area of expertise: He can comment on Israel and its reaction to war. Phone: (campus) 245-1540, (home) 412-519-0188 Email: diamantm@dickinson.edu

  • Stephanie Anderson, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Business and Management Area of expertise: She can talk about American foreign policy, the role of the U.N. and the behavior of the European allies. Phone: (campus)245-1074, (home) 218-8316, (cell) 701-0682 Email: anderss@dickinson.edu

  • Douglas Stuart, Prof. of Political Science; Director, Clarke Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Contemporary Issues; adjunct, Army War College; former NATO Fellow Area of expertise: He can discuss general U.S. foreign and defense policy issues and questions about our relations with the U.N., Turkey, Europeans, etc. He can also discuss issues relating to NATO. Phone: (campus)245-1846, (home) 249-9669 Email: stuart@dickinson.edu

  • Russell Bova, Professor of Political Science Area of expertise: He can talk about U.S. policy and interests in the region, the doctrine of pre-emptive war, the ethics of war, the reaction of the world community, etc. He cannot address details of military strategy and tactics or the history and culture of Iraq. Phone: (campus) 245-1550; (home) 245-1280, (cell) 243-9226 Email: bova@dickinson.edu

  • Andrew Rudalevige, Assistant Professor of Political Science Area of expertise: He can talk about domestic politics as they relate to war, especially presidential advising and presidential-Congressional relations. Phone: (campus)245-1716, (home) 243-0919, (cell) 440-0696 Email: rudaleva@dickinson.edu

  • Mark N. Mazarella, Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Professor of Military Science Area of expertise: He can comment about preparing students/cadets to be junior officers (lieutenants) who might become involved in war in Iraq or anywhere else. He can discuss the potential for war from that perspective. Phone: (campus) 245-1221, (home) 258-8326 Email: mazarell@dickinson.edu

  • John H. Henson, Associate Professor of Biology Area of expertise: Dr. Henson has some expertise in nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) defense. While in the Army Reserve, he served with units involved with decontamination, plotting NBC fallout, reconnaissance and medical treatment. Phone: (campus)245-1434, (home) 243-5318 Email: henson@dickinson.edu

  • John W. Luetzelschwab, Professor of Physics Area of expertise: His expertise is in the area of radiation, dirty bombs, etc. Phone: (campus) 245-241l Email: uetzelj@dickinson.edu

• EXPERTCLICK Easy to use search forms; covers over 10,000 topics
• MEDIA RESOURCES Linking journalists and scientists

• PENN STATE EXPERTS ON WAR
  • Stephen J. Cimbala, Distinguished Professor of Political Science International Terrorism, U.S. War on Terrorism, Office of Homeland Security, U.S.-Iraq Relations EMAIL: sjc2@psu.edu PHONE: (610) 892-1467

  • International Conflicts, Wars
    • Scott Bennett, Associate Professor of Political Science Relationship between historical conditions (economic, political, and international) and the outbreak and continuation of international conflict. EMAIL: sbennett@psu.edu PHONE: 814-865-6566

• SOURCES AND EXPERTS This is an excellent site of many experts. I didn't see war experts, but there are university and think tanks listed.
• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WAR AND TERRORISM EXPERTS
• VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY WORLD WATCH: War and Terrorism Experts

• The Cost of the Iraq War This is a running total for the cost of the war to the U.S. taxpayer, based on congressional appropriations.
• Al-Islam.org Islamic resources put together by the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project, which describes itself as a non-profit Internet-based group of people. Check your facts from this site.
• CIA World Factbook Very useful source on countries
• CountryReports: Iraq Up-to-date information on various aspects of Iraq...history, economy, government, etc
• The Religion of Islam Sponsored by the Saudi Arabia Embassy, Islamic Affairs Dept.
• Tales of the Tyrant Long profile on Saddam Hussein in the Atlantic Monthly by Mark Bowden, 2002
• Understanding Islam Brief illustrated guide
• Yahoo News - Iraq Links to Iraq-related web sites

• Dispatches A column in the New York Times by military correspondent Michael R. Gordon
• European Internet Network:Iraq War Wire Breaking news from other countries as well as U.S.
• Inside Iraq Feature reporting from New York Times correspondents in Iraq
• Kurdistan Observer News on Kurds and Kurdistan
• Poynter Al's Morning Meeting Sources for news from and about Iraq
• Reuters AlertNet Principally covers how relief agencies respond to disasters, but it has a news feed and a section on Iraq
• University of Michigan: Iraqi War Debate Documents in the news. Comprehensive site

• American Press Institute Iraq Resources Formerly Journalist's Toolbox
• Military Reporting: Ideas and insights on covering the armed forces Written by Judy Silverstein Gray for Poynter Online
• Tools for covering News in Wartime Links to useful sites for covering the military, understanding war crimes, questions and answers on Arab Americans, understanding military rank, covering a serviceperson's death
• War Coverage for the Newsroom By RTNDA. Good useful links for coverage of various aspects of war, plus a list of government military sources

• Iraq casualty count This comes up from time to time...how many Pennsylvanians have been killed in the war? In addition to the next sites, this newspaper library is also keeping a spreadsheet of Pennsylvanians killed with name, hometown, date of death, whether or not they are local and whether or not we have a photo of them.
  • Iraq Coalition Casualty Count Ranked number one by news librarians, this site filters by state, gender, age.
  • War in Iraq CNN keeps a list of casualties, viewable by name or by date. Then use the Find command on your browser Edit menu to look for Pennsylvania or Pa.
  • Fallen Warriors U.S. Department of Defense. Doesn't sort by individual states, but it's still possible to look at the state entries by using method described in the CNN site.
• Center for Women Veterans
• Statistical sources on the web Military and Defense
• Military Personnel Statistics
• National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of 2/5/03 Kept up-to-date, this is a 110-page pdf. Gives unit name, state and number mobilized
• Target: Iraq Global Security is a non-profit non-partisan policy research group which has assumed a watchdog function over global security and homeland security. This site contains alot of military sites for both the U.S. and Iraq

• UN Resolution of Iraqi Arms Inspections
• UN News Centre News focus: Iraq
• UNMOVIC United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission

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Last updated on 12/2/08