Kevin Ryan
Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Member, The US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
Board Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Contact:
Telephone: 617-495-7747
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: kevin_ryan@hks.harvard.edu
AP Images
September 7, 2007
Iraq Progress Report: Reading Between the Lines
Media Feature
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Paul Kane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, February 2004–August 2008, Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
With Gen. David H. Petraeus scheduled to appear before Congress next week, Belfer Center experts and researchers offer their insights and analysis — as well as items that Congress should not overlook.
May 24, 2007
Plans in Iraq Must Be Based on Realistic Demands
Op-Ed, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
This week, a second round of surge units were announced for Iraq as the number of troops in that country builds to its highest level ever. Gen. David Petraeus has told President Bush that he needs until September to see if conditions on the ground warrant continuing the surge.
March 29, 2007
The Withdrawal that Isn't
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
January 6, 2007
"The Troop Surge That Isn't"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
WHEN IS a surge not a surge? The American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, issued a report yesterday calling for a "sustained surge of US troops to secure and protect critical areas of Baghdad." The report, presented by professor Frederick Kagan and retired Army vice chief of staff Jack Keane, purports to give ground commanders a new strategy for deploying 30,000 more troops and winning the war in Iraq.
December 21, 2006
Hope is a Strategy
Op-Ed, Orlando Sentinel
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
December 18, 2006
Stretched Too Thin; We Don't Have Enough Troops to Meet Defense Demands
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
July 26, 2006
Enhance Force Levels? Look to Immigrants
Op-Ed, Christian Science Monitor
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
April 21, 2006
We Can't Stay MAD Forever
Op-Ed, Moscow Times
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
April 11, 2006
Defense Minister's Call
Op-Ed, Moscow Times
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
April 11, 2006
Defense Minister's Call
Op-Ed, Moscow Times, issue 33990
By Kevin Ryan, Director, Defense and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
