Donald A. Donahue, DHEd, is the Director of the Health Policy and Preparedness Program at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.  In an article for the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, he writes that the US has invested significant resources in creating high-tech methods of detecting emerging health threats, while overlooking simpler and cheaper options that could prove just as useful - or, in some cases, even more effective. Writes Donahue, "We focus on technological detection and empirical validation when more subtle indicators may offer earlier evidence of an emerging outbreak ." Click below to read the article in full.     

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith (Ret.), writes in a recent issue of the Georgian magazine Tabula about the likely ramifications of the WikiLeaks and Stuxnet hacking cases. Dubbing 2010 "The Year of the Worm," he writes that we will have to be on guard both against sophisticated cyber weapons like Stuxnet and against the "human worms" who are responsible for creating and implementing hacking techniques.  Writes Smith, "In America, the post 9/11 drive to share information more broadly throughout the security community will be reversed," possibly leading to greater cyber security - but also possibly thwarting vital intelligence-gathering and counterterrorism efforts. Click below to read the article in full.

The Potomac Institute Press is pleased to announce that Bureaucratic Nirvana: Life in the Center of the Box, by Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Hugh Montgomery, is getting high praise from the Midwest Book Review, which calls it a "fascinating and enlightening read" that is "highly recommended." Bureaucratic Nirvana is a "how-to" primer for Pentagon contractors, administrators and researchers seeking a better understanding of the R&D bureaucracy. It's available on Amazon.com in soft cover and Kindle editions. Click here to access the Amazon listing. Click here to read the review on the Midwest Book Review website. 

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Health Policy and Preparedness Program Director Donald Donahue, DHEd, and Fellow Stephen Cunnion, MD, PhD, write in a current issue of World Medical and Health Policy about "The Soft Power of Solid Medicine." In this paper, co-authored with former US Surgeon General Richard Carmona, Drs. Donahue and Cunnion discuss the power of international medical assistance as a tool of diplomacy. Click here to access the journal website and download the article.