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Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Hugh Montgomery is the author of the new book, Bureaucratic Nirvana: Life in the Center of the Box. It's an inside look at how R&D gets done at the Pentagon, written as a primer for professionals and based on Montgomery's own decades of experience in the DoD bureaucracy. In a guest appearance on Federal News Radio's Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose, Montgomery talked about his book and the keys to success as a science and technology professional inside DoD. Click here to find the Amazon.com listing for Bureaucratic Nirvana. Click here to access the Federal News Radio interview with Hugh Montgomery.
Dr. David Kay is a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and a former IAEA/UNSCOM Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector. He is closely watching Iran's nuclear talks with major world powers including the US, which ended in Geneva with an agreement to meet again in Istanbul in January. Dr. Kay spoke to Voice of America about the hopes and frustrations inherent in the latest talks, during which Iran reasserted its right to nuclear power. Click here to read VOA's coverage and listen to the interview with David Kay.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Dan Gallington, Esq., is a security and legal expert who has served as Chief Counsel to the National Commission for the Review of the National Reconnaissance Office; bi-partisan General Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Deputy Counsel for Intelligence Policy at the Department of Justice; and Legal Advisor for Intelligence Oversight in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, among other positions. In a recent column, he writes about ways in which "civilized" societies struggle to define acceptable standards of justice and punishment, even as they condemn harsh punishments meted out by legal systems in other countries. Click below to read the article in full.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith (Ret.), says the recent NATO summit in Lisbon was a "moderate success." Amb. Smith, who is the Director of the Georgian Security Analysis Center in Tbilisi, says Georgia scored significant successes at the event, including a productive meeting with President Obama. Click below to read the article in full.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Dan Gallington commented to the NextGov website on the WikiLeaks case and the consequences for government information sharing. NextGov observes that the government may have few options to control such leaks without hampering internal information sharing. But Gallington says a legislative effort to plug the leaks is almost certain. Click here to read the article in full.