Col. Gary W. Montgomery, US Marine Corps Reserve, is a Research Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.  Col. Montgomery has served as an Artillery Officer and as a Tank Officer, and as a civilian has held positions as a United Nations Border Monitor under the United Nations International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia in Nikši?, Montenegro; an Artillery Trainer for the Bosnian Federation Army in Livno, Bosnia-Herzegovina; a Military Analyst for the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia; and a Policy Analyst for the US Department of Defense in Alexandria, Virginia. In a recent interview with Washington, DC's WTTG-Fox 5 News, Col. Montgomery offered analysis of the crisis in Kyrgyzstan, home to a US military base that plays a vital role in the war in Afghanistan. Click here to watch the Fox 5 interview in full.

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow David Kay, Ph.D., says new sanctions against Iran approved by the UN Security Council are weak. Although President Obama has praised the Security Council for its decision, Dr. Kay believes that congratulations are not quite warranted. In an interview with The Washington Times, the former IAEA chief nuclear weapons inspector says the sanctions actually represent "a victory for the Iranians." Click here to read the Washington Times web article.

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith warns that a new geopolitical dynamic among some emerging nations is complicating US attempts to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions.  Writing in the Georgian magazine Tabula before the recent UN Security Council sanctions vote, Amb. Smith noted that a cooperative agreement struck among leaders of Iran, Turkey and Brazil signals a world in which emerging countries "are flexing their muscles and beginning to mold the future," regardless of what Washington thinks.  Adds Smith, "Washington appears not to understand that Iran wants nuclear weapons not as dangerous toys but as geopolitical tools to undermine American superpower, a prospect that Russia and China relish." Click below to read the full article.

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Center for Environmental Economics and Ethics Director James Tate, Ph.D. says the BP oil spill will continue to impact wildlife in the area for decades to come. Dr. Tate has commented extensively to media on the spill's devastating effects.  In a recent interview with Voice of America, he expressed frustration with the lack of adequate technology to address the crisis. Click here to read the VOA web article and listen to Dr. Tate's radio interview.