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The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is pleased to announce that Lieutenant Colonel Charles Driest, USMC (Ret.) has joined the Institute as a Research Fellow. He will be assigned to the TECOM (Training and Education Command) at the US Marine Corps base at Quantico, Virginia.
"It is enjoyable to be allowed the chance to continue to serve my country with this organization and give back to the Marine Corps, an organization I hold in deep regard," says LtCol Driest. He has over 29 years of experience in Marine Corps Operations, Studies and Analysis and personnel management, including six years as an instructor on the Operational Level of War. LtCol Driest has served overseas in several high-risk posts, including Commandant of the Marine Corps Observer to the US Embassy in Nicaragua; Future Operations Officer for all Marine Forces (MARFOR) for Operation Restore Hope/ Provide Comfort in Somalia; and Executive Officer of F-Company, MSG Bn (State Department), responsible for all US embassies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Upon retirement from the Marine Corps in 1994, LtCol Driest was awarded the Legion of Merit.
LtCol Driest also has over 15 years of experience in the private sector in program management, modeling and simulation wargame design, and multinational information services. He was formerly employed by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as the Exercise Team Leader for the Synthetic Theater of War (STOW), a DARPA project. He also held a position with MITRE as the Project Lead for Multinational Information Services (MNIS), a program designed to increase information sharing with Allies, Coalition Forces, and Communities of Interest (COIs).
Dr. David Kay, Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, is a former IAEA/UNSCOM Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector who focuses on counterterrorism and weapons proliferation issues. In a recent talk on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus, Dr. Kay warned that the threat of nuclear weapons remains with us. He offered students the sobering message that responsibility for resolving world conflicts will soon fall to their generation. And he spoke frankly about his 2003 mission to Iraq, which led him to conclude that Iraq lacked stockpiles of WMD. Click here to read more about Dr. Kay's recent talk.
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is pleased to announce that its Potomac Institute Press has launched a new online publication, Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy, www.synesisjournal.com. Synesis will be a forum for critical thinking and for analysis of the science, ethics and policy needed for successful human endeavor in a wide range of fields. The Editor-in-Chief of Synesis is Prof. James Giordano, PhD, Chair of Academic Programs and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and Senior Research Associate at the Wellcome Centre for Neuroethics and Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, UK.
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is pleased to announce that The Honorable John Young, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, has joined the Institute as a Senior Fellow and Member of the Board of Regents.
Mr. Young says he welcomes his new role at the Institute, adding, “The Potomac Institute has been very successful in delivering professional, unbiased analysis on a broad range of issues in Washington, without becoming part of the debate. The Potomac team’s policy views have been grounded in data analysis and in comprehensive review of all aspects of an issue. I was honored to be asked to join the distinguished current members of the Board of Regents. I look forward to working with the capable Potomac team as the Institute seeks to aid policy makers by providing balanced perspectives on the challenging issues that our Nation faces today and in the future.” Click here to read more.