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Op-Ed by Yonah Alexander & Michael Swetnam
Middle East Times, Sept. 14, 2009

Sun Tzu, the legendary Chinese military observer, has succinctly evaluated “intelligence” with the famed dictum: “Determine the enemy’s plans and you will know which strategy will be successful and which will not.” Indeed, historical lessons of power politics within and among nations have repeatedly proven that ignorance about perceived adversaries inevitably results in national calamities. And yet, despite the devastating 9/11 attacks on the United States just over eight years ago, it is evident that counterterrorism intelligence is still not as American as apple pie. On the contrary, the latest political firestorm over the nature and implications of human and technological tools of the “war in the shadows” on terrorism at home and abroad represents one of the most critical challenges to the Obama administration. Inherent suspicions of the role of the “Big Brother” in a democratic society clearly lead to olarization and personalization of the public debate.

U.S. News & World Report, 8/17/2009

Dr. James Giordano, Chair of Academic Programs at the Potomac Institute, is quoted in an article about a nationwide index assessment that ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia according to what its creators consider to be factors supporting brain health.

Joint Force Quarterly, 1st quarter 2009

Frank Hoffman, one of the Potomac Institute's Principal Investigators assigned to the Marine Corps' Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities and Author of Conflict in the 21st Century: The Rise of Hybrid Wars (a monograph) -- "The U.S. military faces an era of enormous complexity. This complexity has been extended by globalization, the proliferation of advanced technology, violent transnational extremists, and resurgent powers."

Middle East Times, 8/12/2009

Article by Professor Yonah Alexander, Director of the International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute -- "Iran entered the last century as the 'sick man' of West Asia, subject, because of its unique geographic position, to external influence and intervention, particularly from Britain and Russia. Now, as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues in power, the question is how to stop Tehran’s continued nuclear program from escalating eventually into the physical destruction of this Islamic region in the 21st century."

Practical PAIN MANAGEMENT, June 2009

Dr. James Giordano, Chair of Academic Programs at the Potomac Institute -- "Over the past years, I have tried to illustrate how the problem(s) of pain, and intricacies of pain care, reflect profound philosophical issues and questions that are important to both the anthropologic applications of medicine, and the ethics necessary to navigate the moral terrain of medical practice..."
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