Alan W. Dowd
For Libya, Now Comes the Hard Part
Originally published in the Calgary Beacon on 8/30/2011 As Moammar Qaddafi’s regime crumbles, the ragtag rebel force that led this revolution—and the nations that supported it with air power—are beginning to forge a new Libya. ...
Old Approach to Piracy May Be the Best Approach
Originally published in the National Post on 10/28/2011 The recent operation by NATO forces to free the crew of an Italian ship from pirates serves as a reminder that this ancient plague of the seas remains a threat to global commerce—and ...
The Big Chill: Energy Needs Fueling Tensions in the Arctic
Originally published in The American Legion Magazine on 12/1/11 The United States devotes much of its diplomatic and military energies to the Middle East today for a very simple reason: The Middle East is the source of much of the world’s ...
Bouazizi's Revolution
Originally published in Fraser Forum January/February 2012 Time magazine’s Person of the Year has been an annual tradition since 1927. Winners have been peacemakers (Gandhi and Martin Luther King) and warmongers (Hitler), heroes (Churchill) ...
Bouazizi for Time's Person of the Year
Originally published in The Mark News on 11/18/2011 Time magazine’s Person of the Year has been an annual tradition since 1927. Winners have been peacemakers (Gandhi and Martin Luther King) and warmongers (Hitler), heroes (Churchill) and ...
Shutting Down the Shuttle
Prospects for America’s space program.
Post-9/11 Americana
The 9/11 anniversary obliges us to consider the changes that have been thrust upon us since that terrible Tuesday morning. Most pixels, ink, and airtime are being devoted to how 9/11 and its consequences affected our greatest city, our politics and ...
A World Worth Fighting For: The Power and Promise of the Atlantic Charter at 70
Originally published in The American Legion MagazineDate: August 2011 Winston Churchill called it “a great hour to live.” Franklin Roosevelt described it as a summertime “cruise,” while the White House told the press ...
Whiter the Obama of Hope
Origninally published in The Mark News, Aug 10, 2011“What happened to hope?” That’s the question many of President Barack Obama’s supporters are asking three years after a campaign that criticized “wars of ...
An Old Soldier Fades Away
An Old Soldier Fades AwayPublication: The Mark NewsJuly 1, 2011By Alan W. Dowd As Robert Gates hands off the reins at the Pentagon to Leon Panetta, the American people and their allies in Canada, Europe and Asia should take comfort in ...
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