Sullivan manages AEI's new
Center for Defense Studies, which produces commentary and analysis on a range of strategic, programmatic, and budgetary issues. In addition to his work for the Center, he researches governance and security issues in Afghanistan. In his prior capacity as a research assistant in the AEI Foreign and Defense Policy Studies department, Mr. Sullivan contributed to studies on NATO's efforts in Afghanistan and U.S. security force assistance programs. He is a member of the Center for a New American Security's Next Generation National Security Leaders Program, and he was a 2009 fellow in the German Marshal Fund’s Manfred Wörner Seminar.
B.A., Political Science, Boston College
War Studies Department, King's College, London, UK
A clever commander like McChrystal and the capable troops he leads will no doubt figure out how to make the most of what they have got. But a half-surge would seem to cut their prospects of winning by more than half.
Why has Obama gone absent without leave on Afghanistan?
The Mumbai massacre was the latest in a long line of terrorist attacks.
Piracy is an ancient nuisance, but Somali piracy, linked as it is to Islamist ideology, poses a thornier security challenge.
AEI Online
April 29, 2008
The need to strengthen U.S. military forces is immediate.
AEI Online
January 9, 2008
Can crisis management literature help us prepare for managing a potential crisis between Taiwan and China?