Selected Publications by Shawn Brimley
Journal Articles
"Stumbling into the Future: The Indirect Approach and American Strategy," with Vikram Singh, Orbis(Spring 2008): 312-331.
"Averting the System Reboot: Innovations and Critical Lessons from Iraq Must Be Preserved," with Vikram Singh, Armed Forces Journal (December 2007): 34-37, 47.
"Iraq: Response to Max Boot," with James Miller, Commentary (December 2007): 3.
"No Genocide, No Al Qaeda, No Division of Iraq," with Michèle Flournoy, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas (Fall 2007): 27-31.
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice," with Colin Kahl, Foreign Policy (4 September 2007): web-exclusive.
"Managing the Consequences of Iraq," with Michèle Flournoy, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas (Fall 2007): 25-28.
"The Endgame in Iraq," with Kurt Campbell, Foreign Policy (July/August 2007): 74-77.
"Tentacles of Jihad: Targeting Transnational Support Networks" , Parameters (Summer 2006): 30-46.
"In Search of Harmony: Orchestrating the Interagency for a Long War," with Michèle Flournoy, Armed Forces Journal (July 2006): 36-39
"Strategic Planning for National Security: A New Project Solarium" , with Michèle Flournoy, Joint Force Quarterly (Issue 41, April 2006): 80-86
Note: This article received an award from the National Defense University as the "Best Interagency Dialogue Article" of 2006.
Newspaper Commentary:
"How to Exit Iraq," with Colin Kahl and John Nagl, The New York Times (5 September 2008): A27.
"Baghdad's misguided crackdown on the Sons of Iraq," with Colin Kahl, The Los Angeles Times (26 August 2008): 21.
"The Face of America Abroad," with Vikram Singh, The Baltimore Sun (6 November 2007): 11A.
"Pass a New Use of Force Resolution on Iraq," with Eric Pierce, The Hill (19 September 2007): 28.
"America's Phony Debate," with Michèle Flournoy, The Age (11 September 2007).
"Boost Troops with Immigrants," Defense News (19 February 2007): 29.
"Irregular Transformation: Carefully Weigh Changes to Spec Ops," with Michèle Flournoy, Defense News(10 July 2006): 44.
"Home-Grown Terrorism," with Aidan Kirby , The Boston Globe (8 June 2006): A15
"Aerial IEDs Show Adaptive, Resilient Enemy" , with Guy Ben-Ari , Defense News (30 January 2006): 37
"Two-way Trail of Terror," with Aidan Kirby , The Baltimore Sun (25 October 2005): 13A
"Al Qaeda Paradigms," The Washington Times (4 September 2005): B5
"Al Qaeda's Virtual Sanctuary," with Aidan Kirby, The Toronto Star (23 August 2005): A18
"Terror's Road Back to Europe," with Aidan Kirby, The Washington Times (10 July 2005): B5
Book Chapters / Monographs:
Making America Grand Again: Toward a New Grand Strategy, with Michèle Flournoy and Vikram Singh (Washington DC: Center for a New American Security, 2008).
Shaping the Iraq Inheritance, with Michèle Flournoy and Colin Kahl (Washington DC: Center for a New American Security, 2008).
Finding Our Way: Debating American Grand Strategy with Michèle Flournoy (eds) (Washington DC: Center for a New American Security, 2008).
Proteus Insights & the Future of Global Jihadism, with Aidan Kirby (Center for Strategic Leadership: U.S. Army War College, 2006)
"Strategy & Capabilities for the Long War" , with Michèle Flournoy, in Five Years After 9/11: An Assessment of America's War on Terror ( Washington D.C. : CSIS Press, 2006)
"NATO Special Operations Forces" , in Transforming NATO (. . .again), (Washington, D.C.: CSIS, 2006)
"Strategic Planning for U.S. National Security: A Project Solarium for the 21st Century" , with Michèle Flournoy, Princeton University Project on National Security (August 2005).
Online Commentary / Newsletters:
Shawn contributes to several blogs, including The Washington Post's IntelDump and Democracy Arsenal.
"Cancelling Iraq's Blank Check," with Colin Kahl and John Nagl, Foreign Policy (August 2008).
"U.S. Foreign Policy and the Next President: America at a Pivot Point," with Vikram Singh, World Politics Review (6 June 2008).
"The Case for Conditional Engagement in Iraq," with Colin Kahl, CNAS Policy Memo (March 2008).
"A Grand Strategy of Sustainment," Small Wars Journal (March 2008).
"Tet's Echo and Iraq," with Kurt Campbell, CNAS Commentary (February 2008).
"Sixty Years After the National Security Act, U.S. Statecraft May Need Another Reorganization," World Politics Review (13 November 2007).
"A Problem of Palestinian Proportions?" CNAS Commentary (August 2007).
"The War Over the War," The Washington Post Online (17 July, 2007).
"Enduring U.S. Interests in Iraq" , with Michèle Flournoy, CNAS Policy Memo (20 March 2007).
"For Success in Iraq, U.S. Forces Must Out-Innovate Insurgents," with Guy Ben-Ari, World Politics Review (20 February 2007).
"Bush and the Iraq Study Group: Closer than we thought?" World Politics Review (22 January 2007).
"The ISG Report: A Posture for the Long Haul," with Lt. Colonel Stephen Sklenka, CSIS Commentary (13 December 2006).
"The U.S. Needs a Grand Strategy for the Middle East," with Aidan Kirby, World Politics Review (30 November 2006).
"U.S. Policy Options in Iraq: A Primer," CSIS Commentary (27 October 2006).
"The Real Significance of the Tet Offensive to Iraq," World Politics Review (27 October 2006).
"Post-Election Politics will Favor Meaningful Debate on Iraq," World Politics Review (25 October 2006).
"The Anatomy of the Jihadist Threat" , with Aidan Kirby, CSIS Strategy Report (14 July 2006).
