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Malou Innocent
Foreign Policy Analyst
Malou Innocent is a Foreign Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute. She is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and her primary research interests include Middle East and Persian Gulf security issues and U.S. foreign policy toward Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China. She has appeared as a guest analyst on CNN, BBC News, Fox News Channel, Al Jazeera, Voice of America, CNBC Asia, and Reuters. Innocent has published reviews and articles on national security and international affairs in journals such as Survival, Congressional Quarterly, and Harvard International Review. She has also written for Foreign Policy, Wall Street Journal Asia, Christian Science Monitor, Armed Forces Journal, the Guardian, Huffington Post, the Washington Times, and other outlets both in the United States and overseas. She earned dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Mass Communications and Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: minnocent@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan," Chapter 51 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Cato Studies
"Escaping the "Graveyard of Empires": A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan," by Malou Innocent and Ted Galen Carpenter, White Paper no. 28, September 14, 2009.
"Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy," Policy Analysis no. 636, April 13, 2009.
Articles and Newsletters
"Should the President Announce an Afghanistan Exit Strategy?," CQ Researcher, Vol. 19, No. 28, August 7, 2009
"North America Exclusive," Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS), Vol. 2, No. 99, April 28, 2009
"Pakistan's Overbearing Army," Harvard International Review, Vol. 30 No. 3, Fall 2008.
"Should the United States Pursue Militants Inside Pakistan?," Congressional Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 12, December 2008.
"A Coherent Strategy for Pakistan's Tribal Areas Would Draw Lessons from Anbar," World Politics Review, September 5, 2008.
Opinion and Commentary
"Afghans Have to Want to Help Themselves," Huffington Post, January 28, 2010
"A Costly Mistake," Huffington Post, December 2, 2009
"A Real Team of Rivals," Huffington Post, November 12, 2009
"America's Brother Karzai Problem," RealClearWorld.com, October 30, 2009
"More Is Not the Answer," Guardian, October 8, 2009
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Afghanistan Withdrawal in July 2011? Don't Bet on It," December 7, 2009
"Who Will Protect the Women?," November 13, 2009
"Obama's (In)Decision on Afghanistan," November 10, 2009
"Matthew Hoh: A Great American Patriot," October 27, 2009
"Exiting the Afghan Quagmire," October 7, 2009
Events
"The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan," September 25, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Should the United States Withdraw from Afghanistan?," September 14, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy," June 23, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Afghanistan Seven Years Later," December 11, 2008 [Policy Forum]
"Global Terror's Central Front: Pakistan and Afghanistan," October 2, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Multimedia
Malou Innocent discusses U.S. foreign policy and Central Asia on Kazakhstan TV's K-Plus February 3, 2010 [Flash Video, 07:42]
Cato scholars analyze President Obama's 2010 State of the Union. January 28, 2010 [Flash Video, 09:38]
Malou Innocent discusses a civilian surge in Afghanistan on Russia Today January 22, 2010 [Flash Video, 02:23]
Malou Innocent discusses Afghanistan on Al Jazeera's Inside Story January 19, 2010 [Flash Video, 24:11]
Malou Innocent discusses Afghanistan on Russia Today January 15, 2010 [Flash Video, 02:24]
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