Malou Innocent
Foreign Policy Analyst
Malou Innocent is a Foreign Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute. Her primary research interests are Middle East and Persian Gulf security issues and U.S. foreign policy toward Pakistan and China. Prior to joining Cato, she worked as a public policy intern at the District Office of California Congressman Pete Stark. Innocent has published articles on national security and international affairs in scholarly journals such as Survival and Chicago Policy Review. Her articles have appeared in publications such as the San Francisco Chronicle, WashingtonPost.com, Asia Times Online, Huffington Post, and the Washington Times. 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
Articles and Newsletters
"A Model for Modern Insurgency," Armed Forces Journal, August 2008.
"The Iraq War and Iranian Power," Survival, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (Vol. 49, No. 4, winter 2007-2008)
Opinion and Commentary
"Musharraf Has Gone, but Is Civilian Rule Better?," South China Morning Post, August 25, 2008
"John McCain's Foreign Policy Judgment Is Questionable," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 19, 2008
"Disarming the World," Philadelphia Inquirer, July 16, 2008
"Like Sand between Their Fingers," Al Arabiya.net, July 14, 2008
"McCain Talking Too Tough on Russia, China," Orange County Register, June 3, 2008
Multimedia
"Fixing Relations in Pakistan" featuring Malou Innocent, August 29, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:34]
"Pakistan in Turmoil" featuring Malou Innocent, August 28, 2008 [Flash Audio, 00:00]
"The McCain Foreign Policy" featuring Malou Innocent, May 21, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:26]
Malou Innocent on WUSA9 discussing the role of Iran in Iraq May 4, 2008 [Flash Video, 04:52]
"A Loss for Musharraf in Pakistan" featuring Malou Innocent, February 21, 2008 [Flash Audio, 05:27]