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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, 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, as well as in publications such as Foreign Policy, Wall Street Journal Asia, Christian Science Monitor, Armed Forces Journal, the Guardian, Huffington Post, the Washington Times, and more. 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
"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
"Defining Victory to Win a War," by David Axe, Malou Innocent and Jason Reich, Foreign Policy, October 6, 2009
"U.S. Must Narrow Objectives in Afghanistan," by Malou Innocent and Christopher Preble, World Politics Review, September 16, 2009
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"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
"Dear President Obama: It Will Take True Leadership to Get Us Out of Afghanistan," October 2, 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 Afghanistan on CNN November 18, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:49]
Malou Innocent debates the strategy in Afghanistan on BBC News November 13, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:57]
Malou Innocent discusses Afghanistan on WWL's The Think Tank with Garland Robinette November 13, 2009 [Flash Audio, 09:58]
Malou Innocent discusses Afghanistan on BBC's News 24 November 12, 2009 [Flash Video, 04:05]
Malou Innocent discusses the Afghan elections on FOX 5 November 3, 2009 [Flash Video, 06:03]
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