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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 for 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 Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent, 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 America Liberate Afghanistan's Women?," Survival, vol. 53 no. 5, October-November 2011.
"Book Review: Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History," Cato Journal, Winter 2011.
"Pakistan: Washington's Blind Spot in Afghanistan," Foreign Service Journal, Vol. 87, No. 9, September 2010
"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
Opinion and Commentary
"Ignore the Hawks on Iraq," Newark Star-Ledger, November 5, 2011
"Pakistan Does Not Respond to U.S. Pressure," US News and World Report Online, October 28, 2011
"Empowering Dependency 10 Years on in Afghanistan," Daily Caller, October 7, 2011
"U.S. Force Can't End Oppression," Philadelphia Inquirer, October 7, 2011
"Ending Afghan War Aids Pakistan," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 18, 2011
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Egypt’s Arab Spring, One Year Later," February 2, 2012
"War Vets and the New Hampshire Primary," January 9, 2012
"Ignore the Hawks on Iran, Too," December 7, 2011
"Digging Our Grave in Af-Pak," December 2, 2011
"A Step Forward in Afghanistan, If We Are Willing to Take It," November 1, 2011
Events
"Turning the Page in Afghanistan," June 29, 2011 [Policy Forum]
"The Arab Awakening and Its Implications," May 5, 2011 [Policy Forum]
"Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan," March 18, 2010 [Conference]
"The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan," September 25, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Should the United States Withdraw from Afghanistan?," September 14, 2009 [Policy Forum]
Multimedia
Malou Innocent discusses the political situation in Syria and the U.S. response on Voice of America (February 2, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 02:32]
State of the Union 2012 (January 27, 2012) [Cato Video, 09:39]
Malou Innocent discusses foreign aid and security in Afghanistan on VOA (November 15, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 02:42]
Malou Innocent discusses the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq on WWL's The Think Tank with Garland Robinette (October 25, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 18:20]
Malou Innocent discusses U.S. foreign policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan on VOA's The Platform (October 11, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 55:00]
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