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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 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 reviews and articles on national security and international affairs in scholarly journals such as Survival, Congressional Quarterly, and Harvard International Review, as well as in publications such as Armed Forces Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Huffington Post, and the Washington Times. Innocent has appeared as a guest analyst on BBC News, Fox News Channel, Al Jazeera, Voice of America, CNBC Asia, and Reuters. 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
"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.
"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
"American's Imperiled Military Lifeline through Pakistan," by Malou Innocent and Ted Galen Carpenter, Dallas Morning News, December 28, 2008
"If Islamabad's Accountable, Is ISI to Blame?," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Malou Innocent, Cato.org, December 11, 2008
"Will Obama Bring 'Change' to Bush's War on Terror? Hopefully," Huffington Post, December 1, 2008
"Obama Must Tread Warily in Afghanistan," South China Morning Post, November 21, 2008
"Questionable Deals in a Volatile Region," by Malou Innocent and Christopher Preble, South China Morning Post, October 27, 2008
Events
"Afghanistan Seven Years Later," December 11, 2008 [Policy Forum]
"Global Terror's Central Front: Pakistan and Afghanistan," October 2, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Multimedia
"Lowering the Temperature in Pakistan" featuring Malou Innocent, December 4, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:01]
Malou Innocent discusses the terror in Mumbai on WOR's "The John Gambling Show" December 2, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:49]
Malou Innocent discusses the terror in Mumbai on CNBC Asia December 1, 2008 [Flash Video, 05:23]
Malou Innocent discusses the terror in Mumbai on Federal News Radio December 1, 2008 [Flash Audio, 04:32]
Malou Innocent discusses Obama's foreign policy plans on Fox News November 11, 2008 [Flash Video, 03:34]