Carl Conetta
Organization:
Project on Defense Alternatives
Position:
Co-Director
Areas of Expertise:
Threat assessment, US defense policy and planning, military transformation and readiness issues Military defense, defense alternatives, disarmament, arms control, defense budget, military strategy, "strategic precision attack", NATO expansion, military "readiness", confidence building, public opinion on defense spending, China and Chinese military issues, assessing threats to US national security, defense strategy and budgeting, critical appraisal of the war in Afghanistan, casualties in the war in Afghanistan, the new kinds of terrorism and how to fight it; number of Iraqi casualties and how that affects the US occupation
Personal Website:
Notable Publications/Publishers:
Quickly, Carefully, and Generously: The Necessary Steps for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq from the Task Force for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq, a Commonwealth Institute publication, June 2008
| Carl Conetta (DC): Co-Director, Project on Defense Alternatives; Former Research Fellow, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies; wrote, "Forceful Engagement: Rethinking the Role of Military Power in US Global Policy" (December, 2008); failure to address the fundamental conditions that feed insurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, assessing the war's strategy and our goals in the region, differences between Iraqi and Afghan situations, alternative approaches to military escalation |
