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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 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
"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
"Pakistan's Overbearing Army," Harvard International Review, Vol. 30 No. 3, Fall 2008.
Opinion and Commentary
"Ending Afghan War Aids Pakistan," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 18, 2011
"America and Pakistan: Partners with Diverging Interests," Huffington Post, May 8, 2011
"Pakistan, America's Feckless Ally," Huffington Post, May 4, 2011
"With bin Laden's Death, America Must Recalibrate Its Policies," Daily Caller, May 3, 2011
"End U.S. Aid to Egypt," by Malou Innocent and Abdelilah Bouasria, Washington Times, April 21, 2011
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"A Race against Time or a Race to Civil War?," May 13, 2011
"How Bush Lost bin Laden," May 9, 2011
"Bin Laden’s Death and the Debate over the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan," May 4, 2011
"Protests in Afghanistan: Our Excuse to Get Out," April 4, 2011
"The Folly of Succeeding in Libya," March 28, 2011
Events
"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]
"Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy," June 23, 2009 [Policy Forum]
Multimedia
Malou Innocent discusses U.S.-Pakistan relations on KRAI's The Cari and Rob Show (May 18, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 12:04]
Malou Innocent on U.S. - Pakistan relations on FBN's Lou Dobbs Tonight (May 16, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 04:32]
Malou Innocent discusses the latest suicide bombings in Pakistan on Hearst-Argyle Television (May 13, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 01:50]
Malou Innocent discusses Libya on FBN's Freedom Watch (May 12, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 04:25]
Malou Innocent discusses the situation in Pakistan on WWL's The Think Tank with Garland Robinette (May 11, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 15:29]
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