Douglas Ollivant

Senior Future of War Fellow

As an ASU Future of War Senior Fellow at New America, Douglas Ollivant is writing a book on Hybrid Warfare. He is a managing partner of the strategic consulting firm Mantid International and a contributor to Al-Jazeera America. A retired Army officer, he spent a total of three years deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, both in uniform and as a contractor, and was Director for Iraq at the National Security Council during both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations. Ollivant is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a graduate of Wheaton College and has a Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University.

Programs:

Expertise:

afghanistan
counterinsurgency
intelligence-defense-issues
intelligence-defense-issues-2
iraq
military-affairs
military-affairs-2
national-security
national-security-2
terrorism
war

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Featured Publications

Publications

in the news | March 12, 2016 | International Security

ISIS is losing the war

Douglas Ollivant

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, as an organized military force in Iraq and Syria, is losing — even losing badly. This does not mean the ...
event | January 20, 2016 | Better Life Lab

Broad Influence

How Women Are Changing the Way America Works

Douglas Ollivant Heather Hurlburt Jay Newton-Small

Would increasing the number of women police chiefs and military officers in the U.S. change the way the our country faces security threats here and...
article | January 07, 2016 | New America Weekly

Middle East Truth in Labelling—Identifying Our "Frenemies"

Douglas Ollivant

It is hardly news to state that the Middle East is in turmoil. But, as I have argued elsewhere, our Middle East policy has been very, very slow to ...
in the news | November 18, 2015 | Future of War

Should Americans fear an attack like those in Paris?

Douglas Ollivant

“Relative to our European cousins we are so good at this,” Douglas Ollivant, a counter-terrorism expert with the thinktank New America, told report...
in the news | November 17, 2015 | Future of War International Security

THE WAR IN IRAQ AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE AFTER PARIS

Douglas Ollivant

Despite a series of attacks in Paris, Beirut, Baghdad and (probably) a Russian airliner in Egypt, the military news from Iraq is cautiously good. T...
in the news | November 17, 2015 | Future of War International Security

Let’s Kick ‘Boots on the Ground’ to the Curb

Douglas Ollivant

The New America Foundation’s Douglas Ollivant, a retired Army officer and director for Iraq at the National Security Council during the George W. B...
in the news | November 16, 2015 | Future of War International Security

Counterterrorism experts weigh in on the US response to the Paris attacks

Douglas Ollivant

Douglas Ollivant, Future of War Senior Fellow at New America, discusses repercussions of the Paris attacks.
in the news | November 16, 2015 | Future of War International Security

Experts: Europe Can't Simply Close Borders After the Attacks

Douglas Ollivant

Doug Ollivant, a senior fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based New America think tank, said that France was inevitably now facing a period of soul-se...
in the news | October 25, 2015 | Future of War International Security

For U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, A Dangerous Mission Continues

Douglas Ollivant

Retired Army Lt. Col. Douglas Ollivant, a senior fellow at New America, disagreed with the South Korea metaphor. "South Korea is not Afghanistan. A...