Harlan K. Ullman

Harlan K. Ullman, Ph.D., is a senior advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a prominent Washington, D.C., think tank, and a senior fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses. He is also a columnist for the Washington Times and a commentator on Fox News, BBC, and Al Jazeera. His military background includes skippering Swift Boats during the Vietnam War and commanding a destroyer in the Persian Gulf. He is the author of Finishing Business: Ten Steps to Defeat Global Terror (2004) and Unfinished Business: Afghanistan, the Middle East and Beyond-Defusing the Dangers That Threaten America's Security (2002). Ullman is credited for being the principal architect of the 'shock and awe' doctrine that was adopted by the Pentagon.