Author Archive

Mark Kimmitt

Former DASD, Middle East Policy

Brig. Gen. (ret.) Mark Kimmitt is a former assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Middle East policy. He consults for firms operating in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
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Ukraine, Fight Your Fight—Not Their Fight

The Ukrainian military needs the weapons and tactics of an irregular conflict, not a conventional war.

  • Mark Kimmitt
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You Can’t Buy a Cause

Examining the roots of the Afghanistan forces’ collapse.

  • Mark Kimmitt
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Clarity on Afghanistan, Confusion on Iraq

Biden gave us clarity on Afghanistan and it’s time he does the same in Iraq.

  • Mark Kimmitt