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Dan Mahanty

Dan Mahanty is the Director of the U.S. Program for the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC). He spent 16 years at the U.S. Department of State. He is an adjunct professor at Kansas University Center for Global and International Studies at Ft. Leavenworth, and a non-resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The views expressed in this piece are those of the author, and may not reflect the position of CIVIC.

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U.S. Foreign Policy

August 20, 2020

Are those who seek to protect civilians in armed conflict helping to prolong our endless wars?

The Center for Civilians in Conflict’s U.S. Director responds to a recent issue brief from the Quincy Institute arguing that advocates of more humane war have failed and may have even enabled America’s post-9/11 wars to continue indefinitely.

by Dan Mahanty

U.S. Foreign Policy

April 8, 2020

Renovating ‘the Swamp’ post COVID-19 by reconfiguring budgets and bureaucracy

The next president must anticipate resistance, both inside and outside government, to shifting away from counterterrorism national security posture.

by Dan Mahanty