Richard Weitz, PhD
Fellow
The Associate Director and a Senior Fellow of the Center for Future Security Strategies at Hudson Institute, Dr. Richard Weitz analyzes mid- and long-term national and international political-military issues. He is currently conducting research in the areas of defense reform, counterterrorism and US Eurasia policies.
As a Senior Staff Member of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA) from 2003 to 2005, Dr. Weitz analyzed homeland security policies and evaluated deterrence methods to prevent rogue states and non-state actors from using weapons of mass destruction. From 2002 to 2004, Dr. Weitz was a consultant for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, DFI International, Inc. and the Defense Science Board. He previously held positions with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, the Center for Strategic Studies and the US Department of Defense.
Dr. Weitz has contributed extensively to such journals as The National Interest, The Washington Quarterly, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and The Journal of Strategic Studies. His commentaries have been published widely in internet publications and in the Wall Street Journal. He has also presented at numerous conferences and has been interviewed by broadcast media, including ABC News, Al-Hurra and Pacifica Radio.
Featured Publications"Can U.S. and Chinese Military Forces Cooperate?"
Richard Weitz
TCS Daily, 3 November 2006
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Non-Military Strategies for Countering Islamist Terorism: Lessons Learned from Past Counterinsurgencies
Kurt M. Campbell and Richard Weitz
Princeton, NJ: The Princeton Project on National Security
The Princeton Project Papers, September 2006
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"SOCI Summit Strengthens Eurasec"
Richard Weitz
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, 6 September 2006
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"Climate Wars"
Richard Weitz
Defense Concepts, Summer 2006
Washington, DC: Center for Advanced Defense Studies
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"Energy Empire"
Richard Weitz
TCS Daily, 2 June 2006
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"Averting a New Great Game in Central Asia"
Richard Weitz
The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2006
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"Russia Foreign Policy: Event Summary"
William E. Odom, Andrei Piontkovsky and Richard Weitz
Hudson Institute, April 2006
Download report"FEMA, DHS, and Katrina: Managing Domestic Catastrophes Better"
Richard Weitz
Hudson Institute, February 2006
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Richard Weitz
Hudson Institute, January 2006
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Kurt Campbell and Richard Weitz
The Washington Quarterly 29.1: 169-186, Winter 2005-2006
Download articleRevitalising US–Russian Security Cooperation: Practical Measures
Richard Weitz
Routledge, 2005
"Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: new proposals for defense reform"
Richard Weitz
Joint Force Quarterly, July 2005
"Building the Alliance for Freedom: An Agenda for Improving and Expanding the Visa Waiver Program"
James Jay Carafano and Richard Weitz
Backgrounder 1850, The Heritage Foundation, 6 May 2005
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Richard Weitz
The National Interest, Fall 2005
Download article"Storm Clouds over Central Asia: Revival of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)?"
Richard Weitz
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 27.6: 465-490, November-December 2004
Download article"Department of Homeland Security Needs Under Secretary for Policy"
James Jay Carafano, Richard Weitz and Alane Kochems
Backgrounder 1788, The Heritage Foundation, 17 August 2004
Download article"Reinvigorating Counter-Proliferation"
Richard Weitz
Hudson Institute, 20 August 2003
"Why Russia And China Have Not Formed An Anti-American Alliance"
Richard Weitz
Naval War College Review 61.4, Fall 2003
Download articlePreventing Conflict in the Post-Communist World: Mobilizing International and Regional Organizations
Abram Chayes and Antonia Handler Chayes (eds.)
Richard Weitz (contributor)
Brookings Institution Press, 1996
After the Cold War: International Institutions and State Strategies in Europe, 1989-1991
Robert Keohane, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. and Stanley Hoffmann (eds.)
Richard Weitz (contributor)
Harvard University Press, 1993
"The Domestic Sources of East European Security Policies"
Richard Weitz
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 1991
