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person1990s-present

Thomas Donnelly

Disciplines:
political science
defense/national security
military strategy
strategy/defense policy

Summary

American defense policy analyst and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, known for work on US military strategy, NATO policy, and defense transformation. Collaborator of Frederick Kagan and prominent neoconservative voice on military affairs.

Core Contribution

Contributed to AEI's framework for American military primacy and interventionist foreign policy, co-authored analyses of defense transformation, and advocated for robust US military engagement in the post-Cold War era.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • AEI defense policy
  • American military primacy
  • neoconservative national security

Notable Works & Achievements

Operation Just Cause: The Storming of Panama

Rebuilding America's Defenses

numerous AEI defense reports

Historical Influences

Paul Wolfowitz neoconservative internationalism American primacy doctrine

Intellectual Lineage

neoconservative foreign policy tradition AEI defense programReagan-era military buildup thinking

Contemporaries & Peers

Frederick Kagan Robert Kagan William Kristol Max Boot

Minds Influenced

AEI defense policy communityCongressional Republican defense staffers

Intellectual Posterity

AEI defense analysisneoconservative national security discourse

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