Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Donald A. Donahue, Jr., DHEd, is the Executive Director of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Center for Health Policy and Preparedness. In a recent radio interview for Voice of America, he talked about the immediate and long-term health effects of the BP oil spill. According to Dr. Donahue, potential future impacts could be numerous - and are made harder to predict by the lack of health records pertaining to earlier spills. Click here to read the VOA web article and listen to Dr. Donahue's interview.     

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith writes in a recent issue of the Georgian magazine Tabula that international reaction to Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla deserves closer scrutiny. While the stated aim of the flotilla was to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, Amb. Smith argues that its arrival in port would also have opened an unimpeded sea lane that could serve as a conduit for arms. Writes Smith, "...with unfettered access to Gaza under current circumstances, Iran and Syria would flood Hamas with weapons." Click below to read the article in full.

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Col. Gary W. Montgomery, US Marine Corps Reserve, is a Research Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.  Col. Montgomery has served as an Artillery Officer and as a Tank Officer, and as a civilian has held positions as a United Nations Border Monitor under the United Nations International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia in Nikšić, Montenegro; an Artillery Trainer for the Bosnian Federation Army in Livno, Bosnia-Herzegovina; a Military Analyst for the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia; and a Policy Analyst for the US Department of Defense in Alexandria, Virginia. In a recent interview with Washington, DC's WTTG-Fox 5 News, Col. Montgomery offered analysis of the crisis in Kyrgyzstan, home to a US military base that plays a vital role in the war in Afghanistan. Click here to watch the Fox 5 interview in full.

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow David Kay, Ph.D., says new sanctions against Iran approved by the UN Security Council are weak. Although President Obama has praised the Security Council for its decision, Dr. Kay believes that congratulations are not quite warranted. In an interview with The Washington Times, the former IAEA chief nuclear weapons inspector says the sanctions actually represent "a victory for the Iranians." Click here to read the Washington Times web article.