Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Director of Strategic Studies and Associate Professor of Practice
Johns Hopkins University Sais Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
Associate Professor of Practice and Associate Director of Strategic Studies
The Brookings Institution Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Semester at Sea Dec 2016 - May 2017
Professor
Office of the Secretary of Defense Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense- Strategy and Force Development
Education:
The Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (Sais) 2005 - 2010
Tulane University 2001 - 2005
Tulane University
Bachelors, Bachelor of Arts
The Johns Hopkins University
Masters, Master of Arts, Economics
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Skills:
Defense International Security Foreign Policy Foreign Affairs Policy Analysis National Security Public Policy Diplomacy Counterterrorism Strategic Planning Simulations Middle East International Affairs Defence International Business Finance
Languages:
Italian
News
US “committed” to staying in Syria to protect oil: officials
Suddenly and solely focusing on oil fields, and subsequent revenue, falling into the hands of malignant actors in Syria is substantively mistaken and misguided, says Mara Karlin, a Middle East security expert and a former top Pentagon official for strategy and force development.
Date: Oct 25, 2019
Category: World
Source: Google
An illusory victory: Was “mission accomplished” in Syria?
civil war, the death toll is close to half a million, and most of those deaths were the result of conventional bombings. As our colleague Mara Karlin recently said to the Washington Post: How horrific is it that we are particularly disturbed by one way of killing Syrian children but not the other?
Date: Apr 24, 2018
Category: World
Source: Google
Lebanon Is Boiling. Thousands of Americans Could Get Stuck in the Middle of a War.
Another war between Israel and Hezbollah is almost inevitable, former defense official Mara Karlin wrote in Foreign Affairs, citing the clash of strategic goals and arguing that Hezbollahs regional popularity has plummeted, and its anti-Israel credentials, which have been tarnished by years o
Date: Mar 15, 2018
Category: World
Source: Google
Youtube
Mission Brief | The Next National Defense Str...
The Department of Defense is crafting a new National Defense Strategy,...
Duration:
58m 19s
Reagan Defense Forum 2022: National Defense S...
Aaron Mehta sits down with Mara Karlin at RNDF 2022 to discuss nationa...
Duration:
7m 2s
MEI Defense Leadership Series: Episode 14 wit...
Created in June 2020, MEI's Defense Leadership Series is a speakers' f...
Duration:
1h 17s
Dr. Mara E. Karlin, author of Building Milita...
Dr. Mara E. Karlin, author of Building Militaries in Fragile States: C...
Duration:
58m 24s
Dr. Mara Karlin: "Building Militaries in Frag...
Dr. Mara Karlin speaks to cadets and faculty at the US Military Academ...
Duration:
1h 12m 3s
Dr. Mara Karlin, "Building Militaries in Frag...
On Tuesday, 22 May 2018 , Dr. Mara Karlin spoke at the OSD Historical ...