Alan W. Dowd

Mr. Dowd is a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute, conducting research into defense and security. He is a contributing editor with The American Legion Magazine, columnist at The Landing Zone, and a regular contributor to several other publications, including Fraser Forum, World Politics Review, and Military Officer. His writing also has appeared in Policy Review, Parameters, The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, American Outlook, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Times, The Washington Examiner, The Sacramento Bee, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Detroit News, The Windsor Star, The Winnipeg Free Press, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The American Enterprise, The World & I, The Jerusalem Post, The Financial Times Deutschland, American Enterprise Online, FrontPage, National Review Online, and Weekly Standard Online, among others.

Before joining the Fraser Institute, he was a senior fellow with the Sagamore Institute and, earlier, director of the Hudson Institute’s corporate headquarters. He has served as director of constituent services for a U.S. congressman and adjunct professor at Butler University. He holds a BA with high honors in political science from Butler University and an MA in philanthropic studies from Indiana University.