Brigadier General Kevin Ryan

Brigadier General Kevin Ryan

Brigadier General Kevin Ryan (ret.) is a joint fellow with the Shorenstein Center and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. General Ryan has supervised U.S. government security programs with various foreign militaries and served in Germany, Russia and Korea. He has participated in security negotiations at the national level and  facilitated cooperative programs with the Department of Defense, the George C. Marshall Center, the National Defense University and several other universities. In his most recent assignment, General Ryan was responsible for army strategic war plans, policy and international affairs. While at the Shorenstein Center, he explored military manpower strains on the U.S. military and how this issue can be understood by the American public through the press.

Russia’s Leadership Challenges in the 21st Century

March 26, 2012 – Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Kevin Ryan, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center; and Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center. Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Nieman Foundation and the Shorenstein Center.

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Army Manpower and the War on Terror

A paper by Kevin Ryan, fall 2005 fellow, argues that Army manpower is a subject that is often misunderstood and misreported. How does the status of Army manpower affect the nation’s War on Terror? What if the manpower demands of concurrent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have sapped the country’s ability to deploy to the next

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Press, Politics and Public Policy: The Domestic and International View

December 12, 2005 – “Press, Politics and Public Policy: The Domestic and International View.” Symposium with Shorenstein Fellows: David Anable, Christian Science Monitor; Diane Francis, National Post; Sunshine Hillygus, Harvard University; Zhengrong Hu, Communication University of China; and Kevin Ryan, Brigadier General (Ret.).

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Russia’s Leadership Challenges in the 21st Century

March 26, 2012 – Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Kevin Ryan, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center; and Simon Saradzhyan, Fellow, Belfer Center. Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Nieman Foundation and the Shorenstein Center.

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Army Manpower and the War on Terror

A paper by Kevin Ryan, fall 2005 fellow, argues that Army manpower is a subject that is often misunderstood and misreported. How does the status of Army manpower affect the nation’s War on Terror? What if the manpower demands of concurrent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have sapped the country’s ability to deploy to the next

Read More »

Press, Politics and Public Policy: The Domestic and International View

December 12, 2005 – “Press, Politics and Public Policy: The Domestic and International View.” Symposium with Shorenstein Fellows: David Anable, Christian Science Monitor; Diane Francis, National Post; Sunshine Hillygus, Harvard University; Zhengrong Hu, Communication University of China; and Kevin Ryan, Brigadier General (Ret.).

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