Michael Walsh

Michael Walsh is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He conducts research on the strategic, operational, and tactical gaps that exist in American foreign policy. Mr. Walsh is best known for his policy-relevant contributions to the alignment of governance, foreign aid, and military posture with regional realities, particularly in the Arabian Peninsula, Northern Africa, the Pacific Islands, Southeastern Europe, and Southern Africa. His scholarship tends to bridge the theoretical and applied policy realms, akin to Richard Haass’s pragmatic diplomacy, Graham Allison’s decision-making frameworks, and Susan Strange's structural dynamics. At the Lasky Center, Mr. Walsh is working on his PhD project on the quality characteristics of American foreign policy planning, with a particular focus on the implications for public perception and the collective good. Publications related to this project have appeared in Orbis.