Mark Perry

Mark Perry is a senior analyst at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the author of 10 books on foreign policy and military history.
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Joe Biden at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
Joe Biden at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

How Biden Will—and Won’t—Battle the Pentagon

Essay
Mark Perry
Joseph Biden speaks during a meeting with representatives from the video game and entertainment industries Jan. 11, 2013 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House in Washington.
Joseph Biden speaks during a meeting with representatives from the video game and entertainment industries Jan. 11, 2013 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House in Washington.

Biden’s Eisenhower Strategy for China

Argument
Mark Perry
Lloyd Austin prepares to hold a media briefing on Operation Inherent Resolve, the international military effort against ISIS on Oct. 17, 2014 at the Pentagon in Washington.
Lloyd Austin prepares to hold a media briefing on Operation Inherent Resolve, the international military effort against ISIS on Oct. 17, 2014 at the Pentagon in Washington.

Lloyd Austin Isn’t Who You Think He Is

Argument
Mark Perry
U.S. soldiers wearing gas masks wait for orders during a chemical warfare exercise in Yeoncheon near the North Korea-South Korea border on Feb. 26, 2003.
U.S. soldiers wearing gas masks wait for orders during a chemical warfare exercise in Yeoncheon near the North Korea-South Korea border on Feb. 26, 2003.

America’s Pandemic War Games Don’t End Well

Argument
Mark Perry
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and U.S. President Donald Trump
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and U.S. President Donald Trump

The Pentagon’s Invisible Man Is Winning Washington’s Power Game

Profile
Mark Perry
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen.Joseph Dunford answers questions during a Pentagon briefing in Arlington, Virginia, on May 19, 2017.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen.Joseph Dunford answers questions during a Pentagon briefing in Arlington, Virginia, on May 19, 2017.

The Last Adult Is Leaving the Room

Argument
Mark Perry
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton at the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 11, 2018. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton at the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 11, 2018. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

The Blob Is Lying About Trump’s Sudden Syria Withdrawal

Argument
Mark Perry
Defense Secretary James Mattis waits for the arrival of German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen outside the Pentagon June 20, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Defense Secretary James Mattis waits for the arrival of German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen outside the Pentagon June 20, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Mattis’s Last Stand Is Iran

Argument
Mark Perry
White House National Security Advisor HR McMaster on December 13, 2017 in Washington,DC. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)
White House National Security Advisor HR McMaster on December 13, 2017 in Washington,DC. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)

McMaster’s Problem Isn’t Trump. It’s Mattis and Kelly.

Argument
Mark Perry
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Is Gen. John Allen in Over His Head?

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Mark Perry
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You Can’t Kill Hamas, You Can Only Make It Stronger

Argument
Mark Perry
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The Iraqi Re-Awakening

Argument
Mark Perry
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A Martyr Unmartyred

Feature
Mark Perry
EPA/FREDRIK VON ERICHSEN
EPA/FREDRIK VON ERICHSEN

Looking for Hashish in Cairo? Talk to the Police

Feature
Mark Perry
Illustration by Piotr Lesniak for FP
Illustration by Piotr Lesniak for FP

The Driver

Feature
Mark Perry
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