Skip to main content

Col. Kenneth Allard USA (Ret.)

About this Author

Latest from Col. Kenneth Allard USA (Ret.)

Real Clear Defense Light Logo

Military Strategy

October 3, 2020

When Appeasement is in Season

Last week was especially bad for the American military, already drained by sequestration and segregated from a society where “affluenza” has become...

Col. Kenneth Allard USA (Ret.) • RealClearPolitics
Real Clear Defense Light Logo

Military Personnel

October 3, 2020

Ken Allard on the State of America's National Security

I deeply appreciate the confidence of the editors at Real Clear Defense for inviting me to write a weekly column about national security issues....

Col. Kenneth Allard USA (Ret.) • RealClearPolitics
Real Clear Defense Light Logo

Terrorism

December 8, 2015

What a Commander-in-Chief Should Do

There are times when I think Barack Obama understands every word we say; but then, at other times, not so much. His speech from the Oval Office on...

Col. Kenneth Allard USA (Ret.) • RealClearPolitics
Real Clear Defense Light Logo

Uncategorized

November 24, 2015

Russia's Challenge to NATO, and President Obama

How ironic that on the eve of Turkey Day, so many chickens began coming home to roost. President Obama – a no-show in Paris following the Charley...

Col. Kenneth Allard USA (Ret.) • RealClearPolitics

Popular Stories

  • Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
  • Nima Gholam Ali Pour • RealClearDefense
  • Payuna Uday • RealClearDefense
  • Ben Poulin • RealClearDefense
  • Vadim Shtepa • Eurasia Daily Monitor
  • Mari Yamaguchi • Associated Press
  • Pavel K. Baev • RealClearDefense
  • Meda Parameswara Reddy • RealClearDefense
  • Alexandru Filip • RealClearDefense
  • Lance Gordon • RealClearDefense
  • Francis P. Sempa • RealClearDefense
  • Ryan Kane • RealClearDefense