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Bruce Blair is the president of the World Security Institute, a nonprofit organization that he founded in 2000 to promote independent research and journalism on global affairs.
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Mohamed Elkafoury, WSI Webmaster
Mohamed Elkafoury became the organization's webmaster in 2006. Previously, Elkafoury worked for WSI's Arabic language publication, Taqrir Washington, and Voice of America's Arabic Division. He moved to the United States from Egypt in 2001 after completing his B.S. in engineering at Cairo’s Ain Shams University and graduate coursework in information technology. Elkafoury has worked as a telecommunication engineer and an Oracle/Sybase database developer in manifold international companies. Elkafoury has fully managed to build Content Manage Systems for the World Security Institute , Taqrir Washington, Washington Prism, and Pulitzer Center websites. Previous work of ELkafoury includes the Egyptian Embassy and Newsandreports websites. 㰀倀㸀䔀洀愀椀氀㨀 攀氀欀愀昀漀甀爀礀䀀琀愀焀爀椀爀⸀漀爀最 㰀䈀刀㸀倀栀漀渀攀㨀 ⠀㈀ ㈀⤀ 㜀㤀㜀ⴀ㈀㤀㈀ 㰀⼀倀㸀ഀഊPublications
Prepared by CDI's Straus Military Reform Project, "America's Defense Meltdown: Pentagon Reform for President Obama and the New Congress" is an urgently-needed new book that addresses the largest issue left untouched by the recent presidential campaign: the continuing collapse in America's defenses and what to do about it.