Shawn Brimley is a Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Mr. Brimley was the 2007-2008 holder and inaugural recipient of the 1LT Andrew J. Bacevich, Jr., USA Fellowship. Prior to joining CNAS, he was a Research Associate in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he worked on a variety of defense and national security projects. While at CNAS he has co-authored several reports, including: Shaping the Iraq Inheritance; Phased Transition: A Responsible Way Forward and Out of Iraq; Making America Grand Again: Toward a New Grand Strategy; and he co-edited Finding Our Way: Debating American Grand Strategy. His research focuses on U.S. grand strategy, defense policy, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. His writing has appeared in many publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Quarterly. He blogs for The Washington Post and Democracy Arsenal.