Iain F Cowie was a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence, the oldest defence thinktank in the World, at the outbreak of the Iraq War. He has been published in a wide variety...view moreIain F Cowie was a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence, the oldest defence thinktank in the World, at the outbreak of the Iraq War. He has been published in a wide variety of places, such as The Washington Post, the Jane's Police Review, the Journal of Cultural Approach and RUSI Newsbrief. He has a wide scope of interests having worked as a lawyer in the UK and as a journalist in Asia, and these have motivated an interdisciplinary style of study. He now lectures at Thammasat University in Thailand.view less