Michael Keane is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California where he teaches a popular class on strategy. He has served as a consultant for major corporations and government entities, including Citibank and the World Bank. In 1995, Mr. Keane was selected to be a David L. Boren Fellow of the U.S. Department of Defense's National Security Education Program and spent a year in Vietnam researching guerrilla warfare.
In 1989 he was one of the first Americans to return to Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam War and he accompanied Vietnamese troops into Cambodia where they were fighting the Khmer Rouge. In December 2003, Mr. Keane was embedded with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division in Iraq. He has also participated in the U.S. Naval War College’s annual Current Strategy Forum.
Michael Keane's commentaries on military strategy have been featured on CNN, National Public Radio, and in the Los Angeles Times. In 2003 following the United States invasion of Iraq, his commentaries published in the Los Angeles Times, correctly predicted that what at that time was perceived as a swift victory would quickly devolve into a difficult guerrilla conflict.
Mr. Keane, who serves as the Military Analyst for Fox 11
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