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Expertise: Turkey, climate migration security, food security, defense policy
Max Hoffman is the director of National Security and International Policy at American Progress, focusing on Turkey and the Kurdish regions; U.S. defense policy; and the intersection of climate change, human migration, and security concerns. He has organized and undertaken repeated research trips to Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Germany, and India.
Prior to joining American Progress, Hoffman worked on disarmament and security issues for the United Nations and the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee. Hoffman has been published in a range of academic and news outlets. He received his M.A. in history from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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| Northern Syria Security Dynamics and the Refugee Crisis | Center for American Progress | May 26, 2021 |
| Flashpoints in U.S.-Turkey Relations in 2021 | Center for American Progress | January 19, 2021 |
| The Turkish Diaspora in Europe | Center for American Progress | December 10, 2020 |
| Turkey’s President Erdoğan Is Losing Ground at Home | Center for American Progress | August 24, 2020 |
| Turkey issued new rules for social media. That may mean that media censorship wasn’t working. | The Washington Post | July 30, 2020 |
| Turkey’s Changing Media Landscape | Center for American Progress | June 10, 2020 |
| Turkish Conservatives’ Loyalty to Erdoğan and Views on Potential Successors | Center for American Progress | December 5, 2019 |
| Trump’s Syria Shambles | Center for American Progress | October 24, 2019 |
| The Effects of a Suspension of Turkey’s EU Accession Process | Stiftung Mercator | October 4, 2019 |
| The State of the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict | Center for American Progress | August 12, 2019 |
| Responding to Turkey’s Purchase of Russia’s S-400 Missile System | Center for American Progress | March 21, 2019 |
| Trump’s Chaotic Syrian Withdrawal is a Big Mistake | The National Interest | December 20, 2018 |
| A Snapshot of Turkish Public Opinion Toward the European Union | Center for American Progress | September 27, 2018 |
| What Turkey’s Political Changes Mean for U.S.-Turkish Relations | Center for American Progress | July 31, 2018 |
| How Turkey Can Ensure a Successful Energy Transition | Center for American Progress | July 10, 2018 |
| Conservative Turkey Votes for One-man Rule | The Progressive Post | June 27, 2018 |
| Erdoğan Not Assured of First-Round Victory | Center for American Progress | June 14, 2018 |
| Turkey’s ‘New Nationalism’ Amid Shifting Politics | Center for American Progress | February 11, 2018 |
| Is Turkey Experiencing a New Nationalism? | Center for American Progress | February 11, 2018 |
| Potential Turkish Military Move on Afrin Risks Wider War | Center for American Progress | January 19, 2018 |
| The Process Behind Turkey’s Proposed Extradition of Fethullah Gülen | Center for American Progress | September 7, 2016 |
| Turkey 2023: Four Profiles of Modern Turkey | Center for American Progress | July 20, 2016 |
| Turkey’s Digital Divides | Center for American Progress | June 27, 2016 |
| Europe’s twenty-first century challenge: climate change, migration and security | Publishing House Springer | April 12, 2016 |
| The Unpaid Kurdish Peshmerga’s Offensive Against ISIS | Background Briefing | November 13, 2015 |
| Focusing on the Drivers of Conflict and Instability | Food Chain Reaction | November 8, 2015 |
| Turkey’s Right Rises Again | Center for American Progress | November 3, 2015 |
| Turkey’s President Erdogan’s Cynical Power Play | Background Briefing with Ian Masters | August 20, 2015 |
| Turkey Should Welcome Kurdish Gains in Northern Syria | Center for American Progress | June 24, 2015 |
| Climate Change, Migration, and the Demand for Greater Resources: Challenges and Responses | The SAIS Review of International Affairs | June 19, 2015 |
| Previewing Turkey’s General Election | Center for American Progress | June 2, 2015 |
| Cause behind African migrant flood has terrifying implications for the world | Reuters | April 21, 2015 |
| The U.S.-Turkey Partnership | Center for American Progress | March 12, 2015 |
| How ISIS Could Soon Control Close to Half of the Syrian Border with Turkey | The National Interest | October 7, 2014 |
| The United States, Turkey, and the Kurdish Regions | Center for American Progress | July 31, 2014 |
| Hagel’s Defense Cuts: A Good Idea | The National Interest | May 1, 2014 |
| A User’s Guide to the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Budget | Center for American Progress | April 24, 2014 |
| Turkey in Turmoil | Center for American Progress | March 27, 2014 |
| Defense Budget Proposal Postpones Key Choices | Center for American Progress | February 25, 2014 |
| For the Pentagon, Diminished Sequester Still Looms Under Congressional Budget Deal | Center for American Progress | December 12, 2013 |
| Remembering Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri | Center for American Progress | October 29, 2013 |
| Mission creep: A short history | Politico | September 5, 2013 |
| Erdoğan Aims to Distract with His Latest Remarks Against Israel | Center for American Progress | August 23, 2013 |
| Guinea-Bissau and the South Atlantic Cocaine Trade | Center for American Progress | August 22, 2013 |
| Liberal Turkey Speaks—Is Prime Minister Erdoğan Listening? | Center for American Progress | June 4, 2013 |
| Freedom of the Press and Expression in Turkey | Center for American Progress | May 14, 2013 |
| The Pentagon Must Carry Its Weight | Center for American Progress | April 11, 2013 |
| Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in the Amazon and the Andes | Center for American Progress | February 26, 2013 |
| U.S. Can Afford $500 Billion in (Smart) Defense Cuts | CNNMoney | February 4, 2013 |
| Barack Obama’s Historic Transformation of the American Military | The Grio | January 28, 2013 |
| How to Cut $100B from the Defense Budget | Politico | December 17, 2012 |
| $100 Billion in Politically Feasible Defense Cuts for a Budget Deal | Center for American Progress | December 6, 2012 |
| What’s $2 Trillion Among Friends? | Foreign Policy | August 21, 2012 |
| Gunpoint Stimulus | Foreign Policy | July 2, 2012 |
| Military Health Care: Facing the Facts | The National Interest | June 7, 2012 |
| What’s Next for NATO? | Center for American Progress | May 17, 2012 |
| The Top 10 Things to Know About Military Compensation | Center for American Progress | May 11, 2012 |
| Reforming Military Compensation | Center for American Progress | May 7, 2012 |
| VFW, Allies Mislead on Pay, Benefits | Center for American Progress | May 7, 2012 |
| Protecting Wasteful Military Spending at All Costs | Center for American Progress | April 18, 2012 |
| New Ryan Plan Hurts U.S. Foreign Policy | Center for American Progress | March 22, 2012 |
| The Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Budget: A Report Card | Center for American Progress | February 13, 2012 |
| Panetta’s Trimmed Defense Budget Is a Good First Step—but It Isn’t Enough | Center for American Progress | January 27, 2012 |
