Commissioner Brookes was reappointed to the Commission by House Minority Leader John Boehner on December 10, 2009, for a third two-year term expiring December 31, 2011.
As senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, Peter Brookes develops and communicates Heritage’s stance on foreign policy and national security affairs through media appearances, research, published articles, congressional testimony, and speaking engagements.
In addition, he writes for the New York Post. Brookes is also a contributing editor for Armed Forces Journal magazine and a contributor at Townhall magazine, having over 300 articles published in over 50 newspapers, journals and magazines.
He is the author of A Devil’s Triangle: Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Rogue States (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, hardback 2005, paperback 2007).
Brookes has made nearly 1,000 appearances as a commentator on TV and radio and has been quoted by many of the world’s largest newspapers and magazines. He is also a frequent public speaker both in the United States and overseas and has testified numerous times before both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on foreign policy, defense, and intelligence issues as an administration official and as a private citizen.
Before coming to Heritage, Brookes served in the George W. Bush Administration as the deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs. Prior to joining the Bush Administration, he worked as a Professional Staff Member with the Committee on International Relations in the U.S. House of Representatives. He also served with the CIA. Just prior to his CIA service, he worked for the State Department, at the United Nations, and in the defense industry.
Brookes is a decorated military veteran, having served on active duty with the U.S. Navy in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, the Defense Language Institute, the Naval War College, and the Johns Hopkins University.