Earle Scarlett is a Jamaican born U.S. diplomat with global experience; diplomatic postings include: Cameroon, Brazil (twice), Philippines, Ex-Yugoslavia, Bosnia, and Charge' d'Affaires a.i. in Ireland. Postings at the State Department include: China and Somalia Desks. As Lecturer, he was a State Department Dean Rusk Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University where he subsequently was examiner for Master’s theses in foreign affairs. In the U.S. State Department, he was Director of Training for Political Officers at the George Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. Scarlett was also Advisor for International Affairs at Maxwell Air Force Base where he taught at the Air War College.

After a 30 year career in diplomacy he has taught and lectured at the following institutions: University of Bologna (2005-2010), Emory University (2004), University of Georgia, Columbia University, Georgia Technical University, and Lynn University. Before entering the Foreign Service he taught Political Science and International Relations at Loyola-Marymount University Los Angeles.

Scarlett was educated in Jamaica, US, France, and UK.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Bin Laden, Obama, and the problematic aftermath (May 07, 2011)

The swirl of views posited by legal experts on how the US Navy SEAL should have handled the attack on international terrorist Osama Bin Laden is spellbinding. One can expect an interminable debate with no conclusion over the rectitude of this act. The prerogatives of national sovereignty, international law, morality, asymmetrical warfare, enemy combatants, and power are some of the ingredients.
In the wake of bin Laden's demise, the imperative now is to look ahead at potential consequences, strategy, and caveats. The captured treasure trove in Abbottabad will reveal much of Al Qaeda's plans. Already we learnt that CIA operatives had staked out a safe house in that town, located near to Pakistan military bases, surveilling bin Laden's fortified compound. And there is more to come.




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