Alan W. Dowd's commentaries and research-intensive essays have also appeared in the American Legion Magazine, Policy Review, Parameters, the Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Current, the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, the Wall Street Journal Europe, the Jerusalem Post, the Financial Times Deutschland, the Indianapolis Star, National Review Online, the Weekly Standard Online, FrontPage Magazine, TCS Daily, the American Online and other publications.Beyond opinion journalism, Dowd has served as an adjunct professor and lecturer at Butler University, a researcher and administrator at leading think tanks, and a congressional aide.