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Welcome to The Connect U.S. Fund. Promoting a network in support of responsible U.S. global engagement through grantmaking, policy advocacy and community-building.

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Current Priority Issues

U.S. Global Engagement

In today’s interdependent world, the U.S. confronts extraordinary international challenges, requiring cooperative, principled and farsighted leadership and a recognition of the strong connections between global issues.

Human Rights

We support efforts to restore American leadership in multilateral human rights instruments and institutions and to ensure U.S. capacity to address mass atrocities.

Security

The United States can and must do more to prevent the spread and use of deadly nuclear weapons, but this requires that we work in partnership with other countries.

Climate Change

Climate change is affecting our planet and the lives of people around the world – particularly the world’s poorest and most disenfranchised.

Development

We focus on reform of the international financial and trade architecture for sustainable development. We also support increasing the civilian capacity of the U.S. government for diplomacy and development.

Advocacy Best Practices

Connect U.S. works to ensure that the whole of advocacy is greater than the sum of its parts and that advocates have the tools and skills they need to be most effective.

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Events

InterAction Forum 2012

Apr 30, 2012, 08:00 am EDT

Featuring thought provoking plenary sessions and workshops with more than 100 experts from around the world, Forum 2012 will bring together 1,000 professionals from more than 350 organizations representing the international nonprofit community,...

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A House Divided

February 13, 2012 at 3:30pm by

Tensions between the West and Iran continue to rise following Israel’s threat to strike Iranian nuclear facilities if the republic does not yield to international demands to immediately discontinue its nuclear program. The New York Times recapped President Obama’s interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer on Sunday, February 5, where they discussed these recent developments.

February 8, 2012 at 11:49am by

This article is cross-posted from e-International Relations and the Center for Climate and Security

February 7, 2012 at 10:31am by

Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, and Alexandra Toma, founder and co-chair of the Fissile Materials Working Group, examine the issues surrounding the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit to take place in Seoul in March. What does the summit mean for international efforts to prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists? What are the current and new efforts aimed at North Korean denuclearization?

January 25, 2012 at 3:40pm by

In yesterday's State of the Union address, President Obama highlighted the role of the military in developing clean energy. This was a welcome mention. Building off of that, the military may also play a role in mitigating the risks of climate change.

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Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundaions-DC

The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve this mission, the Foundations seek to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. On a local level, the Open Society Foundations implement a range of initiatives to advance justice, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, we build alliances acro...

Director of External Relations

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) seeks a Director of External Relations to communicate and disseminate the organization’s research products, establish and maintain critical partnerships in the security policy and media communities, manage public events, and otherwise ensure that the Center’s work has the greatest possible impact. This person will be responsible for the Center’s print and electronic publications, website design and content, and event planning; an...

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