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Posted On: Jan 21, 2010
In a briefing on January 21, 2010, Sue Veres Royal, co-director of U.S. in the World, presented recent findings about effective messaging for advocates working on human rights in the context of national security. The presentation, with the presenter's notes, are attached.
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Posted On: Jan 19, 2010
This memo aims to reinforce the strategic logic of the Topos Partnership's research (including by highlighting selected findings) and to reinforce connections between the research findings and the work of the National Security and Human Rights Campaign, with special attention to bridging some of the initial "disconnects" that seem to be coming up for advocates who have started to grapple with the implications of the research.
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Posted On: Jan 11, 2010
Monthly newsletter focusing on NATO policy-making and operational activities. The clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide
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Posted On: Jan 06, 2010
Posted by Christopher PrebleThat is the question posed at the National Journal’s National Security experts blog.My response:We shouldn’t even be contemplating war in Yemen, but we should also understand that the proposed expansion of security assistance to the government there is likely to pay only meager dividends.Steven Metz gets at the nub of this problem in his two thoughtful posts (here and here). We have an unreliable ally. We have minimal capacity for making them more reliable....
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Posted On: Jan 05, 2010
A December 2009 report from the Charity and Security Network describes how U.S. nonprofits are hindered from being an ally against violent extremism due to burdensome CTMs.
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Posted On: Dec 23, 2009
by Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Afghanistan is the sort of country which humanitarian-minded people understandably want to "fix." It has become a target of aggressive pro-war activists ranging from neoconservatives who believe in remaking other societies at gunpoint to feminists who believe in waging war to improve the status of women.The latter group belies the common assumption that the Left opposes war. While the Right traditionally resisted imperialistic social engi...
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Posted On: Dec 08, 2009
The fourth edition of NATO Watch’s bi-monthly Observatory newsletter. Our focus is on NATO policy-making and operational activities and the clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals worldwide.
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Posted On: Dec 02, 2009
Policy ForumThursday, December 3, 4:00 p.m. Featuring Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; Gregory Nojeim, Senior Counsel, The Center for Democracy and Technology; Jena Baker McNeill, Homeland Security Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation; and Richard Samp, Chief Counsel, Washington Legal Foundation. Moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato InstituteAbout the event - Congress is presently moving to renew several provisions of the USA...
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Posted On: Nov 09, 2009
NATO Watch bi-monthly Observatory with a focus on NATO policy-making and operational activities. The clips are drawn from a wide range of subscriptions, feeds and alerts covering a substantial part of the major English language newspapers and other periodicals world.
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Posted On: Nov 05, 2009
The National Security Network (NSN), the political voice of the progressive national security community, is filling two positions for its policy team. Our policy unit comprises 3-4 individuals who report to the Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer and who work as a team to advance progressive national security policies with Administration policy makers, Members of Congress and their aides, political campaigns, the think tank and advocacy communities, and the media. Team members will ...
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Posted On: Oct 15, 2009
The two-decade-old conflict in Somalia has entered a new phase, which presents both a challenge and an opportunity for the United States. To best encourage peace in the devastated country, Washington needs a new strategy that takes into account hard-learned lessons from multiple failed U.S. interventions.In a new study, author David Axe argues that Washington should err on the side of nonintervention, and recommends:The Obama administration should work to build a regional framework for reconc...
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Posted On: Oct 02, 2009
Bi-monthly newsletter with NATO news and opinion clips
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Posted On: Aug 04, 2009
Contact: Michael Stulman, michael.stulman@africaaction.org; 202-546-7961"This letter, endorsed by 18 organizations and 15 independent analyst, urge a new U.S. engagement with Africa. The letter takes much of the rhetoric of President's Obama's Ghana speech and couples it with specific policy prescriptions targeting the U.S. State Department upon the beginning of Secretary Clinton's trip to Africa (August 5-14)..."Source:
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Posted On: Jul 31, 2009
Posted by Jim HarperLet’s fisk a DHS press release! It’s the “Statement by DHS Press Secretary Sara Kuban on Markup of the Pass ID Bill by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.” Here goes:On the same day that Secretary Napolitano highlighted the Department’s efforts to combat terrorism and keep our country safe during a speech in New York City,This part is true: Secretary Napolitano was in New York speaking about terrorism.Congress took a major step forward ...
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Posted On: Jul 31, 2009
One of the frequent tropes of recent years is the notion that the United States is in decline, and America is plunging from being the only great power in the system to a status merely as first among equals. A veritable slew of books have come out in recent years making this argument. You also get this rhetoric when folks are arguing that we need more F-22s than we actually do, or for various other military-industrial-congressional boondoggles that the MIC complex and its supporters don...
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Posted On: Jul 29, 2009
Institute for Policy Studies Communications DirectorDescription: The Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive multi-issue think tank in Washington, D.C., seeks a Communications Director to join our growing communications department. The Communications Director will direct and implement communications strategy to support the Institute's mission through tactics that include strategic planning, new media, messaging, and other innovative solutions. The Communications Director reports to the E...
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Posted On: Jun 25, 2009
WorldPublicOpinion.org surveyed Americans on specific issues regarding torture, including U.S. participation in international conventions and specific interrogation methods. Fifty-nine percent of respondents favor the absolute prohibition of torture in international law; only 21 percent believe it should be changed.
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Posted On: Jun 22, 2009
On June 18, U.S. in the World's Priscilla Lewis briefed Connect U.S. Fund community members on the unique challenges that face human rights advocates when the debate is framed in terms of safety and security. The attached slide show outlines the presentation.Here are some resources and polling data referenced:US divided over torture, closing GuantanamoBy Liz SidotiAP-GfK Poll, June 3, 2009http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQyN-2FhUXCnyJ5L6YG3ZQn2E1JQD98J26MG0 Guantanamo Hurt U...
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Posted On: Jun 17, 2009
Washington Examiner, Tue, June 16, 2009: Gene Healy authored an op-ed on civil liberties and right-wing terrorism: "The 'Militia Panic' of 2009"
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Posted On: Jun 03, 2009
by Jim HarperI've been intrigued to watch the foment about whether the man who killed Dr. Tiller is a terrorist.At the ThinkProgress Wonk Room, Matt Duss says, emphatically, "Yes, Dr. Tiller's Murderer is a Terrorist." LifeNews.com, a nominal representative of the other "side," is equally eager to report that abortion activists are calling pro-life advocates "terrorists."Mostly, it appears, the Tiller/terrorist question is emotional energy-drink for both sides of the abortion debate. We sho...