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Posted On: Jul 08, 2010
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an international learned society and policy research center with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, seeks a Program Officer /Associate to support its work on issues of Science and Global Security. The Academy’s Committee on International Security Studies is undertaking a major integrative project on the global nuclear future and energy policy. This is a unique opportunity for a highly motivated individual to play a role in significant in...
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Posted On: Jun 29, 2010
It's obvious to everyone that post-Saddam Iraq has an array of internal weaknesses. Hatred between Sunnis and Shiites exploded into near civil war in 2006 - 2007, and animosity between those religious factions continues to roil. Relations between Arabs (both Sunnis and Shiites) and Kurds are also tense and could easily lead to armed conflict, especially over the political status of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Iraq's political system borders on the dysfunctional, as evidenced by the continui...
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Posted On: Jun 16, 2010
by Benjamin H. Friedman and Christopher Preble Benjamin Friedman is a research fellow in defense and homeland security studies at the Cato Institute, where Christopher Preble is director of foreign policy studies. They are members of the Sustainable Defense Task Force, an ad hoc advisory panel created by Rep. Barney Frank.This article appeared in The Los Angeles Times on June 14, 2010. Recent reporting has claimed that the Pentagon is fighting to trim the defense budget, valiantly protecting ...
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Posted On: Jun 11, 2010
Application deadline: July 20, 2010 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Hours per week: Full time, exempt Compensation: Depends on experience. Full benefits (paid vacation, health, dental) are provided. Summary Description NAPF is seeking a Director of Development at its headquarters in Santa Barbara, CA. This is a senior management position reporting to the President. The Director of Development is responsible for securing increased and sustainable resources through planning, supervising and e...
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Posted On: Jun 04, 2010
On May 8th Partners for Global Change took on a nuclear issue. With President Obama's bold statement on the policy of using nuclear weapons to the historic signing of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the United States and Russia, to Washington, D.C. hosting 47 countries as part of the President's Nuclear Summit to next month's Nuclear Proliferation Treaty conference in New York at the United Nations we are being bombarded on all sides by all things nuclear.
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Posted On: Jun 04, 2010
The Organization: WAND (Women's Action for New Directions) is a national, non-profit organization which works to educate the public and opinion leaders about the need to reduce violence and militarism in society, and redirect excessive military spending to unmet human and environmental needs. WAND operates two non-profit organizations with one united vision. WAND Education fund is a non-partisan educational program. WAND Inc. helps us to transform our ideas into policies and real chang...
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Posted On: May 25, 2010
Avoiding Pyongyangby Doug Bandow05.24.2010After an investigation of nearly two months, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has concluded that North Korea torpedoed the Cheonan, a corvette thatsank in the Yellow Sea in late March. Today, Seoul is going to the United Nations Security Council.South Korea must respond to the attack. But no strategy is free of danger. And the ROK's military alliance with America makes it more difficult forboth nations to act in their respective interests.Full article li...
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Posted On: May 20, 2010
by Ted Galen Carpenter05.19.2010 Akbar Ganji is someone U.S. officials should heed when it comes to policy toward his native Iran. Ganji, a writer and journalist who became the fifth biennial recipient of the Milton Friedman Award for Advancing Liberty on May 13, hasn’t just talked the talk when it comes to working to establish a democratic Iran, he has walked the walk far beyond what most people could endure. During the late 1990s, he presented evidence that the mullahs were behind the ass...
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Posted On: May 06, 2010
Edited by Benjamin H. Friedman, Jim Harper, and Christopher A. PrebleTerrorizing Ourselves explores disciplined approaches to terrorism and dismantles the flawed thinking that dominates today's national security policy. It exposes how politicians manipulate fear for political purposes and shows how anxiety about terrorism is driving military adventurism, exploding the national debt, militarizing domestic affairs, and shifting expenditures away from other urgent priorities. E-Book at...
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Posted On: Apr 27, 2010
Background Peace Action West works for smarter American approaches to global problems. We engage average citizens in foreign policy issues like no other organization. Through Peace Action West, our thousands of members make their voices count on matters that shape our world. Description This position is based in our Oakland office. The Deputy Political Director will also serve as the coordinator of the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World. Through grassroots organizing, direct l...
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Posted On: Apr 22, 2010
Position Requirements: The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is seeking to hire a Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation. Under the overall direction of the Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the Chief Operating Officer, the Deputy Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation will be responsible for assisting in educating Congress and the Administration on nuclear arms control and non-proliferation issues. Issue priorities include the New START nuclear arms agreement, de...
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Posted On: Apr 12, 2010
Beyond Nuclear, based in Takoma Park, MD, is seeking a summer intern to work on multiple projects including short videos, social media, Capitol Hill briefings, research papers and media outreach. Please call 301.270.2209 to speak to Cindy Folkers or Linda Gunter about the position. Or send your inquiry and resume with a brief statement containing your view on nuclear energy to: info@beyondnuclear.org. This is an unpaid intern position, not paid empl...
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Posted On: Apr 12, 2010
On April 8, 2010, President Obama issued a message to the attendees of the NGO Nuclear Security Summit, thanking them for their dedication and contributions to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons.
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Posted On: Apr 09, 2010
April 2010 edition of NATO Watch’s monthly Observatory. The 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: Apr 07, 2010
The Project for Nuclear Awareness seeks an energetic, motivated intern to work with Ban All Nukes Generation-USA (Bang-USA), our national youth network for international disarmament. Applicants should be creative, interested in outreach, networking and educating youth, and be self-starters. We welcome all fresh, new ideas for reaching out to youth in the Philadelphia area and nationally this summer. This is our generation, and our world and we were the ones who inherited nuclear weapons, th...
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Posted On: Apr 07, 2010
The Project for Nuclear Awareness seeks an energetic, motivated intern to assist with development work including identifying grants, writing and editing letters of intent, outreach to individual donors, and other office tasks including, but not limited to, program and event planning. This is the perfect summer internship for a college student interested in working in a fun atmosphere at a small nonprofit. Applicants should be current undergraduate students with a background in economics, in...
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Posted On: Mar 09, 2010
www.natowatch.orgJournalists and researchers writing about NATO need to be able to quickly find accurate and reliable information at their fingertips. Congressmen and women and members of the public need to keep up to date with developments in an Alliance that impacts on over 890 million citizens within the 28 Member States - a number that increases to 20 per cent of the global population when Partner ...
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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
DATE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009 MR. LYNN: Thanks very much, Nancy. Nancy had a way of working with Senator Kennedy. As you know, he had an unforgettable speaking style. Face reddened and fist pounding-that Boston Brahmin accent. You might think that all came naturally, and usually it did. But occasionally, on one topic or another, he might lag a bit. And Nancy would anticipate that. You have to remember, on the Senate floor, there's nobody there, so there's no excitement. So...
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Posted On: Jan 05, 2010
Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) is seeking to appoint an Edward Rawson Government Relations Fellow to work out of its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Citizens for Global Solutions embraces a vision of a world in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation alone can solve. To this end, Citizens for Global Solutions educates Americans about our global interdependence, communicates global concerns to...