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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: 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: Oct 02, 2009
Bi-monthly newsletter with NATO news and opinion clips
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Job
Posted On: May 05, 2009
The Connect U.S. Fund is seeking a leader committed to our vision of responsible U.S. global engagement and the belief that the whole of NGO advocacy in support of this goal must be greater than the sum of its parts. The Connect U.S. Fund is a foundation/NGO initiative that promotes responsible U.S. global engagement in an increasingly interdependent world through grantmaking and operations that advance critical foreign policy objectives and support an effective, collaborative community of in...
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Posted On: Mar 16, 2009
The American policy of space dominance has been challenged by other nations, which is in danger of leading towards the weaponization of space. The transformation of space into a conflict zone would endanger peaceful development, which could have a significant impact on the technology that drives our economy. To fully understand peaceful uses of space, the U.S. government should report on all commercial space activity. Richard Kaufmann, Henry Hertzfeld, and Jeffrey Lewis address these issues i...
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Posted On: Mar 03, 2009
Like many of our community members, the Connect U.S. Fund has been looking over the horizon at some important international meetings and events for 2009 and beyond. To keep track, we have started compiling as many as we can find in our new resource, The Datebook.This spreadsheet can be sorted by date, organization, or issue area to help community members find out what is going on in a variety of organizations and bodies that shape how the United States engages with the world. We will be updat...
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Posted On: Feb 18, 2009
This regularly updated resource tracks the official actions of President Obama on the issues of relevance to the Connect U.S. Fund community. "Presidential Actions" are defined as per the critera on the Presidential Actions section of the White House website, and currently include Executive Orders, Presidential Memoranda, and Presidential Policy Directives. If you notice any missing information, please feel free to contact Francesco Femia at ffemia@co...
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Posted On: Feb 18, 2009
A list of the key foreign policy-related appointments and potential appointments in the Obama Administration, including source information, updated daily by the Connect U.S. Fund professional staff. The list includes appointments in the following offices, agencies and departments:Agency for International Development (USAID)Central Intelligence AgencyDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of DefenseDepartment of EnergyDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeDepartment of StateDepartme...
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Posted On: Dec 04, 2008
The 2009 Peace and Security Initiative National Security and Non-Proliferation Briefing Book is an effort to address the most important and pressing proliferation and national security challenges that the Obama administration will face. Authors include leaders and issue experts in the peace and security community from both inside and outside the Beltway, and from both sides of the aisle.The book is organized into sections ranging from weapons reduction and control of fissile materials to re...
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Posted On: Nov 11, 2008
In response to a need identified by members at the June 30 Peace and Security Initiative meeting, PSI has been tracking the presidential transition teams and possible Executive Branch appointments on their issues. They hope this resource will enable grassroots, advocacy and other groups to more easily liaise with appropriate officials in the new administration. They will continue to update this Excel database over the next few months.
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Posted On: Oct 01, 2008
In this fifth annual edition of the “Unified Security Budget,” as with the previous four editions, a non-partisan task force of military, homeland security, and foreign policy experts laid out the facts of the imbalance between military and non-military spending. The ratio of funding for military forces vs. non-military international engagement in the Bush administration’s proposed budget for the 2009 fiscal year has widened to 18:1 from 16:1 in the 2008 fiscal year, accordi...
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Posted On: Aug 06, 2008
Organizations: Federation of American Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, Union of Concerned ScientistsThis document is a proposal of 10 beginning steps to take towards achieving the larger goal of establishing an international consensus on prohibition of nuclear weapons.Declare that the sole purpose of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter and, if necessary, respond to the use of nuclear weapons by another country.Reject rapid-launch options by changing U.S. deployment practices to all...
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Posted On: Aug 06, 2008
Organization: The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Author: Jeff LindemyerWritten in the format of a message to the next President, the author outlines the following steps to be taken to promote nonproliferation:negotiate a treaty and other measures to ban space weapons;promote universalization of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), advancement of its confidence building measures, and enhancement of its Implementation Support Unit, and to open negotiations on a comp...
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Posted On: Jun 23, 2008
When it assumes office on January 20, 2009, a new U.S. presidential administration will confront extraordinary political, security and humanitarian challenges. To restore American credibility and make progress on key issues, the next president will have to advance and implement a compelling vision for responsible U.S. global engagement in an increasingly interdependent world. The Connect U.S. Fund is currently engaged in the second stage of a two-year program designed to influence...
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Posted On: Jun 04, 2008
A power-point presentation from the U.S. in the World team on how to communicate about nuclear and space weapons issues to various audiences that includes an overview of public opinion research and substantive messaging recommendations.
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Posted On: Jun 04, 2008
The Aspen Institute’s Global Interdependence Initiative (GII) has led a collaborative of policy analysts, lobbyists, grassroots organizers, field directors, and communications experts to create a resource aimed at keeping weapons from entering space. This is a communications and messaging resource aimed at providing groups and individuals opposed to space weapons a guide to effectively disclose this information to the public. This resource provides information about space weapons and a ...
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Report-Paper
Posted On: Jan 25, 2008
When it comes down to it, it seems most Americans do indeed prefer the Force over the blaster, Luke Skywalker over Han Solo, and Obi-Wan's diplomatic panache over Tarkin's lumbering Death Star. In short, for those who were not reared on repeat viewings of Star Wars, the majority of Americans do not want weapons in space! A new poll from World Public Opinion.org (WPI) and the Advanced Methods of Cooperative Security Program (CISSM) reveals that "Most Russians (72%) and Americans (80%)... ...