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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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May 28, 2003
Defense and Security
A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants, and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Overview Almost exactly a year after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush released to Congress and the American public his National Security Strategy, the most detai…
October 13, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Enhancing U.S. Diplomatic Engagement with Nonstate Armed Groups
Overview In this CPA Working Paper, Payton L. Knopf, a former Council on Foreign Relations fellow and current Foreign Service officer, discusses the importance of developing innovative diplomatic …
July 1, 2002
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Reshaping America's Military: Four Alternatives
Overview In the wake of the September 11 attacks and the ensuing war on terrorism, the United States began a massive buildup in its defense budget. There was little public debate, however, about t…
January 26, 2009
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
War About Terror
Overview President Barack Obama, in one of his first moves in office, reversed some of the most controversial detention and interrogation policies of the Bush administration. His three executive o…
January 8, 2009
Economic Crises
The Future of Foreign Assistance Amid Global Economic and Financial Crisis
Overview Though the United States of America faces its toughest budgetary and economic challenges since the Great Depression, it cannot afford to eliminate, or even reduce, its foreign assistance …
