In an age of strategic competition, where policymakers are increasingly concerned about wooing or losing allies, the influence value of security cooperation and assistance has taken on even more importance and has been used as justification for arms engagements with a number of high-risk partners. But a new report from the Department of State’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) offers cautionary insights on the difficulty of measuring, generating, or exercising influence through arms transfers. Join us on Thursday, January 16th as ISAB report authors and other experts discuss this new research and explore why there remains such a discrepancy between the assumed and realized value of arms for influence.
Featured Speakers
John Chappell, Advocacy and Legal Advisor, Center for Civilians in Conflict
Dr. Nola Haynes, ISAB Member at Dept. of State, Faculty at Georgetown University, Co-Chair Space Security, Law & Policy (SSLP) Working Group at WCAPS
Heather Hurlburt, ISAB Member at Dept. of State, Associate Fellow, Chatham House
Lyric Thompson, ISAB Member at Dept. of State, Founder & CEO Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs
Elias Yousif, Fellow and Deputy Director, Conventional Defense Program, Stimson Center
Rachel Stohl, Senior Vice President, Director of the Conventional Defense Program, Stimson Center (Moderator)