Strengthening Civilian Capacity and DOD’s Expanded Assistance Portfolio
…The expertise and goals of the civilian agencies in both diplomacy and development are marginalized when the military takes the lead on foreign assistance and foreign engagement. The civilian agencies…
1997 Indian-Pakistani Foreign Secretary-Level Talks
…the Indian Foreign Secretary was received by the President of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The Indian Foreign Secretary also called on the Foreign Minister Mr. Gohar Ayub…
North Korea’s “Checkerboard” Threat: Obstacles & Opportunities for the US-ROK Alliance
…in that the DPRK could easily exploit the vulnerability of fixed targets throughout the ROK, which can be easily identified using such publicly available tools as Google Earth. Additionally, the…
Heading Off Armed Conflict and War
…grand history of adapting to threats posed by foreign adversaries. The challenge today is that the adversary is not necessarily a country or an armed group where traditional powers of…
Building Bridges, Reinforcing Protection
…(2018), https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/35-19#n11. “On the Principles of Domestic and Foreign Policy,”6 Note: On the Principles of Domestic and Foreign Policy, Ukraine Law No. 2411–VI (2018), https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2411-17#n163. and “On the Fundamentals of National…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, November 2023
…emergencies at a series of two three-days training sessions, organized by the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine (SPU) in Kyiv on 23-28 October 2023. During the training that included a…
The Pitfalls of the Pentagon Taking the Lead on U.S. Security Assistance
…Military Education and Training program. The Pentagon program provided nonlethal counterterrorism training, but lethal training was made available two years later. Similarly, in 2006, the Pentagon was authorized to use…
Elevate Diplomacy in the Foreign Policy Toolkit
…and it continues to take a destabilizing military-first approach to foreign policy that undermines earnest attempts to engage in diplomacy. And yet, concerted U.S. diplomacy is desperately required in this…