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[REPORT] Expeditionary Economics: A New Approach to Foreign Aid
posted by Amber Allen on April 28, 2011 at 11:20 am
American Security Project, with support from the Kauffman Foundation, launches a new report series to introduce effective strategies in post-crisis development WASHINGTON D.C., 28 April 2011 – Today the American Security Project, with support from the Kauffman Foundation, released the first in a series of research reports on expeditionary economics (ExpEcon), a doctrine for understanding…
[MID-YEAR REPORT] ASP Releases Update to "Are We Winning?" Report
posted by Alyson Jeffcoats on April 29, 2010 at 2:22 pm
The American Security Project recently released the mid-year update to their annual “Are We Winning?” Report, which showed a marked decrease in Islamist terrorism in the last two quarters of 2009 outside of the on-going conflict theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan. Even though Islamist terrorist incidents still remain at historically high levels, the decrease at the end of 2009 was the largest since 2004, when National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) started tracking Islamist terrorist incidents. The report, authored by ASP Senior Fellow Bernard Finel and Researcher Germain Difo measures America’s progress in the fight against terrorism according to metrics that are designed to be both reproducible and objective.
International Law and the Victims of Climate Change
posted by Amber Allen on April 11, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Washington, DC – The American Security Project today released a report discussing the need to assist individuals impacted and displaced by climate change (IIDCCs). Authored by ASP Adjunct Policy Analyst Justin S. Rubin, the report details a four-part legal framework that must be enacted to provide support to IIDCC’s: a binding agreement between developed nations;…
Reforming the IPCC While Taking on Climate Change
posted by amy pond on March 29, 2010 at 12:00 am
The American Security Project today released a new report entitled “Reforming the IPCC: While Taking on Climate Change” which urges reform in how climate change research is conducted and reported. The report, authored by ASP Senior Fellow Dr. Bernard Finel and ASP Research Analyst Lindsey Ross, states that the decision in February 2010 by…
Congress Cannot Wait for Courts to Create Climate Change Policy
posted by amy pond on January 28, 2010 at 7:59 pm
The American Security Project today released a new Perspectives piece, authored by ASP Adjunct Policy Analyst Justin S. Rubin and ASP Senior Fellow Dr. Bernard I. Finel, which responds to the increasing number of lawsuits seeking to assign liability to companies for emissions that have helped cause climate change. The report, entitled: Congress Cannot Wait for Courts…
In Support of a Civilian Trial: United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Should Not be a Test Case
posted by amy pond on January 28, 2010 at 3:42 pm
The American Security Project today released a new report, authored by ASP Adjunct Policy Analyst Justin Rubin, which assesses the decision to try to case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court. The piece, entitled: “In Support of a Civilian Trial: United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Should Not be a Test Case,” argues…
