We strive to examine issues important to U.S. national security from a post-partisan perspective, meaning we try to break through the spin to find ideas we can use to encourage fresh thinking and build genuine consensus.
The Fundamental Disconnect of Afghan Reconstruction
posted by Joshua Foust on June 8, 2011 at 11:30 am
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has released a damning report on Afghan reconstruction. According to the Washington Post: The report describes the use of aid money to stabilize areas the military has cleared of Taliban fighters — a key component of the administration’s counterinsurgency strategy — as a short-term fix that provides politically pleasing results….
[REPORT] ASP and Sierra Club Release Joint Report Outlining Dangers of Our Reliance on Foreign Oil and the Need for a New Transportation Infrastructure
posted by Amber Allen on May 27, 2010 at 10:46 am
On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, the Sierra Club and the American Security Project released a joint report entitled “Ending Our Dependence on Oil,” which shows how America’s addiction to oil threatens our national security, our economy and our environment. The report states that to stop this dependence, we must invest in infrastructure that gives Americans safe and convenient alternatives to driving, improve the fuel economy of our cars, and develop the next generation of advanced biofuels.
[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.
Spying on Sea Lions? The Truth about Bipartisan Concern over the Threat of Climate Change
posted by Louis McCoy on January 15, 2010 at 11:47 am
Washington, DC – The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recently re-launched a program to share surveillance and other data with scientists monitoring climate change. Images from spy satellites—declassified and degraded—will be invaluable to scientists as they monitor the effects of climate change on sea ice, glaciers, tropical rainforests, and other natural phenomena. While some have criticized…
Restoring the Rule of Law to American National Security and Foreign Policy
posted by megan on November 19, 2008 at 5:28 pm
IN BRIEF
In order to make Americans safer and the United States stronger, the next President and Congress must act immediately to restore the rule of law to its rightful place at the center of U.S. national security and foreign policy.
