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.
Foreign Aid, Diplomacy and the Budget Problem
posted by Maria Stohler on August 3, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Today in the Washington Post, Senator John Kerry makes a strong case in defense of foreign aid. While some propose slashing foreign assistance as a partial solution for our current budget crisis, this would be a grave mistake. Sen. Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a member of ASP’s Board of Directors,…
7 Reasons “Coffee House” Media Can Improve National Security
posted by Maria Stohler on July 14, 2011 at 3:44 pm
The cover feature of this week’s Economist, “Back to the Coffee House,” says that they way we receive and share news is returning to a bygone era of “conversational culture.” Before advertising and mass marketing modernized news into conventional papers as we know them today (or… knew them… until recently), news was participatory, partisan, and…
The Problem of Hamid Karzai and Our Mission in Afghanistan
posted by Maria Stohler on June 22, 2011 at 11:18 am
The Afghan President has served as an important symbolic figure and partner in the Afghanistan war, but his continued ridicule of coalition forces may further erode US support for the mission and people Karzai purports to serve. In a speech this past weekend to the Afghanistan Youth International Conference, President Hamid Karzai criticized US and…
Our Failing “Counternarrative”
posted by Germain Difo on September 9, 2010 at 11:38 am
This morning President Obama noted the following regarding the planned Koran burning to be held at the Dove World Outreach Centre in Florida: This is a recruitment bonanza for al Qaeda. You could have serious violence in places like Pakistan or Afghanistan. This could increase the recruitment of individuals who would be willing to blow…
