PAST EVENT
Monday, June 01, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
The two Iraq wars in 1991 and 2003 represent milestones in American military intervention abroad. They reflect the influences of the two dominant and competing schools of American foreign policy. On June 1, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings will host Richard N. Haass for a discussion of his new book War of Necessity, War of Choice, as well as the implications of these two wars for future American military interventions in the Middle East. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Managing Global Insecurity, November 11, 2008, The Brookings Institution
American and global leaders face a choice: they can either use this moment to help shape an international, rule-based order that will protect their global interests, or resign themselves to an ad hoc international system where they are increasingly powerless to shape the course of international affairs. The longer the delay in new approaches and new cooperation against today’s threats, the more difficult the challenges will become. Global leaders must chart a shared path forward that marries power and responsibility to achieve together what cannot be achieved apart: peace and security in a transnational world. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ivo H. Daalder, May 29, 2008, Fora.tv
In this video clip of a discussion held by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Ivo Daalder explains what he sees as the four purposes of a proposed league (or concert) of democracies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ivo H. Daalder and Paul Stares, May 13, 2008, The Boston Globe
In the aftermath of tropical cyclone Nargis, Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares note "the military junta in Burma is failing the most basic responsibility of any government to take care of its citizens." They suggest that the United Nations must pass a resolution demanding the Burmese government to immediately accept offers of international aid without interference. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, February 29, 2008
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Washington, DC
The NATO-led operation in Afghanistan is challenging an alliance born in the Cold War to face twenty-first century security issues. Brookings welcomed NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer for a discussion on the effectiveness of the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan and what is needed for NATO and the international community to achieve success. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Benjamin Wittes, December 07, 2007, The New Republic
Detainees held for nearly six years at the Guantanamo Bay military prison recently received another hearing at the Supreme Court. But neither the justices nor the public should take at face value the insistence that large numbers of innocents populate Guantanamo, writes Benjamin Wittes. The broader debate over Guantanamo has suffered greatly from these overbroad claims of erroneous detentions. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Benjamin Wittes and Mark H. Gitenstein, November 15, 2007, Opportunity 08
A core challenge facing the next president in the war on terror is developing a legal framework for detaining terrorists. Brookings’s experts Benjamin Wittes and Mark Gitenstein offer recommendations that balance basic protections for detainees with regularized judicial review. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Rodman, October 08, 2007, PBS
Peter Rodman discusses the validity of General Patreaus's accusations that Iran is hindering Iraq's political and miliary progress. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Washington, DC
Moving beyond Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pacific Rim with emerging Asian powers presents vexing diplomatic and strategic challenges to U.S. influence. In his new book, Robert D. Kaplan examines how the U. S. military is gradually shifting from an operational focus on the Middle East to one on China and the Pacific. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ivo H. Daalder and James Lindsay, September 01, 2007, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Article by Ivo H. Daalder and James Lindsay, Democracy Journal (Fall 2007) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Riedel, August 23, 2007, World News Network
Bruce Riedel argues that the United States has under researched the war against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan from the beginning, saying “too few troops and too few resources have been the Achilles heel of the Bush administration's approach for almost six years.” Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Philip H. Gordon, August 19, 2007, The Washington Post
From George Kennan's "Long Telegram" in 1948 to the end of the Cold War, Philip Gordon offers four lessons that the United States ought to apply in combating terrorists today. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ivo H. Daalder and Robert Kagan, August 06, 2007, The Washington Post
Opinion by Ivo Daalder and Robert Kagan, The Washington Post (8/6/07) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Michael E. O'Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack, August 05, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Following a recent trip to Iraq, Brookings scholars Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack argue that the U.S. is making progress there. "The most important thing Americans need to understand: We are finally getting somewhere in Iraq, at least in military terms," they note. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Tamara Cofman Wittes, August 01, 2007, Council on Foreign Relations
Interview with Tamara Cofman Wittes, CFR.org (8/1/07) Read More