PAST EVENT
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC
Due to inclement weather Brookings is closed on February 9 and this event is cancelled. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, January 28, 2010
10:15 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
From the troop increase in Afghanistan to the uptick in violence in Iraq to the relief mission in Haiti, the U.S. Army enters 2010 with an already robust agenda. On January 28, the 21st Century Defense Initiative at Brookings hosted General George Casey, chief of staff of the U.S. Army and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for a discussion of the state of the U.S. Army and the challenges it faces this year. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, January 25, 2010
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
On January 25, the Arms Control Initiative at Brookings hosted a discussion featuring Brookings President Strobe Talbott and Senior Fellows Steven Pifer and Clifford Gaddy, exploring how the United States and Russia can work together to reduce their nuclear arsenals and combat the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide, as they conclude the follow-on agreement to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expired last December. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ian Livingston, Heather Messera and Michael E. O'Hanlon, January 03, 2010, The New York Times
Ian Livingston, Heather Messera and Michael O'Hanlon examine leading metrics from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to assess how well the counterinsurgency and stabilization operations are faring in these three major arenas of U.S. military involvement. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Michael E. O'Hanlon, December 27, 2009, Los Angeles Times
In the past year, the United States has fought wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and spearheaded counterterrorism and counterinsurgency efforts in both countries and in Pakistan. Michael O'Hanlon writes that progress has been made in all three arenas, expressing guarded optimism for all three missions in the coming year. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, December 22, 2009, The Washington Examiner
As December 31 approaches, Peter Singer proposes several New Year’s resolutions for the Pentagon and examines the likelihood that the Obama administration and U.S. military leaders will follow through on them. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, December 21, 2009, CNN.Com
As demonstrated by a recent incident in Iraq, increased use of robotics and other unmanned systems in warfare creates unique and worrisome security challenges for the U.S. military. According to Peter Singer, the transmission of images collected by drones and other unmanned technologies is less encrypted than movies and video games downloaded to home computers and DVRs by U.S. consumers. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mike Mochizuki and Michael E. O'Hanlon, December 18, 2009, The Washington Times
For the past 15 years, the U.S.-Japan alliance has been largely focused on the fate of a single airfield - the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa. Mike Mochizuki and Michael O'Hanlon contend that this focus is misplaced, and that the United States and Japan would be better off concentrating on larger issues, such as dealing with a nuclear North Korea, the rise of China, and the global impact of Islamic extremism. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Steven Pifer, December 15, 2009, The Brookings Institution
U.S. and Russian negotiators are engaging in endgame negotiations to establish a new nuclear arms agreement that will replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expired on December 5. Steven Pifer lays out the essential background for understanding the START treaty and the endgame negotiations now underway. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Michael E. O'Hanlon, December 14, 2009, The Hill
Despite the enormous challenges facing the United States and NATO in the war in Afghanistan, Michael O'Hanlon believes that there are a number of factors that could lead to a favorable outcome, from improvements in Afghan security forces, to a general desire on the part of the Afghan people to create a better life for themselves. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Michael Fullilove and Anthony Bubalo, December 11, 2009, The Australian
President Obama's recent announcement of an initial troop surge and eventual exit strategy in Afghanistan drew sharp domestic criticism that the president was putting political interests above national security concerns. Michael Fullilove and Anthony Bubalo defend the president's announcement, saying that he must generate popular support on the home front while providing generals with the resources that they need to win the war. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Steven Pifer, December 07, 2009, The Brookings Institution
With the expiration of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia, Steven Pifer reflects on the main verification issues to be addressed as the two countries work toward a new arms reduction agreement. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Riedel, December 03, 2009, YaleGlobal Online
With the Administration’s decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, some say the Afghan war has now become President Obama's war. Bruce Riedel contends that the stakes are high and that the president will have to invest not only more U.S. and NATO troops, but also his political capital to convince a war-weary country to persevere in the face of great danger and uncertain outcomes. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Michael E. O'Hanlon and Bruce Riedel, December 02, 2009, USA Today
In the wake of President Obama's announcement of his new strategy in Afghanistan, Michael O'Hanlon and Bruce Riedel contend that the results of this strategy should be clear by the middle of 2011. The first order of business, according to O'Hanlon and Riedel, is to build up the Afghan army and police force. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vanda Felbab-Brown, December 02, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Following President Obama’s announcement to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, Vanda Felbab-Brown answers questions on the president’s new strategy and its prospects for creating security and stability in this war-torn country. Read More