NATO
June 9, 2008
"Attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan Highlight Instability"
Media Feature
Xenia Dormandy, Director of the Project on India and the Subcontinent, was interviewed for The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on June 9, 2008 regarding instability along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
April 1, 2008
Is NATO Dead or Alive?
Op-Ed, The Huffington Post
By Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall, Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project
PDP Senior Advisor Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall examines the future of NATO and asks: Will the Alliance, established to fight the Cold War, survive the 21st century?
February 28, 2008
PDP Senior Advisor Sherwood-Randall Participates in SHAPEX 2008 in Mons, Belgium
Press Release
Sherwood-Randall participates in NATO senior military commanders' annual strategic exercise in Mons, Belgium.
Photo Credit: Kai Mörk
February 10, 2008
PDP Co-Director Ashton B. Carter participates in Munich Conference on Security Policy
Press Release
By Jeffrey Kim, Former Affiliate, Preventive Defense Project
From February 8-10, 2008, PDP Co-Director Ashton B. Carter participated in the 44th Munich Conference on Security Policy (also known as Wehrkunde).
AP Photo
January 2008
"A Profile of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan"
Journal Article, CTC Sentinel, issue 2, volume 1
By Hassan Abbas, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program/Project on India and the Subcontinent
"The organizational strength, military strategy and leadership quality of the Taliban in Pakistan's tribal territories has qualitatively improved during the last few years. At the time of the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan in late 2001, allies and sympathizers of the Taliban in Pakistan were not identified as 'Taliban' themselves. That reality is now a distant memory. Today, Pakistan's indigenous Taliban are an effective fighting force and are engaging the Pakistani military on one side and NATO forces on the other."
December 2007
"'Stay-Behind' in France: Much Ado about Nothing?"
Journal Article, The Journal of Strategic Studies, Special Section: Preparing for a Soviet Occupation: The Strategy of 'Stay-Behind', issue 6, volume 30
By Charles G. Cogan, Associate, International Security Program
Stay-behind networks in France were set up starting in 1948 and were aimed at responding to the possibility of a Soviet armed attack into Western Europe. Participants were identified, and arms and explosives cached, to be activated in case of hostilities.
November 26, 2007
"Climate Change and Iceland's Role in North Atlantic Security"
Presentation
Björn Bjarnason is Minister of Justice for the Republic of Iceland, and a number of his responsibilities relate to domestic and external security — analogous to those of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. His lecture addressed security issues relating to maritime activity in the North Atlantic and the changing profile of these maritime security issues due to climate change and the increased exploitation of oil and gas in the Arctic.
Fall 2007
Tend to Turkey
Journal Article, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
By Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall, Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project
Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall's article in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.
July 24, 2007
Time to Heal U.S.-Turkey Wounds
Op-Ed, Christian Science Monitor
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative
Sunday's elections give a fresh opportunity to fix a terrible collapse in bilateral ties. Imagine a stable, prosperous, secular Muslim democracy in the Middle East. The dream of just such an outcome was the worthiest, albeit least likely, of President Bush's stated aspirations for the war in Iraq. Unfortunately, the way in which the administration has pursued this objective has damaged what remains the best hope for a successful moderate Muslim democracy in the region: Turkey.
June 26, 2007
"NATO Strikes Taliban Militants in Pakistani Territory"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Terrorism Focus, issue 20, volume IV
By Hassan Abbas, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program/Project on India and the Subcontinent
The covert understanding between the Pakistani government and NATO/ISAF in Afghanistan regarding direct U.S. military action in Pakistan's tribal areas is hardly a secret anymore.
