The Intent and Reality of Foreign Assistance to Afghanistan: Experience from Obama’s Surge
March 09, 2022
Rebecca Black
Past Programs
A Recent Visit to Palestine
February 10, 2015 Arvid and Mary Jo Lundy, prior to this visit to the Palestinian territories, they worked on a Habitat for Humanity Orphanage rehabilitation project in Romania and earlier on drinking water projects in Ethiopia and Chiapas, Mexico Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has been almost continuous in our lifetimes – or
The Santa Rosa Model: A Colombia Success Story
January 26, 2015 John Heard, former Senior Foreign Service Officer with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Peace Corps with tours in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, El Salvador, Bosnia and the Philippines plus a number of years in Washington Although Colombia has been pushed off the front pages by Iraq,
Scientific and Technological Cooperation and the Trans-Atlantic Economy – the “Fifth Freedom”
November 25, 2014 James Gavigan, Minister Counselor, EU Mission to the United States This program was held in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Even though the pursuit of new knowledge has never been delimited to national borders, the fact that public funds for science are
The US and Southeast Asia: The Challenging Times Continue
September 30, 2014 Will Itoh, Ambassador, Director, Washington International Programs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates Just in the past year, the political and economic atmosphere in mainland Southeast Asia – from Myanmar to Vietnam – has dramatically shifted. Myanmar’s “Arab spring” has faded, economically prosperous Thailand
Slovakia in the European Union 10 Years On: Promises Fulfilled?
August 12, 2014 Rick Zednik, EURActiv CEO The spring of 2004 was momentous in the history of independent Slovakia. On May 1 of that year, the country joined the European Union. Coming as it did less than five weeks after Slovakia joined NATO, this marked the culmination of a long process that
Still Thinking about the Unthinkable: Maintaining Nuclear Stability through Times of Transition
June 16, 2014 Houston T Hawkins, Senior Fellow, Principal Directorate, Global Security, Los Alamos National Laboratory Any reduction of the nation’s nuclear arsenal will have consequences, both direct and ancillary. Before the U.S. moves too far in shrinking nuclear stockpiles, many circumstances will need to be carefully evaluated. The following developments