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General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action
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E-mail: pstares@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
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Expert on emerging regional and international security challenges. Led the Iraq Study Group's Strategic Environment Expert Working Group. Currently focusing on conflict prevention strategies for regions of concern.
Expertise:U.S. national security policy, conflict prevention strategies, U.S. counterterrorism policy, Northeast Asia security
Experience:Vice President, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of Peace (2002-07); Associate Director and Senior Research Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University (2000-02); Senior Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs and Director of Studies, Japan Center for International Exchange (1996-2000); Senior Fellow and Research Associate, Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings Institution; NATO Fellow; Scholar-in-Residence, MacArthur Foundation – Moscow Office; Rockefeller International Relations Fellow; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University.
Selected Publications:“Rethinking the ‘War on Terror:’ New Approaches to Conflict Prevention and Management in the Post-9/11 World (USIP Press 2007), Rethinking Energy Security in East Asia (JCIE, 2000), The New Security Agenda: A Global Survey (JCIE, 1998), Global Habit: The Drug Problem in a Borderless World (Brookings, 1996).
Current Research Projects
Past Research Project
March 28, 2008
| Speakers: | Leon S. Fuerth, Shapiro Professor of International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs Paul J. Kern, Senior Counselor, the Cohen Group David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University; Professor of Law, Stanford Law School |
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| Presider: | Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director, Center for Preventive Action |
Transcript
Concerns are increasing about the consequences of global climate change, rising consumption rates, and population growth on the availability of natural resources, including water, land, forests, oil, gas, and a variety of minerals. In the face of scarcity, are we likely to see a rise in violent conflict over valuable resources? Or is the probability of 'resource wars' much less than feared? Speakers discuss these issues at a meeting cosponsored with the Council’s Center for Preventive Action.
See more in Energy/Environment, Natural Resources Management
February 19, 2008
| Speaker: | Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Paul Stares, Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
February 19, 2008
| Speaker: | Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to CFR Senior Fellow Daniel Markey review the Pakistani election results and disuss implications for the future.
See more in Pakistan, Elections
January 4, 2008
| Speaker: | Michelle D. Gavin, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Paul Stares, Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
Michelle D. Gavin, International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the post-election situation in Kenya, its potential development, and possible solutions.
See more in Kenya, Elections, International Peace and Security
December 14, 2007
| Speakers: | Janusz Bugajski, Director, CSIS New European Democracies Project, Senior Fellow, CSIS Europe Program Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University Daniel Serwer, Vice President, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations and The Centers of Innovation, United States Institue of Peace Dimitri Simes, President, The Nixon Center |
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| Presider: | Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Denior Fellow for Conflict prevention and Director of the Center for Preventative Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
Four speakers discuss the consequences of an independent Kosovo.
See more in Kosovo, Serbia, Nationalism, Peacekeeping
December 10, 2007
| Speakers: | Stewart M. Patrick, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development Nancy E. Soderberg, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of North Florida Donald K. Steinberg, Vice President for Multilateral Affairs, International Crisis Group |
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| Presider: | Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
Video
Watch experts discuss strategies for preventing conflict in the years ahead, with particular regard to weak or failing states.
See more in International Peace and Security, Conflict Prevention
December 10, 2007
| Speaker: | Terje Roed-Larsen, President, International Peace Academy |
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| Welcoming Remarks: | Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Presider: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
Video
Watch Terje Roed-Larsen, president of the International Peace Academy, discuss the challenges facing conflict prevention efforts in the Middle East.
See more in Middle East, International Peace and Security, Conflict Prevention
December 10, 2007
| Speakers: | Stewart M. Patrick, Research Fellow, Center for Global Policy Development Nancy E. Soderberg, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Unversity of North Florida Donald K. Steinberg, Vice president for Multilateral Affairs, International Crisis Group |
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| Presider: | Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention, and Director, Center for Preventative Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
A transcript of the CFR session three symposium on the future of conflict prevention.
See more in Conflict Prevention
December 10, 2007
| Speaker: | Terje Rød-Larsen, International Peace Academy |
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| Presiders: | Richard N. Haass, President, The Council on Foreign Relations Paul Stares, Welcoming Remarks. General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention, and Director, Center for Preventative Action, The Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
A transcript of the CFR Conflict Prevention Symposium, Session 1.
See more in United States, Conflict Prevention
December 10, 2007
| Speakers: | Stewart M. Patrick, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development Nancy E. Soderberg, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of North Florida Donald K. Steinberg, Vice President for Multilateral Affairs, International Crisis Group |
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| Presider: | Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to experts discuss strategies for preventing conflict in the years ahead, with particular regard to weak or failing states.
See more in International Peace and Security, Conflict Prevention
December 10, 2007
| Speaker: | Terje Roed-Larsen, President, International Peace Academy |
|---|---|
| Welcoming Remarks: | Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Presider: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to Terje Roed-Larsen, president of the International Peace Academy, discuss the challenges facing conflict prevention efforts in the Middle East.
See more in Middle East, International Peace and Security, Conflict Prevention
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
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