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Paul Stares
William NashPolicymakers in the early twenty-first century have a range of alternatives—short of all-out war—designed to influence the behavior of nations that have violated international law or denied fundamental rights to their citizens. Increasingly, countries and institutions have drawn on these measures to try to head off or halt a conflict and mitigate its aftermath. The United Nations has taken the lead in mounting various missions, but other institutions—the African Union (AU) in the Darfur crisis in Sudan and the European Union (EU) in Bosnia—have also expanded their roles as peacekeepers and humanitarian helpers.
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Featured Projects
April 2006—February 2007
| Directors: | William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Military Fellows Program Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies |
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| Author: | Eduardo A. Gamarra |
April 2006—December 2006
| Staff: | William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Military Fellows Program |
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| Author: | Terrence Lyons, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University |
Featured Publications
September 2005
Task Force Report No. 55
This Council-sponsored, independent Task Force points out that nation-building is not just a humanitarian concern, but a critical national security priority that should be on par with war-fighting and urges the United States to equalize the importance of the two. The report argues that the United States must acknowledge that “war-fighting has two important dimensions: winning the war and winning the peace.”
June 2005
| Authors: | William L. Nash, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Military Fellows Program Amelia Branczik |
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Council Special Report No. 8
This report identifies the principal steps that the United States can take to secure the investment it has made in the western Balkans and facilitate the region’s progress toward its rightful destiny within the EU. In doing so, Forgotten Intervention? lays out a straightforward and doable strategy for the United States that will pay dividends.
"Patent policy needs to be balanced to protect the investments of original innovators as well as to encourage access to technologies and products," says this Council Special Report.
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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The David Rockefeller Studies Program is the Council’s “think tank.” Its work is integral to achieving the Council’s goal of contributing to the foreign policy debate. Fellows in the Studies Program do this by researching, writing, and commenting on the most important challenges facing the United States and the world.
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