Council of Councils
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Introduction
Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 8, 2009
Conflict Prevention
Enhancing U.S. Preventive Action
Overview Few would dispute that preventing conflict, instability, and humanitarian disaster is preferable to confronting these problems after they arise. Preventive measures are generally less exp…
March 1, 2006
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism
Overview A nuclear attack by terrorists against the United States has the potential to make the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, look like a historical footnote. In addition to the imme…
April 21, 2010
International Law
From Rome to Kampala
Overview The United States has long been a leading force behind international efforts to bring the perpetrators of atrocities to justice. It spearheaded the prosecution of German and Japanese offi…
November 19, 2014
Nigeria
U.S. Policy to Counter Nigeria's Boko Haram
Overview The militant Islamist group Boko Haram's increasingly bold attacks in Nigeria—most notably its April kidnapping of nearly three hundred female students—threaten to fuel further Muslim-Chr…
