New York educators, business leaders, elected officials, researchers, students and parents will focus on post-secondary education and begin to create a new agenda for education in America. Upon completion of this forum, the Task Force will produce a major report with policy and program recommendations for modernizing and renewing public education in the United States.

United States operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have revealed deeply troubling cracks in the organization and structure of the U.S. volunteer Army.  These problems have been exacerbated both by the current challenges of the international security environment and the way in which the Bush administration has used the active-duty and reserve components since September 11th.  As a result, it appears that we are closer to breaking our volunteer Army today than at any other time in its 30-year history.

While there is broad consensus that the greatest threat facing America today is the possibility of a terrorist group acquiring nuclear weapons, there has been far too little attention paid to the risks of our own nuclear policy and posture. In the Road to Nuclear Security, Lawrence J. Korb makes an important contribution to this discussion by providing a comprehensive assessment of these dire risks.