What Is Sustainable Security?
Sustainable security redefines how we think about national security in today's shifting, globalized world. Instead of focusing solely on traditional threats, we also need to help spur greater prosperity, encourage effective international development, and work to protect innocent civilians. Such an approach is good for us and good for others. While we need to maintain a highly capable military, diplomacy and development can often be more cost-effective investments that create new opportunities, prevent crises before military force is required, and better manage our shared challenges. In short, sustainable security is thinking long term about America and the world. Learn More
It All Starts with Training
John Norris, Abigail Long, Sarah Margon, and David Abramowitz explain why the United States should invest more in conflict prevention training.
Unintended Roadblocks
Report from Sarah Margon identifies the legislative and policy hurdles that make it difficult for aid groups to do their jobs and how these can be dealt with.
Cutting the U.N. Budget Is (Still) a Bad Idea
Lawmakers pondering U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations need to realize how critical the multilateral institution is to U.S. policy goals, write Sarah Margon and Martin Wolberg-Stok.
Obama Neglects Child Soldiers
Sarah Margon on how the Obama administration could do more to protect child soldiers in troubled nations.
Twenty Years of Collapse and Counting
John Norris and Bronwyn Bruton look at the case of Somalia to explore the high cost crisis response rather than prevention.
Afghan Aid Under the Microscope
Spending all the development funds in the world will not substitute for an actual functioning Afghan government, writes John Norris.
Five Steps to Make Our Aid More Effective and Save More Than $2 Billion
John Norris and Connie Veillette detail how Congress could save more than $500 million annually by eliminating unnecessary regulations that make it harder to carry out effective development programs abroad.
The Limits of U.S. Assistance to Pakistan
Colin Cookman, Brian Katulis, Sarah Margon, and Caroline Wadhams look at ways to streamline aid to Pakistan while making it more effective.
Slideshow: International War Crimes and Justice
A slideshow from John Norris and Sarah Margon shows how many senior war criminals have been held accountable for their actions.
Death by a Thousand (Small) Cuts
The budget deal for the rest of the fiscal year cuts key foreign affairs and assistance funding we need to respond to the changing threats across the globe that require more than military might, says Sarah Margon.
U.S. Foreign Aid Reform Meets the Tea Party
John Norris on how foreign aid reform can continue to gain traction in the 112th Congress.
U.S. Foreign Assistance and the Arab Spring: Bold, but Not Bold Enough
President Obama should acknowledge the limitations of a security-centric approach to the Middle East and endorse a universal vision that is centered on broad and inclusive economic and social development, writes Sarah Margon.
