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. In short, sustainable security is thinking long term about America and the world.
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In Search of Sustainable Security Report
Military personnel from the USS Abraham Lincoln battle group load relief goods of food and water onto a Seahawk helicopter in Banda Aceh along the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. (AP/Richard Vogel)

In Search of Sustainable Security

This report, the first in a series of six, provides analysis and recommendations for a new approach that combines national security, human security, and collective security.

Gayle Smith

The Politics of Aid Article

The Politics of Aid

Gayle Smith discusses the evolution of foreign aid under the Bush administration and before in Human Rights.

Gayle Smith

Revamping U.S. Foreign Assistance Report

Revamping U.S. Foreign Assistance

HELP Commission report highlights why cabinet-level leadership can ensure foreign assistance helps the poor help themselves, writes Gayle Smith.

Gayle Smith

Genocide and the Rule of Law Article

Genocide and the Rule of Law

Senior Fellow Gayle Smith tells the House Judiciary Committee that the Genocide Accountability Act is of critical importance to both principle and policy.

Gayle Smith

Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy Article

Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy

CAP Senior Fellow Morton Halperin testified on how the U.S. can pursue a ‘real’ foreign policy that advances human rights across the globe.

Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights: A Global Perspective Article

Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights: A Global Perspective

The human rights framework is a powerful and successful tool for advancing a progressive agenda for women’s health and rights across the globe.

Beyond Borders Article

Beyond Borders

American foreign policy must look beyond the nation state and toward human security, writes Gayle Smith in Democracy.

Gayle Smith

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