December, 2008
- Dec 29, 2008
Good friend of the PCR Project, Guy Ben-Ari, has co-authored a new report called “International Collaborative Online Networks: Lessons Learned from the Public, Private and Non-Profit Sectors.” We've looked at some of these issues, too, in our Jobs | European Council on Foreign Relations
Dec 29, 2008Full details after the jump.
- Dec 29, 2008
Thomas Schweich, former director of the State Department's counter-narcotics office, writes in the Washington Post on the military's increasing influence in traditionally non-military areas. We hear a lot about this subject, and given the huge budget of the Department of Defense vs.
- Dec 17, 2008
Innovation's one of our favorite buzzwords and when PCR friend Bill Siemering was announced as a Purpose Prize Fellow for 2008, awarding social innovation, we wanted to give him a friendly shout-out.
- Dec 8, 2008
PCR Project Co-Director Karin von Hippel recently participated in a panel discussion at George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI). The event titled, “International Strategy: Re-Invigorating Our Role in the World,” focused on security priorities for the Obama administrati
- Dec 8, 2008
The CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PCR) Project and Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs invite you to a discussion of:
The Role of Faith-Based Groups in Foreign Assistance
with remarks by:
Richard Stearns, President, World Vision
commentary by:
Edward Scott, Founder and Chairman, Center for Global Development - Dec 4, 2008
Tensions mount between India and Pakistan as Indian officials continue to implicate Pakistani groups in the brutal attacks that crippled Mumbai last week. The Indian Foreign Minister, Pranab Mukherjee said he had “no doubt that the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were perpetrated by individuals who came from Pakistan and whose c
- Dec 3, 2008
We like counterpoint for counterpoint's sake, so this piece on the cult of counterinsurgency caught our eye.
- Dec 2, 2008
Brookings has published a new report, Voice of America: U.S. Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century written by Kristen Lord.
- Dec 1, 2008
The NYTimes posts a super round-up of how foreign policy priorities may shift under an Obama administration, given the individuals he's so far nominated to head up key agencies. Lots of our favorite talking points are included in the article - civilian reserve corps, soft power, diplomacy, etc.

