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PacNet #42 - A Theme for President Obama’s Speech in Cairo: Reach for the Stars

dfernandez — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

President Obama has an opportunity to launch a major diplomatic initiative when he speaks in Cairo this week: his goal should be to convince allies and adversaries alike that America is ready to take the lead in creating a more positive and mutually rewarding political and economic relationship between the U.S.

The Other-White-Meat Flu

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The 100-day president is going through some tough times: a crashed economy, two foreign wars, and now an outbreak of influenza that is on the verge of being declared a pandemic.

Restoring American Influence and Security through Service, Education, and Exchange

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Standing before a special joint session of the United States Congress on September 20th shortly after the 2001 terrorist attacks on America, President George W. Bush posed the following seminal question of America’s post 9-11 experience: “Why do they hate us?” Why do terrorists, inspired by a perversion of Islam, seek to kill Americans on a massive scale?

Special Brief: Homeland Security in an Obama Administration

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

With all the pageantry of presidential conventions, the intensity of the financial crisis and bailing out of Wall Street, the off-again-on-again debates about Iraq and the surge, the discussions on health care, taxes, and energy policy, one critical issue was absent from the national dialogue in the campaigns this year: homeland security.

Homeland Security 3.0

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

In 2004, a task force chaired by homeland security experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Heritage Foundation (and consisting of representatives from academia, research centers, the private sector, and congressional staffs) presented its conclusions in “DHS 2.0: Rethinking the Department of Homeland Security.” Their report evaluated the capaci

Hemisphere Focus: A Farewell to Arms: Managing Cross-border Weapons Trafficking

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

On June 30, President George W. Bush signed into law a 2008 supplemental budget bill that included $465 million for a project called the Mérida Initiative: a multiyear billion dollar program aimed at combating the increasingly urgent threat of drug trafficking and related crime.

Transnational Threats Update June 2008 - Vol. 6, No. 06

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

In this issue: The Intellectual Feud Over al Qaeda Al Qaeda Strikes Danish Embassy in Pakistan Venezuela Identified as Hezbollah Sponsor Near Collapse of Tamil Tigers Expected Within a Year …

Managing the Next Domestic Catastrophe

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

America is not ready for the next catastrophe.

Analysis of the National Counterterrorism Center Annual Report on Terrorism

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Despite local and international efforts, the number of attacks worldwide have remained constant and still up sharply since 2005.

The CNGR Final Report

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves released its final report on January 31, 2008.