US and Global Security

Current Work

Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide
Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide will bring together foreign policy and national security specialists from across the political spectrum to find common ground on ten key, controversial areas of policy. For each topic, a conservative and a progressive expert, some of the leading thinkers of their generation, will jointly author a paper outlining their points of agreement on subjects such as the use of force, democracy promotion, countering terrorism, detainee treatment, China, national defense, and others. These analysts will build a more constructive debate by looking past philosophical differences and identifying effective approaches to today's major national security challenges. Contact David Shorr for more information.

Iowa Foreign Policy Forums
The 2008 presidential election gives political leaders and the American people a chance to exchange views on the United States' international role. The Iowa Foreign Policy Forum is an initiative of the Stanley Foundation with Iowa Public Television, Iowa Public Radio, and Drake University to spur substantive discussion in the 2008 campaign on the national security challenges facing the country. Potential presidential candidates of both major parties will be invited to Des Moines one at a time to make major foreign policy addresses to a live studio audience and a statewide broadcast audience. Contact David Shorr for more information.

Building a Consensus
The United States' international political leadership is in crisis at a moment when its domestic politics are severely polarized. Stanley Foundation projects will lay the ground for a much more constructive policy debate at a politically polarized moment. Contact David Shorr for more information.