New CSP Newsletter Available
The new edition of the CSP newsletter is available for download. More>>
PNSR to Present “Restructuring the National Security System: Case Studies"
On Monday, September 29, 2008, the Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) will discuss its first volume of case studies that illustrate why America’s national security system must be restructured. In addition, former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, John McLaughlin, and others will discuss PNSR’s recently released Preliminary Findings Report. The event will be held from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the Hudson Institute. Click here for the event invitation and RSVP information.
Center President to Discuss Overcoming Special Interests
Beginning on Tuesday, September 9, through Thursday, September 11, Center President David Abshire will participate in a NewTalk discussion focusing on the question: “Can the next President break Washington's addiction to short-term goals and special interests?” NewTalk is a nonpartisan, online meeting place that creates focused discussions by experts on the most important domestic topics shaping American society today. Check out what will be an insightful and important conversation!
Center Publishes Presidential Fellows' Original Research Papers
The Center is proud to announce the release of A Dialogue on Challenges and Leadership: Papers of the 2007-2008 Center Fellows. This anthology contains the 20 best original research papers produced by the latest Presidential Fellows class. Fellows addressed a variety of important topics relating to the American Presidency, including the United States' relationship with China, recent expansions of Executive power, and the influence of party politics on governance. Copies of the anthology are also available for purchase, and the full text of each of the 85 Presidential Fellows may be found online here.
Please contact Matthew Purushotham, Director of the Presidential Fellows Program, at 202-872-9800 to order your copy.
CSP Releases Report on Presidential Leadership to Ensure Science and Technology in the Service of National Needs
The role of science and technology assets is often overlooked as an element of national power. Many of the major policy challenges confronting the next President—energy resources, nuclear proliferation, climate change, environment, health-care, food and water, security, and economic prosperity—require scientific advice or guidance for successful strategic resolutions. The Center’s issue group on Presidential science and technology assets has released a new report urging both Presidential candidates to begin pre-election planning to ensure science and technology governance assets for cohesive and informed policies and effective policy implementation.
For more information, contact Anne Solomon, Senior Advisor on Science and Technology Policy, at 202-872-9800.
New CSP Newsletter Available
The new edition of the CSP newsletter is available for download. More>>
Project on National Security Reform Issues Preliminary Findings
The Project on National Security Reform (PNSR), a nonpartisan effort located within the Center for the Study of the Presidency, released its preliminary findings on June 29th. Funded and supported by Congress, foundations and corporations, PNSR is carrying out one of the most comprehensive studies of the U.S. national security system in American history. Led by a 24-member Guiding Coalition that includes former senior federal officials with extensive national security experience, PNSR's Preliminary Findings report identifies numerous problems plaguing the current national security system. More than 300 national security experts from think tanks, universities, federal agencies, law firms and corporations are contributing to the PNSR study.
More information on CSP's role in PNSR
For more information, contact Thomas M. Kirlin, Vice President, or Limor Ben-Har, Senior Fellow, at 202-872-9800.
Center Completes USAID-sponsored Effort Focused on Advancing Socio-Economic Development and Interfaith Cooperation among Palestinians and Israelis
The Center is proud to announce the publication of its final report on Advancing Trust and Reconciliation Among Palestinians and Israelis: A Socio-Economic Development and Interfaith Cooperation Initiative. This recently completed, $1 million USAID-sponsored project focused on socioeconomic development and interfaith cooperation among Israelis and Palestinians.
Ambassador Dennis Ross led the socio-economic group, which identified moderate community-based Palestinian NGOs working to improve education, relieve poverty, empower women, advance arts and culture, and assist the disabled. Dr. Susan Blumenthal spearheaded the health and medicine effort, which focused on identifying and engaging joint Palestinian/Israeli health initiatives and fostering dialogue and cooperation. Max Angerholzer, Executive Director of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, explored ways to extend the current dialogue between Palestinian and Israeli scientists.
Ambassador Tony Hall and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's Interfaith Cooperation Team endeavored to build a network of regional religious leaders committed to interfaith cooperation on practical issues. In addition to these four modules, the Center also convened a Middle East Forum, co-sponsored by Meridian International Center and RTI International and moderated by Lord John Alderdice, to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Advancing Trust and Reconciliation began in 2007 and was completed in May 2008. Findings and relationships developed during this project will be incorporated into the Center's Agenda 2008 programs and briefings of Presidential candidates, Congressional leaders and their respective staffs.
For more information, contact Thomas M. Kirlin, Vice President, at 202-872-9800.
CSP Honors Senator John Warner and the 85 Presidential Fellows
Concurrent with the Presidential Fellows Spring Conference, the Center held its 41st Annual Awards Dinner at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington. At the event, Senator John Warner was presented with the Publius Award, which recognizes bipartisan leadership in the federal government. Evan Thomas, Editor at Large at Newsweek, served as Master of Ceremonies. More>>
At the dinner, Fellows Jason Bello of Columbia University and Sara Del Nido of Dartmouth College received special recognition for the quality of their original research papers on the American Presidency.
For more information, please contact Mary O'Connor, Director of Outreach, at 202-872-9800.
Presidential Fellows Return to Washington, DC
The 2007-2008 Presidential Fellows gathered in Washington for the Spring Leadership Conference on March 27-29, 2008. The second of two annual events, the Spring Conference serves as an opportunity for the Fellows to meet leading policy-makers and experts in the Washington community and to share the first drafts of their original research papers. During panel sessions, Fellows discussed the upcoming Presidential election with: Center Trustees Wayne Berman and Thomas "Mack" McLarty; Dr. Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution, a leading expert on Congress; and Dr. Sarah Brewer of the Women in Politics Institute at American University and Dr. Danielle Prendergast of the Women Under Forty Political Action Committee (WUFPAC). The Fellows also met with Ambassador Kenton Keith and Susan Cabiatti, who administers the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program, at the Meridian International Center. The highlight of the Spring Conference was the Fellows' participation in the Center's 41st Annual Awards Dinner honoring Senator John Warner, after which the Fellows had the opportunity to engage in a private discussion with the Senator, during which they asked questions about his storied career in public service. More>>
For more information, please contact Matt Purushotham, Project Director, at 202-872-9800.
