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The Stanley Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, private operating foundation. Foundation programming is focused on promoting and building support for principled multilateralism in addressing international issues.
The Stanley Foundation does not make grants.
Vision
The Stanley Foundation seeks a secure peace with freedom and justice, built on world citizenship and effective global governance.
Mission
The Stanley Foundation promotes public understanding, constructive dialogue, and cooperative action on critical international issues. Our work recognizes the essential roles of both the policy community and the broader public in building sustainable peace.
Core Values
Core Values are statements that convey important philosophies of the foundation and are used in concert with the Vision and Mission statements to guide the foundation in decision making.
- We want to live in a world at peace where the causes of conflict are addressed and disputes are resolved without recourse to violence.
- All people have inherent value and deserve to be treated with respect.
- People worldwide have a shared interest in peace, justice, and an improved quality of life for all. They have the inherent ability to change themselves and their local and global communities.
- In our work we will be balanced, pragmatic, and flexible in approaching the world's problems. Our forums will be fair and open, offering a nonthreatening environment that respects all voices.
- We will maintain involvement with global institutions and promote collaborative approaches and multilateral solutions to issues.
- We will risk failure in order to remain relevant and effective.
- Our staff and governance members are our greatest assets. We will build and maintain a constructive, supportive, and collaborative work environment.
- We will be nonpartisan and maintain a long-term, independent perspective.
- We value our heritage as a family foundation. Family involvement will remain a vital element of foundation governance.
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Highlights |
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| 50th Strategy for Peace Conference |
| This year's event focused on the challenges of state fragility for US and global security in an interdependent world. The need for a new US strategy, better leveraging of multilateral capabilities, and the potential contributions of AFRICOM are among the topics addressed. Read the full report. |
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| Implementing the Responsibility to Protect |
| The Stanley Foundation recently convened a meeting to examine practical steps toward the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke at the opening dinner of the conference. Read the Policy Memo. |
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| Policy Analysis |
| Kenneth Luongo examines the international cooperation needed to secure vulnerable nuclear materials. Richard Williamson discusses Sudan and its implications for the Responsibility to Protect. And Ronald Neumann revisits the basics in Afghanistan policy. See all Policy Analysis Briefs. |
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| Implementing UNSCR 1540 |
| The Stanley Foundation convened two recent meetings in Washington, DC to discuss next steps in using United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 to control the materials needed for weapons of mass destruction and to prevent terrorism. Read the Policy Memo. More details on UNSCR 1540 here. |
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| Five Ways Obama Can Secure Nuclear Material |
| The Fissile Materials Working Group, a group of 23 NGO experts, has made a series of policy recommendations in a letter to President Obama. This working group believes in the administration’s four-year policy objective and will work to see that it is achieved in the US and internationally. More. |
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| Now Showing |
 A new Now Showing event-in-a-box toolkit features Rising Powers: The New Global Reality, a DVD that explores the rise of three countries—Brazil, China, and India—in a new global reality. Sign Up |
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| Courier |
 A quarterly publication, Courier provokes thought on world affairs by giving readers insight into issues driving foundation programming.
Winter 2009 issue PDF (287 KB)
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| Rising Powers |
| This Stanley Foundation effort takes an in-depth look at the rapidly changing global order and what it means for the United States. Explore "Rising Powers: The New Global Reality. |
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| Watch and Learn |
 Stanley Foundation events, talks, video reports, and segments from our Now Showing event-in-a-box series can now be viewed on YouTube. To receive regular updates on our video posts, please subscribe today. |
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| think. |
think., a monthly e-newsletter for today’s global citizens with articles that motivate.
January 2010 issue(12KB)
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| Receive Materials |
The Stanley Foundation publishes policy briefs, analytical articles, and reports on a number of international issues.
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Contact Us |
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