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The Stanley Foundation’s work recognizes the essential roles of the policy community, media professionals, and the involved public in building sustainable peace.  Its work aims to connect people from different backgrounds, often producing clarifying insights and innovative solutions.

Policy Dialogue Reports

The Challenges of State Fragility for US
and Global Security in an Interdependent World (3,287K)
Conference Report
February 2010
Strategy for Peace

Implementing the Responsibility to Protect (57K)
Policy Memo
January 2010

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 at the Crossroads: The Challenges of Implementation (285K)
Conference Report
December 2009

Controlling and Securing Nuclear Materials: Multilateral Approaches (53K)
Policy Memo
December 2009
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Implementing UNSCR 1540: Next Steps Toward Preventing WMD Terrorism (214K)
Policy Memo
December 2009

Stabilizing States in Crises: Leveraging International Capacity (183K)
Policy Memo
October 2009

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Policy Analysis

Securing Vulnerable Nuclear Materials: Meeting the Global Challenge (119K)
Policy Analysis Brief
November 2009
Kenneth N. Luongo

Sudan and the Implications for Responsibility to Protect (117K)
Policy Analysis Brief
October 2009
Ambassador Richard W. Williamson

Afghanistan: Thinking Through the Basics (78K)
Policy Analysis Brief
September 2009
Ronald E. Neumann

At the World’s Summit: How Will Leading Nations Lead? (122K)
Policy Analysis Brief
June 2009
James Traub

Achieving Nonproliferation Goals: Moving From Denial to Technology Governance (94K)
Policy Analysis Brief
June 2009
Elizabeth Turpen

On Reforming the International Order (102K)
Policy Analysis Brief
February 2009
Thomas Wright

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Op-Eds

Confronting Twenty-First Century Nuclear Security Realities
November 2009
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Kenneth N. Luongo

Nuclear Network Theory
October 2009
ForeignPolicy.com
Michael Kraig

Reforming Summit Diplomacy
September 2009
Talking Points Memo
David Shorr, Alan S. Alexandroff, Andrew F. Cooper

Leaders Must Effectively Use Various Global Venues
September 2009
Des Moines Register
Keith Porter

Fifty Years Later, Lessons Remain From Khrushchev’s Iowa Visit
August 2009
The Des Moines Register
Vlad Sambaiew

Something New May Rise From Group of Eight's Ashes
July 2009
The Des Moines Register
James Traub

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Articles

The Stanley Foundation's 50th Strategy for Peace Conference: Challenges for US and Global Security in an Interdependent World
January 2010

Multilateralism and the Shifting Global Balance of Power
January 2010

The Copenhagen Accord: A Mixed Bag
January 2010

The Need for a Copenhagen Consensus
December 2009

New Chief of IAEA Enters 'Stormy' Times
December 2009

Nuclear Security: We Must Choose Cooperation Over Fear
November 2009
Keith Porter, Director of Policy and Outreach, The Stanley Foundation

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Audio

MP3 India Rising: Promotional Audio Featuring David Brown (1MB)
March 2009

MP3 "India Rising" (50MB)
March 2009

MP3 The Real India (from "India Rising") (3MB)
March 2009

MP3 The Tale of Two Indias (from "India Rising") (7MB)
March 2009

MP3 India’s Global Desire (from "India Rising") (4MB)
March 2009

MP3 The Real Slumdog Millionaires of Dharavi (from "India Rising") (5MB)
March 2009

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Now Showing

The Stanley Foundation offers Now Showing event-in-a-box toolkits to community and student groups that are looking for a way to hold an easy-to-plan, successful event. The Now Showing toolkits are designed to encourage discussion about the most urgent global issues today. The following toolkits are available FREE to interested groups:

Radioactive Challenge
This toolkit features a DVD that helps viewers examine the challenge of securing vulnerable nuclear materials globally.

Rising Powers: The New Global Reality
This toolkit features a DVD that helps viewers explore the idea of the changing global order as well as Brazil’s rise in a new global reality.

Beyond Fear: Securing a More Peaceful World
This toolkit features a DVD with two segments that explore US leadership in today’s uncertain world.

Control Room
This toolkit features Control Room, a documentary examining Al Jazeera's coverage of the current Iraq conflict.
Highlights
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Now Showing
Now ShowingA 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
 
Courier
CourierA 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.
 
Watch and Learn
Watch and LearnStanley 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.
 
think.
think., a monthly e-newsletter for today’s global citizens with articles that motivate.
January 2010 issue(12KB)
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