Paul Wise will cochair the latest Academy project on " Rethinking the Humanitarian Health Response to Violent Conflict," designed to help define new strategies for the provision of essential health services in areas of violent conflict.
The Academy is bringing together political scientists, legal and security experts, health professionals, and humanitarians to rethink the provision of essential health services in areas of violent conflict.
Chairs
Jaime Sepulveda, Jennifer M. Welsh, and Paul H. Wise
Meeting the Challenges of the New Nuclear Age examines some of the possible escalation pathways that could lead one or more nuclear weapons states to use nuclear weapons and aims to articulate a set of recommendations for de-escalating possible nuclear crises mostly involving the United States and its allies.
As the second phase of Meeting the Challenges of the New Nuclear Age, this initiative will explore challenges created by “new” nuclear weapons states and potential proliferators as well as de facto nuclear weapons states.
The Global Nuclear Future Initiative seeks to guide domestic and international policy-makers trying to balance the pursuit of a national nuclear energy program with the potential safety, security, and economic concerns.
Chairs
Steven E. Miller, Robert Rosner, and Scott D. Sagan
This study examined the global security implications of expanding commercial and military uses of space, and considered international rules and principles needed to maintain a balanced use of space over the long term.
The Academy conducted a major reexamination of U.S. foreign policy toward Russia. The goal was to develop a comprehensive, coherent, and effective policy on U.S.-Russian relations for consideration by the then new U.S. administration, Congress, and the media.
Chairs
Timothy J. Colton, Timothy Frye, and Robert Legvold
New Dilemmas in Ethics, Technology and War is a three-year study exploring the intricate, rapidly evolving relationship between advancements in military technology and the moral and ethical dilemmas that new technologies pose for states, international organizations, and global society.
The Academy study on Civil Wars, Violence, and International Responses is driven by the desire to provide new tools for analyzing, responding to, and, where possible, preventing the threats posed by the collapse of state authority associated with civil wars.
Paul Wise will cochair the latest Academy project on " Rethinking the Humanitarian Health Response to Violent Conflict," designed to help define new strategies for the provision of essential health services in areas of violent conflict.
Civil wars continue to be a frequent and debilitating phenomenon in international politics. Of the approximately 200 countries in the world, there are currently 30 civil wars underway, including several in which the U.S. military is directly and deeply enmeshed.
Though technology and warfare have greatly evolved since Michael Walzer published his seminal text Just and Unjust Wars over forty years ago, the debate on the ethical challenges posed by these changes has been confined mostly within the boundaries of specific disciplines; few attempts have been made to pursue a genuine interdisciplinary debate on this matter.
FeaturingLassina Zerbo, Rose Gottemoeller, Siegfried S. Hecker, Robert Rosner, Arun Rath, Scott D. Sagan, Chen Kane, Leonard S. "Sandy" Spector, and Rachel Bronson