The most powerful master is the one who rules unseen and unmentioned.
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Archive: Reports
Reorienting U.S. Security Strategy in South Asia
The Obama administration’s approach to the Afghan war is too narrowly focused. Instead, the administration should focus on India-Pakistan rapprochement as the hallmark of a cohesive South Asia strategy.
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Report of the Task Force on a Unified Security Budget for the United States
With military cuts now on the negotiating table, here’s a set of expert recommendations on what to cut and yet keep us safe and secure.
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Has the Rendition Program Disappeared?
The Obama administration promised to reverse the Bush-era policies on terrorism. But the president has spent most of his time reversing himself.
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Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the U.S.: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage
The price of fixing America’s nuclear vulnerabilities may be high, but the price of doing too little is incalculable.
Read moreHow Do International Trade and Investment Rules Affect Public Finance for Development?
Government efforts to finance job creation and other public goods can clash with subsidies restrictions in trade agreements.
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Unnecessary Austerity, Unnecessary Shutdown
Reversing tax giveaways to the super-rich and the nation’s largest corporations could raise $4 trillion within a decade and avert possible government closures.
Read moreAnalyzing the Department of Energy’s FY 2012 Budget
For a new energy future, the Department of Energy needs to be free of the shackles of nuclear weapons.
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With a Lot of Help from Our Friends
U.S. military strategy in Northeast Asia is relying on ever more contributions from our allies.
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Civil Society Responses to the Global Financial and Economic Crisis
This white paper outlines organizing, education, and advocacy efforts being undertaken in response to the financial and economic crisis by groups working in coalition in the United States and around the world.
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The Cheonan Incident: Skepticism Abounds
In its final report on the sinking of its naval vessel ROKS Cheonan, the South Korean government puts the blame squarely on North Korea. But many questions remain unanswered.
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India: Militarizing Space with U.S. Help
India says that its space program is for peaceful purposes. The United States agrees. They’re both wrong.
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Valuing Domestic Work
A look at the history and future of household work in the United States from a gender justice and worker rights perspective.
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START: Arms Affirmation Treaty
The New START treaty is best called an arms affirmation treaty, since ratification will affirm the continued commitment to maintain and fund our nuclear and non-nuclear weapons programs.
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Military vs. Climate Security: The 2011 Budgets Compared
The gap between federal spending on military as opposed to climate security has narrowed but compared to China our progress is meager.
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