CIAO DATE: 03/02

US Foreign Policy Agenda

 

Volume 3, Number 3, July 1998

U.S. Security Policy in a Changing World (Download the complete issue in PDF format)

Introduction

Focus

• New Security Threats: The U.S. Response,  an interview with John D. Holum, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
• Meeting the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction,  by William Cohen, Secretary of Defense
• Promoting Political, Economic Stability Through Democracy-Building,  an interview with Steven Coffey, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
• Eliminating Landmines: A Time for Action,  by Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, U.S. Special Representative for Global Humanitarian Demining

Commentary

• U.S. Security Policy: Challanges for the 21st Century,  by Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University
• Building Regional Security: Ngos and Governments in Partnership,  by James Notter and John McDonald, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy

Regional Case Studies

• Humanitarian Demining in Rwanda: A Success Story,  by Matthew F. Murphy, Senior Program Manager, Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs, Department of State
• Cooperative Threat Reduction: Reducing Weapons of Mass Destruction,  by Dr. Susan Koch, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction Policy
• Central America: Spread of Democracy Fosters Peace, Security,  an interview with Paul Trivelli, Former Deputy Director of Central American Affairs Department of State

Backgrounding the Issues

• Fact Sheet: Protecting America's Critical Infrastructures,  Presidential Decision Directive 63
• Fact Sheet: Combating Terrorism,  Presidential Decision Directive 62
• Fact Sheet: Preparedness for a Biological Weapons Attack,  Issued by the White House, May 22, 1998
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Government Humanitarian Demining Program,  Issued by the State Department, May 20, 1998

A Guide to Additional Reading

• U.S. Security Policy in a Changing World: Article Alert  (Abstracts of current articles)
• U.S. Security Policy in a Changing World: Bibliography  (Spotlighting other views)
• U.S. Security Policy in a Changing World: Key Internet Sites  (Internet links to resources on security issues)