National Security Initiative >> Stabilizing Fragile States
Stabilizing Fragile States
As the events of 9/11 horrifically demonstrated, a few determined individuals can threaten U.S. strategic interests. Their actions were in large part facilitated by Afghanistan, a fragile state, demonstrating that fragile states never considered a strategic priority during the Cold War are central in todays international security landscape.
This project addresses this new strategic imperative by asking the question: how can the U.S. help stabilize key fragile states before they fail and threaten national security interests? The goal of the project is to produce a comprehensive report that: (1) analyzes the underlying sources of fragility; (2) scrutinizes commonly held assumptions about fragile states; (3) determines the nature of the threat that fragile states pose to U.S. national security; (4) evaluates which non-military instruments of foreign policy would be most effective at addressing such threats; (5) examines the bureaucratic structures necessary for planning, funding, coordinating, and implementing foreign assistance missions; and (6) develops concrete proposals for designing and implementing policy structures and instruments that can help to stabilize fragile states.
Chair
General (ret.) Jim Jones
General (ret.) James L. Jones was the Supreme Allied Commander for NATO and the Commander of the U.S. European Command. Previously, he was the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps. Jones retired from active duty in February 2007, after more than 40 years of service. Currently General Jones is the president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber Institute for 21st Century Energy. He also serves as chairman of three boards of directors, representing both the business and national security sectors of the United States. At the request of Congress, Jones chaired the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq. In November of 2007 General Jones was named Special Envoy for Middle East Security by the Department of State.
Steering Committee
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Gordon Adams, Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service, American University, former Associate Director at the Office of Management and Budget
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Lincoln Bloomfield, President, Palmer Coates, former Assistant Secretary of State >> Link to off-site bio
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Dan Coats, former Senator of Indiana, Member of the Senate Armed Service Committee and Ambassador to Germany
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James Dobbins, Director, RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center
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Raymond DuBois, Senior Advisor, CSIS, former Acting Under Secretary of the Army >> Link to off-site bio
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Michele Flournoy, President, The Center for New American Security >> Link to off-site bio
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Sherri Goodman, General Counsel, Center for Naval Analysis
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Bill Inglee, Vice President for Plans and Policy, Lockheed Martin
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General (ret.) Ronald E. Keys, former Commander Air Combat Command and Air Component Commander for U.S. Joint Forces Command >> Link to off-site bio
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Carol Lancaster, Professor, Georgetown University >> Link to off-site bio
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Philip Levy, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute >> Link to off-site bio
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Nancy Lindborg, President Mercy Corps >> Link to off-site bio
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Peter Robinson, Vice Chairman, Chevron
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Rob Satloff, Executive Director of The Washington Insititute for Near East Policy >> Link to off-site bio
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John Stoner, Principal, McKinsey & Company
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General (ret.) Chuck Wald, Vice President of International Business, L-3 Communications, former Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command
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Stanley Weiss, Chairman, Business Executives for National Security
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Dov Zakheim, Booz Allen Hamilton, and former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) >> Link to off-site bio |
