Exploring the options with Iran
The New York Times reported on Saturday that , according to administration officials, Iran and the U.S. “have agreed in principle” to meet for bilateral negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program after...
View ArticlePast Event – Meeting of the Financial Intelligence and Information Sharing...
You are invited to attend the next meeting of the Financial Intelligence and Information Sharing (FIIS) Working Group An element of the American Security Project’s Threat Finance and Financial...
View ArticleThe CTBTO Science and Technology Conference
Earlier this week the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive-Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) kicked off its second annual two-week advanced science and technology conference in...
View ArticleUrgent Nuclear Decisions for Obama’s Second Term
After the elections, policymakers have the opportunity to move forward on nuclear nonproliferation issues that were held up by partisan rhetoric. A new report by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies...
View ArticleNational Security in an Era of Global Upheaval
Senior Correspondent for the National Journal, James Kitfield talks at ASP about National Security On Wednesday afternoon, the American Security Project hosted James KitfieldSenior Correspondent for...
View ArticleASP North Korea Fact Sheet Cited in Yahoo! News
The American Security Project’s North Korea Nuclear Program Fact Sheet was quoted in an article by Yahoo! news earlier today. North Korea has only conducted two nuclear weapons tests in its history....
View ArticleEllen Tauscher on Missile Defense and Strategic Stability
Ellen Tauscher, former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, recently spoke at the American Security Project on missile defense, the US-Russia relationship, and...
View ArticleIraq’s Oil Dispute is Heating Up Again
2012 was a banner year for the oil industry in Iraq. Production has surged, making it to the second largest oil producer in OPEC and some have projected that Iraq could double production by 2020....
View ArticleWallin, Cheney in The Hill : Time to Fix our Seriously Misaligned Nuclear...
ASP CEO Brig. Gen. Stephen A. Cheney, USMC (Ret.), and Matthew Wallin were featured on the Hill’s Congress Blog, publishing an op-ed titled “Time to Fix our Seriously Misaligned Nuclear Strategy.”...
View ArticleU.S. Confirms Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons
In a statement by Deputy National Security Adviser Benjamin J. Rhodes on Thursday, June 13th, the Obama administration announced that it is now certain that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons,...
View ArticleASP cited by the Climate Desk
The Climate Desk cited ASP recently in an article on the increasing frequency of superstorms in the future. The article discusses the financial implications of severe flooding and storms to New York...
View ArticlePODCAST – Bangladesh Conference: Session Four – Bangladesh and its...
Bangladesh at Crossroads A Political and Security Outlook Conference: Session Four- Bangladesh and its Relationship with the Neighborhood Session four focused on the impact of various environmental and...
View ArticleNew START is a Good Thing, Then and Now
US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, sign the newly completed ‘New START’ Treaty. – April 8, 2010 – Prague, Czech Republic Earlier this week, Russia’s Strategic...
View ArticleASP Briefing Note: The Ukraine Crisis and the Geopolitics of Energy
A briefing note on the Ukraine Crisis and the Geopolitics of Energy – click to find out the facts and way forward the United States could take. Briefing Note – The Ukraine Crisis and the Geopolitics...
View ArticleU.S. Suspends Diplomatic Relations with Syria
Three years since the start of the bloody civil war in Syria that has killed more than 140,000 people and resulted in more than 2.5 million refugees, with this week marking the anniversary of the...
View ArticleNegotiations on Iran’s Nuclear Program – 2nd Round of Political Talks
Today, representatives from the P5+1, led by Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy for the EU, concluded the second round of political talks in Vienna with...
View ArticleWhy Libya Matters: The 2014 Uprising
Oil and Corruption: Map of Libya’s Oil Fields and Exporting Ports Across Libya, militias like the Petroleum Defense Guard are currently occupying the country’s key ports and oil fields. The Petroleum...
View ArticleAl Qaeda 3.0: Three Responses to the Changing Nature of Al Qaeda – Event Review
On Wednesday June 5th, the American Security Project (ASP) hosted Said Temsamani, Zack Gold, and Timothy Fairbank in a talk titled, “Al Qaeda 3.0: Three Responses to the Changing Nature of Al Qaeda.”...
View ArticleEvent Review – Iraq in Crisis: Recent Developments and Risk Management Strategy
On Wednesday July 16th, the American Security Project (ASP) hosted Daniel Wagner, MGen Robert Scales, Missy Ryan, and Smita Malik, with moderator Dante Disparte in a talk titled, “Iraq in Crisis:...
View ArticleFive Charts that Explain Shia Islam
With the recent advance of the Sunni-extremist group the Islamic State and the increasing sectarian divisions that are cleaving apart the Islamic world, it is more important than ever to understand the...
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