If you tuned in to the Kojo Knamdi Show on WAMU 88.5FM on 9/04/07 at 1:00pm, you heard CGD research fellow Stewart Patrick discussing "Where the War on Drugs Meets the War on Terror."

A new term has entered the national security lexicon, courtesy of the Pentagon. It's "Phase Zero." And, along with the newly announced AFRICOM or African Command, set to begin operations in late 2008, it has potentially troubling implications for U.S. foreign and development policy, according to CGD...

Do so-called "failed states" pose a threat to other countries? And if the answer is yes, when should the U.S. be involved in fixing their problems? From Somalia to Haiti, Kojo looks at why some states fail, and the practical and moral arguments for intervention.

Three years after the fall of Baghdad, senior Bush Administration officials described the evolving U.S. approach to state failure and post-conflict reconstruction at a half-day symposium co-sponsored by CGD and Johns Hopkins University-SAIS. The event underscored how far the administration has come ...

The gravest dangers to international security come from the world's weakest states. Right? In fact, weak and failing states may be less central to terrorist operations and other global threats than is widely believed. CGD research fellow Stewart Patrick analyzes what types of weak states are associa...

As the Bush Administration prepares to announce the reorganization of U.S. foreign assistance, Nancy Birdsall, Stewart Patrick and Milan Vaishnav argue in a new essay that making a dent in global poverty will require that the U.S. address four flaws: low volume and poor quality of aid; incoherence ...

Research fellow Stewart Patrick is quoted in this Financial Times article about the 2007 United States budget proposal investigates the concerns over what implications the budget holds for development assistance in the next year.

Research fellow Stewart Patrick was quotes in this Inter Press news story on President Bush's 2006 budget proposal and the possible implications for development policy.

Secretary Rice announced long-awaited plans to reform U.S. foreign aid and named Randall Tobias as director of foreign assistance and deputy secretary of state. Steve Krasner, head of State’s Policy Planning Staff, explained the plan at a CGD event. Reactions to these proposals within the developmen...

Research fellow Stewart Patrick was interviewed by the Toronto Star in this article about the UN's new Peacebuilding Commission and it's potential for "keeping the peace" in war torn countries.