
About the Project
The National Security Initiative is committed to developing realistic and robust bipartisan policy recommendations for the principal national security and foreign policy issues confronting the United States.

The National Security Initiative is committed to developing realistic and robust bipartisan policy recommendations for the principal national security and foreign policy issues confronting the United States.
Meeting the Challenge: When Time Runs Out
Jun. 23, 2010
An update to the Bipartisan Policy Center report on U.S. policy toward Iranian nuclear development. The most immediate national security threat to the United States is Iran’s rapid progress toward achieving nuclear weapons capability—and time is running out. A nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran must be prevented, as it cannot be contained. Read about the BPC's series on Iran here.
Rademaker: This is no way to approve the New START treaty
Article - The Washington Post - Aug. 20, 2010
Makovsky and Goldstein: Iran, Oil, and the Carter Doctrine
Article - The Weekly Standard - Aug. 13, 2010
Gen. Chuck Wald on the Threat From Iran
Article - The Atlantic - Aug. 11, 2010
The daunting task of protecting cyberspace
Article - Security Zone - Jul. 26, 2010
Fragility and Extremism in Yemen
Feb. 3, 2010
Although its notoriety may be newfound, Yemen‘s fragility is not. Nor is the presence there of threats to U.S. and international security. For these reasons, Yemen has proven a constructive case study for the Bipartisan Policy Center‘s Stabilizing Fragile States project, which considers how to revise and restructure U.S. policy towards weak states.
Watch the video from the event here.
Meeting the Challenge: Time Is Running Out
Sep. 15, 2009

A year ago, Senators Daniel Coats and Charles Robb and Gen. (ret.) Charles Wald participated in the Bipartisan Policy Center’s task force on U.S. policy towards Iranian nuclear ambitions, reaching consensus outlined in the report, Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy Toward Iranian Nuclear Development, on a robust yet realistic and comprehensive policy toward Iranian nuclear development.