National Security Initiative

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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.

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Latest Report on Iran

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.

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Latest News

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

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U.S. Policy Toward Yemen

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.

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BPC Series on Iran

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.

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