CPASS in the News

"Pakistan's Role in Fighting Terror Under Review" icon
by C. Christine Fair
PBS NewsHour, October 7, 2009
Pakistan affirmed its resolve to continue fighting al-Qaida and also providing enforcements for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff reports.
"Pakistan's Partial War on Terror." icon
by C. Christine Fair
Wall Street Journal Asia, October 15, 2009
The past week’s spate of suicide bombings in Pakistan and the siege of its military headquarters are again casting the spotlight on that country’s war on terror. Attention will—and should—focus in particular on Islamabad’s many failures to control militants on its own soil. Pakistan is now paying the heavy price for its earlier attempts to strategic tools.
"Should US focus on al-Qaeda havens?" icon
by Kim Ghattas
BBC News, September 30, 2009
Paul Pillar on Al-Qaeda safe havens.
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CPASS Publications

"The U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: Impacts upon U.S. Interests in Pakistan"
by C. Christine Fair
Testimony presented before the United States House of Representatives, Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on November 5, 2009.
"The United States and Mexico: Mutual Problems, Joint Solutions"
by Inigo Guevara
National Strategy Forum Review, 2009
Upon assuming the presidency in December 2006, Felipe Calderon engaged in an all-out war against organized crime.  His strategy is to use the military as the centerpiece of national security policy.
"Afghanistan and Iraq"
by Guest Host Frank Sesno
SSP student Nancy Youssef on NPR's Diane Rehm show
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Welcome

The Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), within Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, is dedicated to examining the full range of political, economic, historical, cultural, and technological factors that influence global peace and security. The Center brings together the academic and policy worlds through its Security Studies Program (SSP), Women In International Security (WIIS), policy discussions, and research.