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National Security

Susan Rice on Fighting Terrorism

Obama's national security adviser on ISIS, Brexit, and the Rwanda genocide.

BY Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

Blog Post

06.27.2016
Immigration and Society

North Carolina to feds: Stop resettling Syrian refugees here

Gov. Pat McCrory called on the Obama administration Monday to stop resettling Syrian refugees in North Carolina, citing security concerns in the wake of th ...

BY Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program OLD

Of Interest

11.16.2015
Immigration and Society

On the Refugee Crisis in Europe: No Island Is an Island

If EU policymakers can’t find a way to agree on a strategy for the wave of refugees fleeing war, persecution and economic calamity, the very idea of the Schengen agreement — free movement across Europe — will fray and the freedom it represents will fragment.

BY José M. de Areilza

Blog Post

09.14.2015
Africa and the Middle East

The Mideast in Crisis, Again

The promise of the Arab Spring has given way to despair as the region reverts to autocracy. The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have collapsed. Syria is in ...

Video

07.26.2014
Around the Institute

Aspen Institute Global Leadership Award Recipient Henry Kissinger in conversation with Walter Isaacson

At the 2013 Aspen Institute Annual Awards Dinner, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger offered his take on Syria and the best possible solution to ...

Video

11.14.2013
Africa and the Middle East

Institute Trustee Madeleine Albright on US Involvement in Syria

As the world waits to learn what efforts the US will put forth in Syria, the Aspen Institute offers a series of opinion pieces from the perspectives of our ...

Video

09.12.2013
National Security

CENTCOM Review: Turmoil in the Mideast and Southwest Asia and Its Implications for American Security

Gen. James N. Mattis (Ret.) provides his analysis of situations in Syria, Iraq, and throughout the region.

Video

07.23.2013