World Security Institute
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The World Security Institute (WSI) is an American think tank committed to independent research and journalism on global affairs. WSI was formed in 2005 as an umbrella organization for Center for Defense Information (CDI). [1] The organization is based in Washington, DC.
WSI and CDI are presided over by Bruce G. Blair, formerly with the Brookings Institution between 1987 and 2000, and a 1999 MacArthur Foundation fellow. [2]
CDI's director is Theresa Hitchens. [3]
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[edit] Divisions
The Center for Defense Information (CDI) provides expert analysis of the various components of U.S. national security, international security and defense policy.
The International Media division presents facts, information and opinions about the United States to the rest of the world. Johnson's Russia List serves English-language news about the countries of the former Soviet Union. WSI's foreign language information services are: Washington Observer (Chinese), Washington Prism (Persian), Washington ProFile (Russian) and Taqrir Washington (Arabic; note: taqrir means report).
WSI's International Programs has satellite offices in Europe (Brussels, Moscow) and Asia (Beijing).
Azimuth Media produces television programs, documentaries and new media investigating timely issues in international affairs for the general public. Its current project is the television show Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria.
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting sponsors interational travel for journalists to cover under-reported stories in the american mainstream media
[edit] Board of Advisors
- Doris Z. Bato, Santa Fe, NM
- Barbara Berger, Denver, Colo.
- Bruce Berger, Denver, Colo.
- Edward H.R. Blitzer, New York, N.Y .
- Ronald Cantwell, Old Greenwich, Conn.
- Pauline Cantwell, Old Greenwich, Conn.
- Ben Cohen, Burlington, Vt.
- Joseph N. Deblinger , Manhasset, N.Y.
- Gay Dillingham, Santa Fe, N.M.
- Alan H. Fleischmann, Washington, D.C.
- Raymond Frankel, Los Angeles, Calif.
- John Fullerton, Aspen, Colo.
- Jessica Fullerton, Aspen, Colo.
- Seth M. Glickenhaus, New York, N.Y.
- Yoel Haller, M.D. , Santa Barbara, Calif.
- Eva Haller, Santa Barbara, Calif.
- James D. Head, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, Freeland, Mich.,
- Robert G. James, Rear Admiral (USNR Ret.), New York, N.Y.
- Alan F. Kay, Ph.D., Saint Augustine, Fla.
- Eugene M. Lang, New York, N.Y.
- Gene M. La Rocque, Rear Admiral (USN Ret.),Washington, D.C.
- Robert M. Meyers, MD, Deerfield, Ill.
- Ellie Meyers, Deerfield, Ill.
- David E. Moore, Rye, N.Y.
- Paul Newman, Westport, Conn.
- Julie Schecter, Ph.D., Bolton, Mass.
- Gloria Scher, New York, N.Y.
- John J. Shanahan, Vice Admiral (USN Ret.), Ormond Beach, Fla.
- Adele Starr, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
- Philip A. Straus, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.
- Andrew Ungerleider, Santa Fe, N.M.
- Steven Ungerleider, Ph.D., Eugene, Ore.
- Barbara Winslow, Ph.D., Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Joanne Woodward, Westport, Conn.
Emeritus Members
- Arthur D. Berliss, Jr.
- James R. Compton
- James Donovan, Colonel, USMC (Ret.)
- David Horowitz
- Rudolph Rasin
- John M. Rockwood
[edit] Grants Received
- Sep 2005: $315,000 from Carnegie Foundation. [4]
- June 2005: $??? for Azimuth Media from Corporation for Public Broadcasting. [5]
- 2000?: $1,000,000 from Lynn Strauss. [6]
[edit] External links
[edit] Official Sites
- World Security Institute
- WSI Overview and Divisions
- WSI Board of Advisors
- Center for Defense Information
- Johnson's Russia List
- Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
- Washington Observer
- Washington ProFile
- Washington Prism
- Taqrir Washington
- WSI China Program
- US-Cuba Cooperative Security
- Azimuth Media
- Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria
