Center for Security Policy Studies

CSPS Director Ellen Laipson recently published her co-authored paper "A Delicate Balance: Iraq's Security Culture Between Iran and the United States" in Survival Global Practice and Strategy. Her paper explores Iraq's role in determining whether the Middle East will remain in turmoil or find new equilibrium after the Gaza war by exaimining Iraq's national security institutions and balancing relations between Washington and Tehran.
Join us on Tuesday April 9th at 5:00 PM for a conversation on U.S. partnership with Latin American countries as it pertains to regional challenges such as peace and stability. Hosted by Professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, the panel includes experts on Latin American security issues and U.S. foreign policy.
On Saturday, February 10th, 2024, CSPS hosted a crisis simulation focused on the Taiwan Strait. With the help of facilitators and game designers Dr. Lee Roberts of GMU and Colonel Jerad Harper of the U.S. Army War College, CSPS fellows facilitated a simulation with 60 attendees, including many from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College. At the after-action review, participants discussed their experiences and considered the real-world lessons from their simulation of an international crisis.
Crisis Simulation on Taiwan - February 10th, 2024
Simulation participants on the United States team plan their moves using the map and other tools during the planning phase of the simulation.
CSPS hosts Dr. Davood Moradian, Director of the Afghan Institute for Security Studies
Photo: Dr. Moradian (center) with Schar School Dean Mark Rozell (left) and CSPS Director Ellen Laipson (right).
Dr. Davood Moradian meets with Schar School students, including CSPS Fellows Nicholas Davidson, Anirudh Prakash, and Lexi Gerbracht.
CSPS Fellow Jonathan Walberg and Schar colleague Noah Reed analyze China's balloon flights over Taiwan and the response by Taiwan's Defense Ministry in this piece on The Diplomat.
On the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq Carol Castiel speaks with veteran Middle East observer Ellen Laipson, Director of the Center for Security Policy Studies about the shifting rationales for the George W. Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq and the gains and challenges that remain for a country which has resumed its place in the Arab world.
Our new student fellows met with Dean Mark Rozell, the founding dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at GMU in March 2023.
Missed our 2022 CSPS Symposium on Security in the Arctic? Watch a video recording of the full event by clicking!
CSPS Director Ellen Laipson writes in Syndication Bureau on untangling the threads of Iran's nuclear program
Is Taiwan Ready for War? Watch our recent speaker series event with expert panelists tackling this question.
Click here for a review of the Schar School graduate student trip to South Korea!
CSPS Director Ellen Laipson writes in Jeju Peace Institute on the Biden-Yoon Summit.
CSPS Director Ellen Laipson writes in Asia Times on Iran Nuclear Deal's looming end of road.
CSPS Fellows Kim Talley, Will Nelson, and Danyale Kellogg attended the study tour to South Korea May 22-29! Pictured at Haedong Yonggungsa temple in Busan
Student Fellow Will Nelson writes in Signal Magazine on historical lessons for coping with Russian aggression.
CSPS Associate Director Mike Hunzeker writes in War on the Rocks on Taiwan's territorial defense in the wake of Ukraine. Image from Flickr (Taiwan Presidential Office).

Please join The Center for Security Policy Studies for a conversation on Latin America on April 9, 2024 where we will examine U.S. relations with Latin American countries.

The Schar School’s Center for Security Policy Studies is pleased to present a panel of experts on Latin America security issues and U.S. foreign policy to discuss how defense challenges abroad are impacting security issues closer to home.

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