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Dr. Nikolai Zlobin is director of the Russia and Eurasia Project at the World Security Institute.
25 September 2006
Mission
The World Security Institute (WSI) is a non-profit organization committed to independent research and journalism on global affairs and security.
Given the extraordinary growth of global interdependence, the Institute provides innovative approaches to communication, education, and cooperation on social, economic, environmental, political and military components of international security.
Through a variety of publications and services, the Institute provides news and research-based analysis to the public and policy-makers around the globe – from decision-makers in Washington, D.C., and Moscow to scholars in the Farsi- and Arabic-speaking world to scientists in China.
The Institute serves as an authoritative and impartial monitor of security issues, while continuing to meet the increasing worldwide demand for information and independent ideas.
Given the extraordinary growth of global interdependence, the Institute provides innovative approaches to communication, education, and cooperation on social, economic, environmental, political and military components of international security.
Through a variety of publications and services, the Institute provides news and research-based analysis to the public and policy-makers around the globe – from decision-makers in Washington, D.C., and Moscow to scholars in the Farsi- and Arabic-speaking world to scientists in China.
The Institute serves as an authoritative and impartial monitor of security issues, while continuing to meet the increasing worldwide demand for information and independent ideas.
Publications
Prepared by CDI's Straus Military Reform Project, "America's Defense Meltdown: Pentagon Reform for President Obama and the New Congress" is an urgently-needed new book that addresses the largest issue left untouched by the recent presidential campaign: the continuing collapse in America's defenses and what to do about it.