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The Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) is currently searching for candidates for our Fall internship program. CADS is seeking research and development interns to begin working part-time to full-time in as early as August 2010. Although our business hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, our internship program offers flexible hours to accommodate class and work schedules.

Washington, DC, June 22, 2010

Tony Shaffer, CADS Fellow and Director of External Communications, appeared on CNN’s Larry King Live and Fox News Network’s The O’Reilly Factor on June 22, 2010. Mr. Shaffer commented on the future of the Afghan War after Rolling Stone magazine published General Stanley McChrystal’s candid criticism of President Obama’s national security team. In both the CNN and Fox interviews, Mr. Shaffer advocated for focusing on the objectives in Afghanistan rather than General McChrystal’s offhand remarks to Rolling Stone. Mr. Shaffer discussed whether allowing General McChrystal to retain his position would be conducive to success in Afghanistan. While he acknowledged the insubordination of General McChyrstal’s comments, he emphasized the risk of replacing the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan at a critical juncture in the war.

Washington, DC, May 2010

The Center for Advanced Defense Studies is pleased to announce that the newest issue of Defense Concepts, Volume 5 No. 2: May 2010 is now published and available online.

The quarterly publication, Defense Concepts, is designed to disseminate current, innovative information on questions of international import as well as to present a variety of perspectives and methodologies critical to the defense and security community. The opinions and analysis in Defense Concepts address a broad range of subjects, not only foreign policy and international affairs, but also defense research and reform, cognitive science and information science, communications technologies and cyber security, ethnocentricity and cultural intelligence, and other themes. Although the articles are solicited from a wide range of contributors, the views articulated within the pages of Defense Concepts and handpicked by the Center’s staff are well-informed and convincingly expressed.

The CADS Board of Directors is pleased to announce that April H. Foley, former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, has been named as a member of the Board. As a member of the CADS board of directors, Ambassador Foley brings her years of distinguished government service and vast experience in the private sector to the Center.

Prior to serving as US Ambassador to Hungary, Ambassador Foley served as the First Vice President and Vice Chairman of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. At the Export-Import bank, she drove the creation of the Trade Bank of Iraq, securing a $2 billion short-term credit facility. She was one of six Americans on the American-Iraqi Joint Economic Council, which laid plans for strengthening the economic performance of Iraq. Additionally, Ambassador Foley worked with the Minister of Finance of Afghanistan to create a development strategy that laid the groundwork for foreign direct investment.

CADS is seeking five research and one communications interns to begin working at least 25 hours per week in June 2010. Although our business hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, our internship program offers flexible hours to accommodate class and work schedules.

About the Center: CADS is a non-profit, nongovernmental think-tank headquartered in Washington, DC. The staff and fellows at CADS are committed to the goal of “Innovation for Peace.” Through technological development, intellectual flexibility, and original approaches, CADS proposes solutions to the security problems of today and examines the defense issues of tomorrow, thereby acting as an active participant in the campaign towards a peaceful future. Yet unlike other think-tanks that purportedly use inventive thinking and software to exploring current security challenges, the Center for Advanced Defense Studies is not only dedicated to researching the topics at stake but also educating the appropriate audience and implementing novel approaches to promote global security. The interns who are recruited to work alongside CADS staff and fellows must have an interest in, coursework related to, and/or experience working on a variety of issues consistent with the work of our various programs and projects.