PROJECTS of the Commonwealth Institute
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Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA), Charles Knight and Carl Conetta, co-directors.
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Progressive Strategy Studies Project (PSSP), Charles Knight, director, Wolfgang Brauner, researcher and manager.
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Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN), Rob Garrity, executive director.
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Project on Inequality and Poverty (PIP), S. M. Miller, director.
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Pulse of Capitalism (archived Internet publication 1998-2005)
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The Shorter Work Time Group
Commonwealth Institute Sitemap
PDA Special Topics Web Pages
Articles and analyses on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Compendium on the US "Revolution in Military Affairs"
Studies, commentaries, and documents on US defense strategy, planning, and debates.
Studies and articles on China’s military policy, capabilities, and potential.
Compendium of documents, studies, articles and commentaries.
The effect of the new wars on the US military.
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Featured Publications
Quickly, Carefully, and Generously: The Necessary Steps for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq
The Task Force for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq, a Commonwealth Institute publication, June 2008.
The Role of Force & the Armed Forces in post-Cold War US Foreign Policy: What have we learned? Cautionary lessons for the next administration
Security Policy Working Group symposium at Parsons: The New School for Design, NYC, 10 April 2008.
Cul de Sac: 9/11 and the Paradox of American Power
By Carl Conetta. PDA Research Monograph #13, 05 February 2008.
A Prisoner to Primacy
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Memo #43, 05 February 2008.
Toward a Sustainable US Defense Posture: An Option to save $60+ Billion Over the Next Five Years
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Memo #42, 02 August 2007.
Dissuading China and Fighting the 'Long War'
By Carl Conetta. World Policy Journal.
America Speaks Out: Is the United States Spending Too Much on Defense?
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Memo #41, 26 March 2007.
No Good Reason to Boost Army, Marine Corps End Strength
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Report #20, 31 January 2007.
Resolving Iraq: Progress Depends on a Short Timeline for US Troop Withdrawal
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Memo #40, 18 January 2007.
More Troops for Iraq? Time to Just Say "No"
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Memo #39, 09 January 2007.
War & Consequences: Global Terrorism has Increased Since 9/11 Attacks
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Memo #38, 25 September 2006.
Losing Hearts and Minds: World Public Opinion and post-9/11 US Security Policy
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Memo #37, 14 September 2006.
Fighting on Borrowed Time: The Effect on US Military Readiness of America's post-9/11 Wars
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Report #19, 11 September 2006.
Pyrrhus on the Potomac: How America's post-9/11 wars have undermined US national security
By Carl Conetta. PDA Briefing Report #18, 05 September 2006.
Are We Safer? Five Years After the September 11th Attacks
Nine essays by the Security Policy Working Group, September 2006.
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