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David Shorr
Program Officer
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David Shorr has been a program officer at the Stanley Foundation since 2000. The results of two recent projects led by Shorr have been published as edited volumes. Together with former foundation colleague Michael Schiffer, he co-edited Powers & Principles: International Leadership in a Shrinking World (Lexington Books), in which top experts consider what steps pivotal powers could take to build a stronger rules-based international order. Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide (Routledge) is a collection of bipartisan essays co-edited with Derek Chollet and Tod Lindberg.

From 1986-2000, Shorr worked in Washington on a range of subjects including arms control, humanitarian crisis response, conflict resolution, and human rights. Over those years, he was an advocate with Human Rights First, Refugees International, Search for Common Ground, British American Security Information Council, Arms Control Association, and Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Shorr is a contributor to the foreign policy blog Democracy Arsenal and a frequent guest in the TPM Café Book Club. He has published essays in the journals Survival, Policy Review, Foreign Service Journal, Connecticut Journal of International Law, and Helsinki Monitor and opinion pieces in more than a dozen major newspapers, including regular contributions to the Des Moines Register. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and serves on the board of Citizens for Global Solutions.

Shorr received his B.A. from Brown University and masters in public administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. A lifelong fan of pop music, Shorr has appeared three times on NPR's World Café, when host David Dye has selected sets of songs he submitted to the show's "Top 5" feature.


Publications

PDF (71K) Revitalizing International Cooperation: A Bipartisan Agenda, After the Unipolar Moment, published January 2008

"Reforming Summit Diplomacy," David Shorr, Alan S. Alexandroff, Andrew F. Cooper, Talking Points Memo, September 2009

"International Inclusiveness: From Italy to Pittsburgh, The "G" Summits Must Evolve," David Shorr, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 2009

"Does 'war' make us secure?," David Shorr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 2008

"Uncle Sam needs more diplomats," David Shorr, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), November 2007

"Shift Iraq focus to limit impacts from a failed state," Michael Kraig and David Shorr, The Des Moines Register, July 2007

Highlights
Policy Analysis
Jack Boureston and Andrew K. Semmel examine the IAEA's role regarding nuclear security and terrorist threats. Dr. Elizabeth Turpen reviews international instruments and efforts related to the Nuclear Security Summit. And Kenneth N. Luongo asks tough questions about the existing nuclear material security architecture. See all Policy Analysis Briefs.
 
Now Showing
Now ShowingA new Now Showing event-in-a-box toolkit features Fragile States, Global Consequences, a DVD that helps viewers examine the global challenge of fragile states. It aims to encourage discussion of the growing movement in the international community to find comprehensive ways to promote stronger nations and more effective ways to deal with those that are already on the brink of failure. Sign Up

 
Courier
CourierA quarterly publication, Courier provokes thought on world affairs by giving readers insight into issues driving foundation programming.
Winter 2010 issue PDF (287 KB)
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Seoul G-20 Resources
Seoul G-20 ResourcesThe Stanley Foundation's David Shorr and Keith Porter were on-site for the G-20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea. These resources on the meeting are now available.
 
51st Strategy for Peace Conference
This year's annual Strategy for Peace Conference examined the evolving role of the G-20 in international affairs, the impact of nuclear security summits in addressing nuclear terrorism, and atrocity prevention as a US national security priority. Read more here.
 
Funders Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect
Key actors in the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) community met this summer to provide an overview of the principle, reflect on recent developments, and begin discussion on best next steps. Read the Policy Memo.
 
Review and Vitalization of Peacebuilding
The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission is undergoing its first, five-year comprehensive review. The Stanley Foundation recently convened a meeting to examine key areas of consensus and significant questions remaining in the review process. Read the Policy Memo and the full conference report.
 
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think., a monthly e-newsletter for today’s global citizens with articles that motivate. December 2010 issue(12KB)
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The 1540 Hub
The 1540 HubIn 2004, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1540 aimed at keeping the ingredients for weapons of mass destruction out of the wrong hands. The 1540 Hub centralizes the various international and NGO resources relevant to 1540 in a single website.

 
Watch and Learn
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