Michael Shank, vice president for the Institute for Economics and Peace, discusses the findings of the 2012 Global Peace Index and the 2012 Positive Peace Index at CSIS headquarters in Washington DC.  Shank discusses how these tools, which measure negative and positive peace, respectively, can be used to assess nation-state […]

Michael Shank, US Vice President at the Institute for Economics and Peace, discusses President Obama’s new defense strategy announced at the Pentagon this week and discusses where the cuts in defense spending will occur and how it will impact the future direction of US warfare.  Video courtesy of CTV News.

Michael Shank, US Vice President at the Institute for Economics and Peace and PhD Candidate at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, discusses the complications with the Loya Jirga deal between US and Afghanistan. Video courtesy of Al Jazeera, aired November 23, 2011.

Michael Shank, Senior Policy Advisor for Congressman Mike Honda and PhD Candidate at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, discusses the economic and political toll of the war Afghanistan. Video courtesy of Russia Today, aired October 7, 2011.

Michael Shank, Senior Policy Advisor for Congressman Mike Honda and PhD Candidate at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, forecasts the future steps of a transitional government and the reaction of the United States. Shank suggests that the next steps of the U.S. are critical after previous missteps including […]