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Letter from the President and Founder
The "strategic community" devotes a great deal of thought
to one of the fundamental questions of humanity: War or Peace? We
analyze the global situation, considering the overall picture and
the finer details. But: do we prevent war? Do we create peace?
In our mass and media culture, with its undue focus on the "here
and now" and its tendency to exaggerate the importance of irrelevant
events, we always seem to be trailing behind when it comes to "war".
Not until it is too late, do political institutions take decisive
action. Not until a war has broken out, do we ask "Why?"
Only when thousands have died, do journalists and politicians devote
intensive thought to the question of how such events could have
been prevented. So it was in the run-up to the First and the Second
World Wars, to the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, to Kosovo and 9/11.
Why?
There is a lack of public awareness about imminently threatening
crises and conflicts, a lack of analytical judgment and crisis management,
but above all, a lack of targeted action before the situation explodes.
The aim of the World Security Network is to rouse people out of
their apathy, to raise awareness of trouble spots before wars break
out, to outline proposed solutions and to draw media attention to
issues at an early stage.
Above all, however, it aims to network the "strategic community"
– politicians, journalists, academics and opinion-leaders
around the world – and to convey new creative ideas and policy
recommendations to decision-makers at lightening speed via the Internet.
This was my motivation when I founded the Network in Washington
D.C., sponsoring this independent non-profit news service, with
its motto "Networking a safer world".
I am proud to announce that we now have over 120,000 members of
the global info-elite who receive the weekly World Security Network
Newsletter.
These include:
- 45.000 alumnis and professors from elite universities ie Harvard,
Yale, Princton, MIT, Duke;
- 32,000 journalists most of them in the U.S.
- 30,000 business executives ie members of the worldwide Young
Presidents Organization, alumnis from Harvard Business School
and INSEAD.
- 10,000 foreign policy and defense experts
- 3,000 members and staffers of Parliaments including the European
Parliament, the German Bundestag, the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives.
70 percent live in the U.S., 20 percent in Europe, 10 percent in
Asia, Africa and South America.
Anyone can contribute an article and take part in the global discussion,
be it the former Chairman of NATO's Military Committee, General
Klaus Naumann – a member of our Advisory Board – or
a bright student with a smart idea.
Just register
and join growing network of concerned and thinking global citizens!
Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann
President and Founder
Contact: hubertus@worldsecuritynetwork.com
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