The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.

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Agent Orange in Vietnam Program
  Vietnam Reporting Project fellow and CBS5 anchor/reporter, Thuy Vu, traveled to Vietnam to report on the impact of Agent Orange on Vietnam, 35 years after the end of the war. Generations... Read More

Aspen Global Leadership Network Fellows Act on Behalf of One of Their Own

Blog Post | April 26, 2013 | Anonymous
The Fellows of the Aspen Global Leadership Network have mobilized to help one of their own. Bheki Makbuhu, Africa Leadership Initiative/South Africa Fellow and Editor of one Swaziland’s last... Read More

Steering Committee

Partners for a New Beginning
Madeleine K. AlbrightPNB ChairChairAlbright Stonebridge Group Walter IsaacsonPNB Vice ChairPresident and CEOThe Aspen InstituteMuhtar KentPNB Vice ChairChairman and CEOThe Coca-Cola CompanyTarek... Read More

The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series Featuring Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen

Event | May 2, 2013 |
Washington, DC
The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series will feature Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and Jared Cohen, founder and director of Google Ideas, discussing their new book "The New Digital... Read More

Book talk with Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen

Video | May 2, 2013
The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series features Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and Jared Cohen, founder and director of Google Ideas, discussing their new book "The New Digital Age:... Read More

Communications and Society Program

The overall goal of the Communications and Society Program is to promote integrated, thoughtful, values-based decision making in the fields of communications, media, and information policy. Read More

Who We Are

Food Security Strategy Group
Peggy ClarkCo-Director, Initiative on Global Food Security Vice President, Policy Programs at the Aspen Institute Executive Director, Aspen Global Health and DevelopmentDavid MonsmaCo-Director,... Read More

Initiative Overview

Food Security Strategy Group
The Aspen Institute Food Security Strategy Group is a collaboration of the Institute's Energy & Environment, Aspen Global Health and Development, and Middle East Programs that will address... Read More

Ambassadors' Security Roundtable

Homeland Security Program
The Aspen Institute and AGT International are pleased to launch the Ambassadors’ Security Roundtable, a new initiative to promote greater international understanding and cooperation in the critically... Read More

Professor Muhammad Yunus: Social Business to End Poverty, Unemployment, and Lack of Health

Video | April 19, 2013
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus recieved the Congressional Gold Medal on April 17th in Washington, DC and is the seventh person in history to have received the Congressional Gold Medal, the... Read More

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