The International Assessment and Strategy Center is a

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whose declared purpose is to analyze "medium and long-term security issues and their impact on the security of the United States and her key interests and allies." Headquartered in

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, the Center undertakes both open source and classified work on behalf of United States government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. Officially

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, the Center's policy orientation has been generally geared toward a "robust national security posture".

Current and former staff

* Jeffrey Breinholt * Kenneth E. deGraffenreid *

Douglas Farah Douglas Farah is an American journalist, author and national security consultant. Farah served as United Press International bureau chief in El Salvador from 1985 to 1987, and worked as a freelance journalist for ''The Washington Post'', ''Newswe ...

* Arthur Waldron * Glenn R. Simpson

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* {{US-org-stub Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in the United States Political and economic think tanks in the United States Security studies Think tanks established in 2004 Organizations based in Alexandria, Virginia 2004 establishments in the United States