Difference between revisions of "Center for Strategic and International Studies, timeline"

From Powerbase
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 5: Line 5:
 
===June===
 
===June===
 
*The announcement of the establishment of The Centre for Strategic (and International) Studies was made by [[Reverend E.B Bunn]], President of Georgetown University on June 4 1962.  It's stated aim was 'to coordinate and conduct studies related to the strategies by which free societies can utilise their total strength to preserve and further develop the values underlying Western civilisation.'
 
*The announcement of the establishment of The Centre for Strategic (and International) Studies was made by [[Reverend E.B Bunn]], President of Georgetown University on June 4 1962.  It's stated aim was 'to coordinate and conduct studies related to the strategies by which free societies can utilise their total strength to preserve and further develop the values underlying Western civilisation.'
[[Image:Georgetown_Archives_028.JPG||150px|thumb|left|Correspondence between Sheehan and Bunn, June 1962 ]]
 
  
  
Line 24: Line 23:
 
*Letter from Admiral Burke regarding a grant from the Scaife Family Foundation to help retain Professors Garbuny and Sharabi from Georgetown.  
 
*Letter from Admiral Burke regarding a grant from the Scaife Family Foundation to help retain Professors Garbuny and Sharabi from Georgetown.  
 
===September===
 
===September===
[[Image:Georgetown_Archives_053.JPG||150px|thumb|left|Admiral Burke requesting that CEO of AMA sits on Exec Board of CSIS, September 1966 ]]
 
 
*Admiral Burke writes to the CEO of the Automobile Manufacturers Association, asking that he sit as a member of the Executive Board.  
 
*Admiral Burke writes to the CEO of the Automobile Manufacturers Association, asking that he sit as a member of the Executive Board.  
  
Line 52: Line 50:
  
 
==1986==
 
==1986==
[[Image:Georgetown_Archives_246.JPG||150px|thumb|left|Correspondence between Stanley Katz and Tim Healy, October 1986 ]]
 
 
===October===
 
===October===
 
*Letter from [[Tim Healy]] to [[Stanley Katz]] taking on board the recommendation of a separate incorporation of CSIS stating that 'we are proceeding to an orderly separation' and that he hopes 'to avoid any claims of rancour or displeasure.'
 
*Letter from [[Tim Healy]] to [[Stanley Katz]] taking on board the recommendation of a separate incorporation of CSIS stating that 'we are proceeding to an orderly separation' and that he hopes 'to avoid any claims of rancour or displeasure.'

Revision as of 15:03, 16 March 2016

This timeline records key events in the history of the CSIS, in particular from the period of its creation until it was removed from campus at Georgetown University in 1986.

1962

Georgetown University News Service, June 1962

June

  • The announcement of the establishment of The Centre for Strategic (and International) Studies was made by Reverend E.B Bunn, President of Georgetown University on June 4 1962. It's stated aim was 'to coordinate and conduct studies related to the strategies by which free societies can utilise their total strength to preserve and further develop the values underlying Western civilisation.'


  • Donald Sheehan of the University of Pennsylvania writes to Reverend Bunn, expressing that he was 'impressed with the need for such an independent objective agency' and that 'a university provides an ideal setting for such an organisation as you have envisioned'.

1964

February

Letter from Arleigh Burke regarding CSIS move, Feb 5 1964
  • Arleigh Burke writes to Father Campbell regarding CSIS' move of headquarters to 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, away from Georgetown University Campus.
Letter from Father Campbell regarding CSIS restructuring, September 1964

September

  • Response to Admiral Burke from Father Campbell regarding constitutional restructuring of CSIS and the Board of Director's approval.

1966

April

Letter from Burke to Father Campbell on new professorships/grants, April 1966
  • Letter from Admiral Burke regarding a grant from the Scaife Family Foundation to help retain Professors Garbuny and Sharabi from Georgetown.

September

  • Admiral Burke writes to the CEO of the Automobile Manufacturers Association, asking that he sit as a member of the Executive Board.

1968

Letter regarding completion of Research Council and Laqueur award, August 1968

April

  • The Research Council is created under the chairmanship of Professor Mosely to meet for the first time on 1 November 1968.
Correspondence for CSIS name change, 1968

December

  • Letter from Arleigh Burke to Father Campbell regarding the centre's name change from the Centre for Strategic Studies to the 'Centre for Strategic and International Studies' (CSIS). Father Campbell felt it important that the centre emphasise it's international focus alongside that of strategy.

1969

Changes made to the CSIS constitution, August 1969

August

  • Notification of CSIS constitutional changes to President Henle. Denotes name change to 'Centre for Strategic and International Studies', change of directorship to 'Chairman' to imply administrative role and central role of the Research Council in directing research,which replaced the Research Committee.

1970

Newsletter of April 1970 confirming new appointments

April

  • Newsletter of April 1970, confirming David Abshire's appointment by President Nixon to 'Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations'. The role was designed to use Abshire's expertise to focus on the growing role of Congress in the formation of foreign policy.
  • The newsletter also confirms the replacement of Abshire by Ambassador John Steeves as Executive Director of CSIS.

1971

Henle to Burke regarding Chair of Int Affairs, February 1971

February

  • President of Georgetown Roger Henle writes to Admiral Burke regarding a meeting with Ambassador Spruille Braden and the gifting of a Chair of International Affairs to the university.

1986

October

  • Letter from Tim Healy to Stanley Katz taking on board the recommendation of a separate incorporation of CSIS stating that 'we are proceeding to an orderly separation' and that he hopes 'to avoid any claims of rancour or displeasure.'
Confirmation of Board decision of separate incorporation, November 1986

November

  • Confirmation of the separate incorporation decision made by the Board. General Andrew Goodpaster, who sat on the committee of external evaluators, argued that independently both Georgetown University and CSIS can 'embellish the characteristic activities which make them so valuable.' The five-member committee of external evaluators was made up of Sir Michael Howard, Samuel P. Huntington, Stanley Katz and Jaroslav Pelikan, as well as Goodpaster himself.