Report Examines Climate Change Implications on National Security

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), an RBF grantee, has released a working paper, Promoting the Dialogue: Climate Change and the Quadrennial Defense Review.  The authors, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore and Research Assistant Will Rogers, examine how the Department of Defense is incorporating climate change and its impact on national security into the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).

Fund Makes Revisions to Democratic Practice Guidelines

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has updated its Democratic Practice guidelines.  While the basic substance of the Democratic Practice program remains the same, the Fund has made revisions to the goals and strategies of both the U.S. and Global Governance portfolios of the program.   In making revisions to program guidelines, the intent has always been to give potential grantees, other foundations, and the interested public a clear description of the Fund's direction and priorities.

Life in Kosovo: A Conversation with Stephen B. Heintz

During his latest trip to the Western Balkans, Rockefeller Brothers Fund president Stephen B. Heintz was interviewed on Life in Kosovo, a current affairs television program. It is produced by RBF grantee Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN). Host Jeta Xharra delved into the philanthropic legacy of the Rockefeller family, and what the Fund's mission and programmatic involvement in the Western Balkans means for Kosovar society now and in years to come.  Xharra also spoke with Heintz on larger questions of Kosovo and EU integration; the need for rule of law and developing a culture of democracy; Islam and the democratic state; and climate change.