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June 18
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Sarah Mendelson, director of the CSIS Human Rights and Security Initiative, was quoted by Agence France Press, "Experts: Harsh Interrogation Methods Strain US Image, Endanger Soldiers."
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The use by the United States of harsh interrogation methods against suspected terrorists has stained the country's image and is putting US soldiers' lives at risk, experts said here Wednesday.Sarah Mendelson of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which hosted the forum along with Human Rights First, deplored the US administration's "new ambivalence towards torture prohibition." In a report, she accused the administration of President George W. Bush of appearing "increasingly prepared to pay lip-service to or ignore entirely US obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law." Read more
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June 18
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A CSIS Human Rights and National Security Program Event on interrogation tactics was quoted by Reuters, "Exams Show Torture of U.S.-Held Detainees: Report."
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medical examinations of 11 former terrorism suspects held by U.S. troops found proof of physical and psychological torture resulting in long-term damage, a human rights advocacy group said on Wednesday. Read more (login required)
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June 15
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Sarah Mendelson, director of the CSIS Human Rights and Security Initiative, was quoted by Agence France Press in an article on Guantanamo and detention, "After Guantanamo: Next US President to Face Tough Decisions."
The next US president will face tough choices over how to handle terrorist suspects even if the Guantanamo detention camp is closed, as both White House hopefuls have promised, experts say. [. . .]"Quite honestly the next president, whoever he is, is going to face a series of difficult decisions. The options are all unattractive," said Sarah Mendelson of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.Read More
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May 29
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Sarah Mendelson, a senior fellow with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, was quoted by the New York Times, "After 2005 Uzbek Uprising, Issues Linger for the West."
The theater that burned has a fresh coat of paint. Bullet holes have been plastered over. Newspapers talk of cattle farming, tennis courts and World War II victories. [. . .] The Bush administration's counterterrorism practices since 2001 have eroded its moral authority with countries like Uzbekistan, analysts said. "The U.S. doesn’t have the kind of leverage it had," said Sarah Mendelson, a Russia expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "We’ve got this elephant in the room." Read More
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February 29
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Johanna Mendelson Foreman, a senior associate at CSIS, had an op-ed published in the Miami Herald, "What Haiti Needs to Sustain Progress."
Anyone visiting Port-au-Prince today will note that public safety has returned to this city of more than two million people. A democratically elected government is in place, as are local government officials. President Rene Préval has created one of the most inclusive governments in recent history, four years after his predecessor, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was forced to step down as president. There is even an ongoing dialogue with the Dominican Republic on border management and migration. Much of the credit for this stability goes to the U.N. Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, which, together with the Préval government, remains a moderating force in stabilizing Haiti. Its presence, guaranteed by a U.N. Security Council mandate, unfortunately will expire in October. It should be renewed. Read the article
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January 18
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Sarah Mendelson, a senior fellow with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, was quoted by the Washington Times, "Bush Meeting with Kissinger, Primakov."
President Bush went into a meeting this morning with former U.S. and Soviet officials this morning, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Soviet Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov. . . Sarah Mendelson, a Russia expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the group is a way for Mr. Putin to maintain contact with the Bush administration while continuing to close off contact with the U.S. inside his country. "Putin wants a funnel system where he has contact with a very few senior folks repeatedly and that's where he’s getting his idea of what policy is going to be, and then he wants to cut off contact for everybody else," Ms. Mendelson said. Read More
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