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HIV /AIDS AS A SECURITY ISSUE

This 2001 International Crisis Group report uses the metaphor of war and elastic definition of security (personal, economic, communal, national and international) to convince policymakers to pay attention to the problem.

Why Health Is Important to U.S. Foreign Policy

This 2001 paper by Jordan Kassalow published by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Milbank Memorial Fund argues that health policy should be a U.S. foreign policy priority, part of the effort to link health issues to higher profile issues likely to command the attention of decision-makers.