Project for the New American Century

Banner of the Project For New American Century.

Project For New American Century is a neoconservative think tank funded by William Kristol and Richard Perle. Its current chairman is William Kristol.

Prominent politicians, journalists and scholars associated with the Project For New American Century include Charles Krauthammer, Paul Wolfowitz, Lewis Libby, Jeb Bush, Richard Perle, Dick Cheney, William J. Bennett, Norman Podhoretz, Dan Quayle, Abram Shulsky, Frank Gaffney, Zalmay Khalilzad, R. James Woolsey, Jr., Rudy Boschwitz, Eliot A. Cohen, Steve Forbes, Michael Ledeen, Dov Zakheim, Richard Armitage, Robert Zoellick, Paula Dobriansky and Aaron Friedberg.

PNAC's stated goal is to promote global American leadership (which they call "Pax Americana"), rebuilding and maintaining America's defense posture and the preservation of peace.

"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor"

The above statement is taken from Section V of "Rebuilding America's Defenses," a document which they published in September 2000. Conspiracy theorists claim that this quote implies foreknowledge of 9/11.

References

• Bush's Summer Reading List Hints at Iraq, By Dana Milbank, Washington Post, August 20, 2002; Page A11.
• Rebuilding America's Defenses (pdf file)

External Links

Project For New American Century official site