--- --- # How We Could Benefit From Training Foreign Forces by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 15, 2015 5:28 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 15, 2015 5:28 PM UTC **1\.** [**Should the Pentagon create new brigades solely to train foreign armies?**](http://breakingdefense.com/2015/12/army-mulls-train-advise-brigades-gen-milley/) By Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr. in Breaking Defense **2\.** [**The GOP should be leading on clean energy.**](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/opinions/schwarzenegger-stoknes-renewable-energy/index.html) By Arnold Schwarzenegger and Per Espen Stoknes in CNN **3\.** [**Why aren’t we more worried about nuclear security?**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nuclear-insecurity/2015/12/14/21a7f38a-938e-11e5-b5e4-279b4501e8a6%5Fstory.html) By the editorial board of the Washington Post **4\.** [**Here’s how data can help combat mental illness stigma.**](http://www.nature.com/news/use-data-to-challenge-mental-health-stigma-1.19033) By Neil Seeman in Nature **5\.** [**Can American police learn to avoid deadly force?**](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/nyregion/us-police-leaders-visiting-scotland-get-lessons-on-avoiding-deadly-force.html?%5Fr=0) By Al Baker in the New York Times  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ How We Could Benefit From Training Foreign Forces ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4149376/army-train-foreign-forces/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4149376/army-train-foreign-forces/"},"headline":"How We Could Benefit From Training Foreign Forces","datePublished":"2015-12-15T17:28:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:45.083Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4149376/army-train-foreign-forces/","keywords":["Innovation","Army","Nuclear","police","Mental Illness","Republican"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4149376/army-train-foreign-forces/","name":"How We Could Benefit From Training Foreign Forces"}}]}] ```