The Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga. , is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute founded by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in 1982. The Center is dedicated to fighting disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression through collaborative initiatives in the areas of democratization and development, global health, and urban revitalization. D.C. DiploNet is a network that focuses on the needs of diplomats in the post cold-war period. Topics include conflict management and resolution, peacemaking, and multilateral diplomacy. Nautilus promotes international cooperation for security and ecologically sustainable development.
Programs embrace both global and regional issues.