News
February 21, 2012
Mona Yacoubian is quoted in a USA Today article by Jim Michaels published on February 20, 2012, exploring Al Qaeda's prospects for expanding its influence in Syria. Click here to read more.
… Read More »February 16, 2012
Alison Giffen was invited to write the background paper for the 2011 Australian Civil-Military Centre Civil-Military Affairs conference. The paper, Enhancing the Protection of Civilians in Peace Operations: From Policy to Practice, is now available on the ACMC website.
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February 16, 2012
Mona Yacoubian appears on Radio France International on February 15, 2012, to discuss US policy options in Syria. Click here to listen.
… Read More »February 15, 2012
Michael Krepon published an opinion-editorial in today's DAWN on Pakistan and the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT).
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… Read More »February 15, 2012
Russell Rumbaugh was quoted a Washington Post Ezra Klein Wonk blog post regarding President Obama's newly unveiled 2013 budget plan.
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… Read More »February 14, 2012
Having returned recently from a trip to North Africa and the Middle East, Mona Yacoubian comments on the likelihood of U.S. intervention in Syria, in a February 9 piece in the Daily Beast. Click here to read.
… Read More »February 10, 2012
Matthew Leatherman published an opinion-editorial in today's US News & World Report urging Secretary Panetta and the Defense Department to embrace larger budget cuts.
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… Read More »February 09, 2012
Mona Yacoubian is quoted in Andrew Quinn's article, "In growing Syria crisis, Obama has few options," published by Reuters on February 15, 2012. Click here to read more.
… Read More »February 09, 2012
Russell Rumbaugh was quoted in today's Bloomberg regarding the Pentagon's oil spending as an obstacle to trimming the defense budget.
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… Read More »February 07, 2012
Managing Across Boundaries Fellow Rachel Stohl was quoted in USA Today by Jim Michaels on missing MANPADS in Libya after the overthrow of Gadhafi.
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… Read More »February 01, 2012
Michael Krepon authored an opinion-editorial in Space News regarding arguments against the international space Code of Conduct the Obama adminstration now supports.
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… Read More »January 30, 2012
Mona Yacoubian is quoted in Ruth Pollard's article in the Sydney Morning Herald, "Arab League Goes to UN as Blood Flows in Syria," on January 30, 2012. Click here to read.
… Read More »January 25, 2012
Matthew Leatherman talked to US New and World Report about the Obama Adminstration's new strategy on shifting America's global military presence.
The entire article can be found here.
… Read More »January 24, 2012
The Stimson Center project, Iran and America: A Dialogue about Disability, held in partnership with BlueLaw International LLP, the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and Iranian partner organizations, assembled civil society leaders, academics, and other experts for a
… Read More »January 23, 2012
Alison Giffen was quoted in the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ online publication IRIN about her work on the recent publication UN Integration and Humanitarian Space. The article, “UN Integration under the spotlight,” can be read here.
… Read More »January 20, 2012
Michael Krepon published an op-ed in DAWN on how the personality traits of leaders in India and Pakistan have determined the progression of the countries' affairs and will continue to do so.
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… Read More »January 17, 2012
Managing Across Boundaries Director Brian Finlay spoke to the 1540 Working Group on Assistance in New York. Finlay's remarks focused on the need for bridging the divide between the hard security objectives outlined in UN Security Council Resolution 1540 and softer security and
… Read More »January 17, 2012
Mona Yacoubian was invited to participate in an on-air panel discussion on a recent episode of Al Jazeera's Inside Syria show. They discuss if Syria's economic decline will act as a greater challenge to al-Assad than the uprising itself.
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… Read More »January 12, 2012
Managing Across Boundaries Director Brian Finlay was published in the Courier, writing on the need for "whole of society" solutions-at the national, regional, and international levels-to proliferation challenges today.
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January 12, 2012
Mona Yacoubian publishes an op-ed in the Hill's Congress Blog on developing a new Marshall Plan for the countries impacted by the Arab Spring uprisings. Click here to read.
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