WASHINGTON - Senior US Defense Department officials are expected to present three budget-cutting scenarios to the defense secretary when they wrap up a wide-ranging review of military strategy at the end of this month, according to sources.

These officials, part of the Strategic

WASHINGTON -- A longtime expert on terrorism and nuclear arms is calling on the United States and others to identify fresh responses to a potential crisis in which a nation such as Pakistan or North Korea loses control over nuclear weapons or fissile material, without the West

686 presidential candidates try to succeed Ahmadinejad in Iran

(CNN) -- Hundreds of candidates are vying to become Iran's next president, with hopefuls ranging from friends to foes of current President

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Food Fight

Why is the agricultural lobby so mad at Obama?

We can spend a lot of time (and I do) on the politics of the defense budget and the Iron Triangle that binds the Pentagon, the defense industry, and key members of Congress, making reform in the defense world difficult to

NPR's "Morning Edition" files a story on the Syrian peace initiative by the United States and Russia. Mona Yacoubian is quoted.

To hear the full segment, click here.

Stimson Center: DoD Could Trim $1 Trillion Without Eroding Combat Power

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon could save double the amount of cuts mandated under sequestration and avoid eroding its combat power, says a report released Monday.

The Washington-based Stimson Center projects the

Civil war and chemical weapons in Syria

Two years later, Syria is in the middle of a civil war-driven by ethnic, sectarian and regional conflicts. On one side-a disparate group of rebels united by their common goal of removing President Bashar Al-Assad from power.

On the other-a

On 10 June 2008, the SS Lien Ho set off from Taiwan. On board were 16 crew and deep-sea fishermen. It was set to fish the rich waters near what the crew would have called the Diaoyutai islands - a set of islets claimed by Japan, Taiwan and China. At some point in its operation,

Give Peace talks in Syria a chance

By Mona Yacoubian, Special to CNN updated 7:20 AM EDT, Fri May 10, 2013

(CNN) -- The recent call by the United States and Russia for an international conference on Syria offers the best chance for a peaceful resolution to the escalating conflict

Ahmadinejad shows no sign of going quietly

By Geneive Abdo, Special to CNN

Editor's note: Geneive Abdo is a fellow in the Middle East Program at the Stimson Center and a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution and  author of the recent paper The New Sectarianism.

As Iran's

What Does it Take to Cooperate? Transboundary Water Management Around the World

By Carolyn Lamere  / Monday, May 6, 2013

Water is the foundation of human society and will become even more critical as population growth, development, and climate change put pressure

'A Dilemma with Horns': Congress Steps Into Syria Fray

By Luke Jerod Kummer
Uploaded on April 26, 2013

Syria is engulfed in civil war and Congress has decided to step into the fray over whether to arm the opposition in an attempt to end a bloody two-year conflict that's gone

The Project on Defense Alternatives and Center for International Policy sponsored a conference titled 'Time to Reset Defense: Guidance for a More Effective and Affordable US Defense Posture,' at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Six panelists presented practical

Public-Private Partnerships Essential to Combat Poaching

By Johan Bergenas

At the end of last year, visiting Kenya under the auspices of a Stimson Center development and transnational security project in East Africa, I met Baraka, a 2.5-ton black rhinoceros that, despite being

The gash on Abu Ahmed's face has almost healed but the troubling memory of Syrian rebels thrashing him with rifle butts evokes fear of another looming war: an intra-rebel conflict.

Rebel groups battling a common enemy -- the regime of President Bashar al-Assad -- are frequently

Nuclear deterrence could restrain N. Korea, Iran

(CNN) -- Throughout the Cold War, the United States relied on the theory of deterrence for protection against nuclear attack. American leaders believed that so long as the U.S. maintained nuclear forces able to survive a

Defense Cuts Send Contractors on Hunt For Foreign Buyers

The across-the-board U.S. budget cuts known as sequestration - which will chop $46 billion from the Defense Department budget this year and $500 billion over 10 years if not overturned - are accelerating efforts by America's

No good military options for U.S. in Syria

(Reuters) - Despite President Barack Obama's pledge that Syria's use of chemical weapons is a "game changer" for the United States, he is unlikely to turn to military options quickly and would want allies joining him in any … Read More »