Geneive was interviewed by the BBC Persian Service about the Middle East policy challenges faced by Obama in his second term. Click here to listen.

Que Newbill was selected as a delegate to present at the American Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at Stanford University. The AMENDS Summit brings youth change agents from across the Middle East, North Africa, and United States to learn from each other, advance their work, and

On Thursday, January 24, Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman gave a presentation on "Regaining Momentum Toward Eliminating Nuclear Weapons" at the Nuclear Discussion Forum in New York City. The Forum is sponsored by the East-West Institute and the United

Mona Yacoubian served as an international election observer as part of the National Democratic Institute's observer mission for Jordan's January 23rd Parliamentary elections. Click here to read more. 

Alison Giffen was quoted in a Boston Globe article on the role of private firms in UN peace operations. Click here to read.

Stimson trustee Ken Brill's article on nuclear security was featured in Politico.

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Que'Nique Newbill published an article in Muftah on the upcoming Jordanian parliamentary elections.
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Mona Yacoubian was quoted in a Huffington Post article on the need for a long term strategy for the Arab Transitions. Click here to read.

Russell Rumbaugh, director of the Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, was recently interviewed and quoted by Politifact. The piece analyzes the veracity of President Obama's promise to expand annual budgeting for military humanitarian aid.

Read the piece here 

Alan D. Romberg's latest analysis "Following the 18th Party Congress:Moving Forward Step-by-Step" is highlighted in a headline report on the China Review News.

The CRN article, entitled "Alan D. Romberg: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stay 'steady course' on Cross-Strait policies",

Geneive Abdo was interviewed on the BBC.

Click here to view the clip; Abdo is featured at 4:21.

On Tuesday, January 15, Brigadier General (ret.) Feroz Khan and Zachary Davis spoke on a "Strategic Restraint Regime 2.0," and "Transparency and Deterrence Stability" as part of Stimson's programming on South Asia.

Khan is a lecturer in the Department of National Security Affairs at

On January 10th 2013 , Stimson hosted  the event  Challenges Facing the US Reconstruction Effort in Afghanistan. The event featured remarks by Mr. John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, and was followed up by a panel discussion featuring several

Ellen Laipson's op-ed, "Economic Ties Can Save Africa's Arab Spring," was featured in Bloomberg.

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Alan D. Romberg's latest article "Following the 18th Party Congress:Moving Forward Step-by-Step" appears in the recent issue of the Hoover Institute's China Leadership Monitor.

"The 18th Party Congress laid out a "steady on course" approach to cross-Strait relations, continuing to

Managing Across Boundaries Senior Associate Rachel Stohl was quoted in Executive magazine on chemical weapons in Syria.

Stohl observed, "as we learned in Iraq and Libya, it is very clear that when a country is in crisis or transition and loses control over a stockpile of weapons - be

Mona Yacoubian was quoted in a New York Times article on Iranian captives freed in prisoner exchange in Syria. Click here to read.

On Wednesday, January 9, Bruce MacDonald spoke on Deterrence and Crisis Stability in Space and Cyberspace as part of the Stimson Center's programming on Space Security.

MacDonald is Senior Director of USIP's Nonproliferation and Arms Control Program, where he serves as an adviser on

Managing Across Boundaries Managing Director Brian Finlay participate a meeting hosted by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and organized by the Steering Committee of the Forum

On Monday President Obama announced former Senator Chuck Hagel as his nominee as the next Secretary of Defense.  Washington Post Wonkblog’s coverage focused on the spending challenges Hagel is likely to face, including data from a survey Stimson recently published together with