Click here to read Krepon's comments, and for more analysis from Business Week and the Boston Globe about how the Senate cleared New START.

Senate Delivers Success to Obama by Clearing START, Business Week

Kerry Kept Focus Sharp Amid Drama, the Boston Globe

Of all of this year’s seismic shifts in the deficit and debt debate, putting U.S. defense budgets on the table is perhaps the most significant.

President Obama’s deficit commission, reinforced by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Rivlin-Domenici panel, has added military

In the coming decade, Iran's politics will be defined by a slow, agonizing struggle waged through, rather than against, the institutions of the Islamic Republic. If we indulge in the seductive dream of a sudden democratic revolution -- whether delivered by bombs from above or by

Pentagon budgets have soared over the last decade, partly because of a failure to prioritize. In the coming age of austerity, major cuts are imperative -- and if done right, they will not harm U.S. interests.

Click here to read their analysis in Foreign Affairs examining how to

Eric Lief is quoted in the Austin American-Statesman analyzing George W. Bush's statement that his administration doubled its financial commitment to fighting global AIDS.

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Distinguished Visiting Fellow Syed Iqbal Hasnain published in The Economic Times an op-ed about the need for an international treaty to protect the Tibetan Plateau

On December 16, 2010, Alison Giffen spoke at "Sudan: Regional Implications of Post-Referendum Scenarios," a large workshop hosted by the National Defense University CCO.  The workshop was attended by 250 people.  Giffen's presentation focused on the various risks of, and challenges

Obama administration says that economic sanctions against Iran are having an impact, and the international community is cutting back on commercial ties with Iran.  However, another Obama official told a group of Iran experts that the U.S. still wants badly to engage with that

This weekend, Saudi Arabia will gather Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and other Middle Eastern states to collaborate on fighting the spread of weapons of mass destruction to terrorist organizations. The Saudi initiative reaffirms that regional cooperation is an emerging and

Ellen Laipson appeared on Viewpoint with James Zogby with Edward Walker and David Frum. Laipson stated that there seemed to be a system or specific rationale behind the time of the leaks, suggesting that there could be even more yet to be released. “They [WikiLeaks] had to make sense

Alan Romberg recently had an article on the CNN website entitled "U.S. and S. Korea navies send a message."

He argued that the recent large-scale U.S.-South Korean naval exercise had several purposes.  Most important was to send a message to Pyongyang that Washington and Seoul have

Co-founder Michael Krepon was quoted in "The Democrat's Treaty Slump" in the New York Times on November 20, 2010.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/weekinreview/21baker.html

"The Obama Administration's Northeast Asia Strategy and North Korea Policy" by Alan Romberg

Presentation to the 6^th Hankyoreh-Busan International Symposium Northeast Asian Community: Reconciliation, Peace, and Cooperation in Busan, Korea

For full text click here.

Viktor Bout, the Russian arms trafficking suspect, arrived on US soil today to be prosecuted for illegally selling arms to some of the most nefarious strongmen and terrorist actors of modern times.

In this article for the Guardian, Brian Finlay, Senior Associate with the Stimson

Johan Bergenas publishes article in FOKUS, a leading weekly Swedish news magazine, on concerns related to nuclear weapons proliferation in the Middle East. To

Senior Associate Brian Finlay was recently quoted in the Global Security Newswire article "Terrorists Unlikely to Use WMD in Mail Bomb Plots, Experts Say." To view the article, click here. 

Ellen Laipson joins Robert Kaplan, Joe Cirincione, and Ambassador Richard Butler on Al Jazeera's Empire to discuss the new arms race.

The episode will air Thursday, October 28 at 2 pm, Friday, October 29 at 3 am, and Saturday, October 30 at 7 pm.

You can also view the episode on Al

Rich Cronin comments on China's Hydropower Dams and their impact on the Mekong in China Hydropower Dams in Mekong Give Shocks to 60 Million for Bloomberg.

Read the entire article here.

In collaboration with the Stimson Center and the Stanley Foundation, the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations hosted a luncheon and panel discussion entitled "UNSCR 1540 Implementation in the Americas: A Model for Success." The panel featured Ambassador Claude