Mona Yacoubian was quoted in an article on Middle East strategy for the Obama Administration's second term. Click here to read. 

Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman co-authored a piece in Bloomberg with the Wilson Center's Ruth Greenspan Bell entitled: "Global Warming Experts Should Think More About the Cold War," published on December 20.

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On Tuesday, December 18, Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman spoke at the World Affairs Council - Washington, DC's "50 Years of Nuclear Crisis - From Cuba to Iran." Blechman, fellow discussant Amb. Robert Joseph, former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control

In October 2012 Stimson, together with the American Academy of Diplomacy and sponsored by the Cox Foundation, released a study examining the challenges of the world today and the progress in preparing our foreign policy personnel for those challenges.  Entitled "Diplomacy in a Time

Mona Yacoubian was a featured policy expert at the Center for National Policy's "Post-Assad Syria" discussion. Click here to watch.

Yuki Tatsumi was recently quoted in Michael Mosettig's analysis "Dueling Dynasties Roil Asia" in the PBSNewshour's blog, the Rundown.  In the analysis, Michael Mosettig discusses the change of power in both China, North Korea, and Japan, and it is within this context that Yuki

Gordon Adams, Distinguished Fellow and Barry Blechman, Co-Founder/Distinguished Fellow have made the inaugural 100 Most Influential People in U.S. Defense list. For a full list please click here.

Mona Yacoubian was quoted in Reuters article “Foreign Nerves Limit Syria rebel arms, Assad’s arsenals raided.” Click here to read.

Yuki Tatsumi spoke with Foreign Policy's Isaac Stone Fish for the magazine's blog, Passport.  During their conversation, she commented on Japanese conservative leaders, including the former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, the Japanese public's perception of him, and the issues that

Stimson has contributed analyses on global environmental trends and maritime security to the National Intelligence Council's Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds report (December 2012). Global Trends provides a strategic framework for US policymakers to consider future geopolitical

Stimson co-founder Barry Blechman gave a lecture, "Confronting the Nuclear Threat," at the World Affairs Council of New Orleans on December 11. He discussed the status of the Iranian nuclear program and international efforts to counter it, and analyzed available options the

Mona Yacoubian appeared on CSPAN's Washington Journal this morning to discuss the latest developments in Syria. Click here to watch.

USA Today was granted an exclusive to cover the release of Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense's latest report, The Pentagon as Pitchman: Perception and Reality of Public Diplomacy. USA Today's Tom Vanden Brook uses the report to uncover the Department of Defense's Special

Ellen Laipson and Genieve Abdo's Presidential Inbox memo on Iran was picked up by Fars News Agency, a semi-official agency affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). 

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Managing Across Boundaries Deputy Director Johan Bergenas spoke at an Uppsala University panel titled "A Wider Security Agenda." He spoke on the next generation partnerships within and between the public and the private sectors needed to achieve 21st century global security and

Geneive Abdo was quoted in Bloomberg on the message Israelis are sending to Iran through the war on Gaza.

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Geneive Abdo was quoted in National Post from statements made at the Halifax Security Forum.

On Iran, the mood was equally downbeat. Journalist Geneive Abdo, who once covered Iran for the Guardian, told the audience that the West’s big chance was in 2009, when the regime was reeling

Ellen Laipson spoke on panel hosted by the Wilson Center and broadcast by C-SPAN on the topic of American Priorities in the Middle East. Speakers examined how the US prioritizes its objectives in the Middle East and whether it's realistic to think about solutions to problems in the

Managing Across Boundaries (MAB) Visiting Fellow O'Neil Hamilton was quoted in BBC News as part of their coverage on a conference he participated in titled "E3DS Summit" on how high technology aerospace, defense, and security (ADS) companies can have a beneficial effect on "small

Launching amid a continuing debate over defense sending, A New Defense Strategy for a New Era has struck a chord in the media, with the Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Defense News, Foreign Policy, and others covering the report's launch.

The report, which draws on the expertise of