Managing Across Boundaries

Program Publications

• March 18, 2013 / By Rachel Stohl
  Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations Set to Resume at United Nations
  

  This week in New York diplomats will meet to try to finally agree on some rules to govern the international arms trade. The much anticipated result would be a legally binding Arms Trade

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• March 04, 2013 / By Johan Bergenas
  Combatting the Undercurrents of Globalization in the Developing World
  

  In the last 150 years, advanced technology has served as a critical tool in achieving national and international goals and, by extension, to furthering the human condition.

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• February 21, 2013 / By Johan Bergenas
  International security: the James Bond school of thought
  

  The world has been shaken-not stirred-many times since James Bond ordered his first vodka martini in Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale 60 years ago.  On Sunday, at the Oscar's Gala, the

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• February 14, 2013 / By Rachel Stohl, Alexander Georgieff
  UN Committee Criticizes Obama Administration’s Use of Child Soldiers’ Waivers
  

  As the conflict in Mali wages on, reports from the frontlines reveal that the al-Qaeda linked Northern Mali rebels have conscripted child soldiers into their ranks. These reports

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• January 10, 2013 / By Sydney Fields
  Combating Human Trafficking: Engaging the Private Sector
  

  Even as globalization has helped lift millions from poverty, it has also facilitated all manner of international crime.  There is perhaps no more poignant example of this than

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• January 08, 2013
  Beyond Boundaries In Southeast Asia
  

  Over the past 30 years, globalization has revolutionized international relations. The net positive result has been soaring economic growth and burgeoning prospects for peace and

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• December 03, 2012 / By Brian Finlay, Rachel Stohl, Johan Bergenas, Nathaniel F. Olson
  Presidential Inbox 2013: Prevent Trafficking in the Global Supply Chain
  

  Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series.

  The Challenge

  Propelled by the forces of globalization, transnational criminal activity and the related trafficking of all

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• November 29, 2012 / By Brian Finlay
  Meeting the Objectives of UN Security Council Resolution 1540: The Role of Civil Society
  

  In 2004, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1540, which mandates a comprehensive set of supply-side controls on all States. Since then, governments have worked to varying degrees

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• October 10, 2012 / By Rachel Stohl
  Obama Administration Again Misses Opportunity on Child Soldiers
  

  On September 28, after a week in which the President touted the tragedy of human slavery at the United Nations, the Obama administration released its Presidential Determination with

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• September 28, 2012
  Managing Across Boundaries Program Launches “Partners in Prevention” Project
  

  Technological innovation, privatization, industrial development, trade and financial liberalization, and transnational production networks have been vital to the global economic growth

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• September 19, 2012
  Beyond Boundaries in the Andean Region
  

  As a direct result of globalization and expanded economic opportunity, the last half century has yielded the most remarkable exodus from poverty in human history. Yet despite

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• September 18, 2012 / By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas, Esha Mufti
  Beyond Boundaries in the Andean Region
  

  Although even the most cursory survey of the human condition today reveals wild geographic disparities in virtually every economic, social, and political measure, at no other point in

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• September 13, 2012 / By Brian Finlay
  No Iranian Nukes, Eh?
  

  Last week, the Government of Canada announced that it would immediately close its Embassy in Tehran, and declared personae non gratae all remaining Iranian diplomats in Canada. In his

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• September 04, 2012 / By Johan Bergenas
  Japan’s Progressive Approach to Coordinated Capacity Building
  

  Note: This piece reflects a longer article previously published by World Politics Review. Please click here to read.

  A common theme in international relations debates today centers on

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• August 28, 2012
  MAB co-hosts conference on innovative dual-benefit model to implement UNSCR 1540
  

  On July 12-13, 2012, the Managing Across Boundaries (MAB) program co-organized a conference with the Government of Poland and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) on

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• July 20, 2012 / By Brian Finlay
  Modernizing the Nonproliferation Toolkit: The Case of Poland
  

  Incidents of proliferation since the end of the Cold War, along with the case of Iran, point to a dramatically different nonproliferation challenge in this century compared to the last.

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• June 28, 2012 / By Rachel Stohl
  Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations Set to Begin
  

  Two weeks ago, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton warned Russia about sales of attack helicopters to Syria, saying that the shipment of new weapons "will escalate the conflict quite

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• June 21, 2012 / By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas, Esha Mufti
  Beyond Boundaries in South Asia
  

  As a direct result of globalization and expanded economic opportunity, the last half century has yielded the most remarkable exodus from poverty in human history. Regrettably, not all

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• June 18, 2012
  Beyond Boundaries in South Asia
  

  The upcoming presidential election in India has highlighted once again how the dark side of globalization threatens to undermine our common security-this time in the world's largest

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• May 30, 2012 / By Esha Mufti
  Mobile Banking Helps Africa Advance
  

  The economic growth rate across sub-Saharan Africa has remained at more than five percent in recent years despite the ongoing global recession.  Myriad macroeconomic explanations

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• May 17, 2012 / By Brian Finlay, Rachel Stohl
  A Farewell to (Illicit) Arms: Addressing the Uncontrolled Trade of Small Arms in 2012
  

  International progress toward combating the uncontrolled trade in conventional arms, which is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and immeasurable human suffering every

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• April 16, 2012 / By Rachel Stohl
  The Arms Trade Treaty
  

  Click here to watch the ATT event hosted by Stimson.

  In July 2012, States will negotiate a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty to develop the highest possible common international

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• February 03, 2012
  Assistant Secretary Shapiro Discusses Libya’s Missing Weapons
  

  On February 02, 2012, the Managing Across Boundaries program hosted Libya's Missing Weapons: Understanding Global Efforts to Control Conventional Arms, an event that examined the impact

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• February 02, 2012 / By Rachel Stohl
  Libya’s Missing Weapons
  

  When ousted Libyan President Muammar Gadhafi was killed on October 20, 2011, many observers celebrated the end of his brutal regime. Yet the legacy of four decades in power will be felt

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• January 19, 2012 / By Ambassador Ochieng Adala, Johan Bergenas
  Bordering on Development
  

  You would be hard-pressed today to find someone that rejects Kofi Annan's axiom that "you cannot have development without security and you cannot have security without development."

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• December 05, 2011 / By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas, Esha Mufti
  Turtle Bay Security Roundtable: Navigating the Sanctions Regime, Promoting Proliferation Prevention
  

  Over the last quarter century, globalization has revolutionized the international system. Global trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and the rapid flow of goods, services, information,

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• November 14, 2011 / By Brian Finlay
  South-South Models for Preventing Proliferation
  

  Today's interconnected global economy has eased the ability of more people in all corners of the globe to be part of to the weapons of mass destruction supply chain than at any other

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• October 27, 2011
  Rachel Stohl Joins the Managing Across Boundaries Program
  

  International arms trade expert Rachel Stohl joined the Stimson Center early this October, as a Fellow with the Managing Across Boundaries Program.  In this role, Stohl will assist

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• October 24, 2011 / By Heidi Hall
  Twitosphere: The New Frontier for Human Security in Mexico
  

  Drug-related violence across Mexico continues to escalate despite government efforts to dismantle powerful cartels. Traditional media sources, such as newspapers and television, have

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• September 29, 2011 / By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas, Esha Mufti
  MAB Report Launch in Nairobi, Kenya
  

  More than half of the people in sub-Saharan Africa live in poverty, and in certain parts of Eastern Africa, the poverty rate exceeds 80 percent. At least 40 percent of Africans do not

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• August 12, 2011 / By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas
  Bridging the Divide: Security and Development Capacity‐Building in Southeast Asia
  

  Introduction

  Thirty years of globalization has brought widespread economic growth to Southeast Asia. For example, both the Philippines and Viet Nam have taken great strides to reduce

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• June 20, 2011 / By Maria Lovely Umayam
  Promoting the Global Instruments of Nonproliferation and Disarmament
  

  The one-day UN conference was designed to provide a forum for stakeholders in relevant sectors – government; international and regional organizations; think-tanks and civil society

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• June 20, 2011
  MAB Newsletter: June/July 2011
  

  You can alternately view this in your browser

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• June 03, 2011
  Promoting the Global Instruments of Nonproliferation and Disarmament
  

  On May 31, 2011 the Permanent Missions of Japan, Poland, and Turkey, in collaboration with the Stimson Center's Managing Across Boundaries program, hosted a day-long UN conference

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• May 19, 2011
  Conflict, Security and Development in East Africa
  

  On May 13, 2011, the Permanent Missions of Finland and Kenya, in cooperation with Stimson Center’s Managing Across Boundaries program (MAB), hosted an event at the Finnish Consulate

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• May 12, 2011
  Coordinating Global Priorities Amidst the Financial Crisis
  

  With today’s tough financial reality, the international community is hard-pressed in meeting both national security and global development objectives as policymakers around the world

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• May 06, 2011
  One of the Most Dangerous Places on Earth: Transnational Crime in the FATA
  

  The death of Osama bin Laden has refocused the world's attention to the importance of building Pakistan's capacity to prevent and combat violent extremism in that country. Yet while

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• April 27, 2011 / By Maria Lovely Umayam
  The IAEA’s Multidimensional Assistance: Opportunities for Atomic Engagement in Africa
  

  Today, a deep divide exists between the security priorities of the developed world and states in the Global South. While governments in developed states have concluded that

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• April 20, 2011
  Security Council Set to Renew UN 1540 Resolution
  

  Today, the United Nations Security Council is expected to renew the mandate of Resolution 1540, a WMD nonproliferation measure aiming to prevent non-state actors from acquiring

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• April 15, 2011 / By Johan Bergenas
  Nuclear power in Sweden
  

  Nuclear safety is again at the forefront of the international security debate amidst the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan. In Sweden, the dialogue on nuclear energy has prevailed for

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• March 18, 2011 / By Brian Finlay, Veronica Tessler, Johan Bergenas
  Beyond Boundaries in Eastern Africa: Part 5
  

  A five part series that started on Monday in the World Politics Review examines security and development aid in East Africa. This is the final entry in the series. The series is based

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• March 15, 2011 / By Brian Finlay
  Managing Across Boundaries Newsletter
  

  March 15, 2011

  Welcome

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• March 10, 2011 / By Brian Finlay, Veronica Tessler, Johan Bergenas
  Beyond Boundaries in Eastern Africa
  

  As a direct result of globalization and expanded economic opportunity, the last half century has yielded the most remarkable exodus from poverty in human history. Regrettably, not all

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• March 09, 2011 / By Kevin Wickel
  Cooperative Threat Reduction: Reducing Biological Risks in East Africa
  

  In November 2010, Senator Richard Lugar and a team of Pentagon officials travelled to biological research facilities in Kenya and Uganda to highlight the regional bioterrorism threat.

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• February 23, 2011 / By Brian Finlay, O’Neil Hamilton
  Sustaining Proliferation Prevention: Gaining Ground in the Global South
  

  When the threat of proliferation is raised among developed states, the discussion focuses on preventing the acquisition of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons to states and

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• February 22, 2011 / By Brian Finlay
  Counterfeit Drugs and National Security
  

  The deadly implications of counterfeit drugs are well understood to be a central challenge to the integrity of public health systems around the globe, as well as a direct threat to our

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• December 15, 2010 / By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas
  Bridging the Security/Development Divide in East Africa with International Security Assistance
  

  During the week of December 6, the Managing Across Boundaries (MAB) program travelled to East Africa to engage with governments and the nongovernmental community under the auspices

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• December 09, 2010 / By Johan Bergenas
  A Piece of the Global Puzzle
  

  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

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• December 08, 2010
  Fighting Security Challenges With Regional Cooperation
  

  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

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• December 08, 2010
  A Piece of the Global Puzzle
  

  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

  … Read More »
• November 17, 2010 / By Brian Finlay
  How to prevent the next Viktor Bout
  

  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

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• November 03, 2010
  THE EUROPEAN UNION’S EVOLVING ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
  

  In 2003, the “E3”-Germany, France, and the United Kingdom-engaged Iran in talks over Tehran’s nuclear program and were joined in negotiations the next year by the European Union (EU).

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• November 02, 2010
  UNSCR 1540 Implementation in the Americas: A Model for Success
  

  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

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• October 25, 2010 / By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas
  Case in context: Yemen and the (lack of) U.S. “whole of government” approach
  

  The concept of “whole of government” is the latest in a long Washington legacy of hip slang that no one seems to fully understand but that everyone wholeheartedly embraces. Regrettably,

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• October 12, 2010 / By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas
  The West Must Expend Resources Wisely in Yemen
  

  In this article for World Politics Review, based on a new report released by the Managing Across Boundaries program and the Stanley Foundation, Brian Finlay and Johan Bergenas discuss

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• September 29, 2010 / By Brian Finlay, Veronica Tessler, Johan Bergenas
  Beyond Boundaries in the Middle East
  

  Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization itself, the Middle East not only boasts the origin of many major religions, it is a part of the world rich in history, culture, and

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• August 31, 2010 / By Johan Bergenas
  The Nuclear Domino Myth: Dismantling Worst-Case Proliferation Scenarios
  

  There is much talk about a nuclear domino effect in the Middle East, but where is the supporting evidence? To view the article, please click

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• August 19, 2010 / By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas
  A “Dual Use” Approach to Development and Security in Central America
  

  Few regions of the world better illustrate the intimate nexus between human development and security than does Central America. A region of inherent economic and social promise, its

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• August 19, 2010
  Defusing Nuclear Tension with Tehran
  

  Behind warlike rhetoric, the signs are that sanctions have been effective: the time is ripe for renewed diplomacy with Iran. An article for The Guardian by Johan Bergenas.

  To read the

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• August 06, 2010 / By Brian Finlay
  WMD, Drugs, and Criminal Gangs in Central America
  

  Few regions of the world better illustrate the intimate nexus between human development and security than does Central America, this Stimson Center and Stanley Foundation project report

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• August 06, 2010 / By Brian Finlay
  Curbing Proliferation Through Development
  

  Nuclear terrorism is not a ­preeminent concern for most countries, but preventing it has benefits they should consider, writes Brian Finlay for the Stanley Foundation Courier. Click here

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• August 06, 2010
  Ashton Seeks to Revive EU Role in Iran Nuclear Talks
  

  The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has worked hard on getting Iran back to the negotiation table. Now, it looks like she may succeed. An article in the World

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• August 02, 2010 / By Johan Bergenas
  Nuclear Talks With Iran: Will New EU and US Roles Make a Difference?
  

  Last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that the country's nuclear negotiators will return to talks with the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members and

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• July 31, 2010 / By Ellen Laipson, Barry Blechman, Brian Finlay, Andrew Houk
  Report on the Workshop: Nuclear Dangers, Nuclear Realities
  

  In the future, 2009 and 2010 may emerge as a decisive time in the evolution of international nuclear policies.  The global demand for energy security has led to renewed interest in safe

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• July 15, 2010
  Ashton Seeks to Revive EU Role in Iran Nuclear Talks
  

  The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, and Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, are currently involved in a diplomatic dance over resuming talks on Tehran’s

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• January 12, 2010 / By Brian Finlay
  Pharmaceutical Terror: Getting Health Care Reform Right
  

  From a public health perspective, there is much to celebrate among the many competing health care reform proposals that have been offered on Capitol Hill. Yet one underlying and

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• September 24, 2009 / By Brian Finlay
  Bridging the Security/Development Divide with UN Security Council Resolution 1540
  

   A Case Study Approach

  Submitted as a Working Paper for The Stanley Foundation’s “Resolution 1540: At The Crossroads” Event on October 1, 2009.

  In a rapidly globalizing world, the need

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• September 10, 2009 / By Brian Finlay
  Bridging the Security/Development Divide with UN Security Council Resolution 1540
  

  A Case Study Approach

  September 2009

  Submitted as a Working Paper for The Stanley Foundation’s “Resolution 1540: At The Crossroads” Event on October 1, 2009.

  In a rapidly globalizing

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• June 20, 2009 / By Elizabeth Turpen
  Achieving Nonproliferation Goals: Moving From Denial to Technology Governance
  

   

  June 2009

  Policy Analysis Brief for The Stanley Foundation

   

  Traditional state-centric approaches to nonproliferation cannot adequately address the proliferation pressures that will

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• June 10, 2009 / By Elizabeth Turpen
  Achieving Nonproliferation Goals: Moving from Denial to Technology Governance
  

  Policy Analysis Brief for The Stanley Foundation

  Traditional state-centric approaches to nonproliferation cannot adequately address the proliferation pressures that will continue to

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• May 06, 2009 / By Brian Finlay, Elizabeth Turpen, Barry Blechman, Michael Krepon
  Presidential Inbox 2009: The First 100 Days
  

  The first 100 days of any administration are filled with tough choices and breaks from past policies. This administration is no different. In the lead-up to the election, Stimson experts

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• March 04, 2009 / By Elizabeth Turpen
  Leveraging Science for Security: A Strategy for the Nuclear Weapons Laboratories in the 21st Century
  

  The United States is quickly losing its leadership position in science and technology (S&T). We are seeing this in our schools, our research institutes, in the intelligence community,

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• February 18, 2009 / By Brian Finlay
  Minding Our Business: The Role of the Private Sector in Managing the WMD Supply Chain
  

  States and terrorist organizations can easily exploit legitimate businesses up and down the supply chain to obtain dual-use knowledge and technologies. In today’s security environment, a

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• February 01, 2009 / By Brian Finlay, Elizabeth Turpen
  The Next 100 Project: Leveraging National Security Assistance to Meet Developing World Needs
  

  The world is facing a new era of proliferation, sparked by the end of the Cold War and the transferring of sophisticated technologies from government to private hands. As this trade has

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• December 03, 2008 / By Brian Finlay
  General Public Must Do Its Part To Prevent Future Terrorist Attacks
  

  Much of the needed response to prevent WMD terrorism must occur beyond our shores and depends upon collaboration with our allies overseas. Yet there are also serious risks within our

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• November 21, 2008 / By Brian Finlay
  Nuclear Terrorism: US Policies to Reduce the Threat of Nuclear Terror
  

  The Partnership for a Secure America (PSA) has released a WMD Report Card, examining US Government programs to prevent nuclear, chemical, and biological terrorism. In 2005, the 9/11

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• November 21, 2008 / By Brian Finlay
  Developing Our Way out of WMD Terror
  

  With a leak resistant system impractical, ensuring that every government has a stake in proliferation prevention, and is incentivized and capable of playing nonproliferation hardball

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• October 21, 2008 / By Brian Finlay, Elizabeth Turpen
  Against All Odds: Preventing Terrorists from Getting Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons
  

  By Brian Finlay and Dr. Elizabeth Turpen

  The Challenge

  A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in the hands of terrorists poses a grave threat to the security of the United States. While this

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• August 18, 2008 / By Brian Finlay
  Are We Safer?
  

  The impending closure of the FBI’s investigation of the anthrax-laced mailings of 2001 has generated new interest in the question: Are we safer today than we were when anthrax was

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• August 01, 2008 / By Elizabeth Turpen
  UN Security Council Resolution 1540 Part II: The Caribbean States: A Case Study
  

  UN Security Council Resolution 1540 has emerged as a vital component of the international community’s toolkit in the fight against WMD proliferation. 1540, however, is not without its

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• April 22, 2008 / By Brian Finlay, Elizabeth Turpen
  Manufacturing Possibility
  

  Existing nonproliferation programs aimed at redirecting former Soviet weapons scientists must be complemented by a new model that is based on the creation of incentives for private

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• March 31, 2008 / By Elizabeth Turpen, Brian Finlay, Rita Grossman-Vermaas
  Old Plagues, New Threats: The Biotech Revolution and its Impact on US National Security
  

  The benefits of biotechnology have brought unprecedented advances in global development. In many ways, the world is a better place to live than it has ever been: life expectancy has

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• January 01, 2008 / By Brian Finlay, Cheryl Vos
  Scientific Cooperation to Meet Grand Challenges: Valuating Russian Scientific Strength
  

  The following study relied on Essential Science Indicators Sci-bytes and Web of Science, products offered by Thomson Scientific, in order to determine the areas of science in which

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• January 01, 2008
  THE SILK ROAD INITIATIVE
  

  While in the past fifteen years the US Government’s cooperative nonproliferation programs (CNP) have proven to be the best and most cost effect tools for mitigating the threat of

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• October 05, 2007 / By Brian Finlay
  Fighting Terrorism at a Store Near You
  

  Brian Finlay discusses the commercial opportunities available to private businesses willing to engage former Soviet Union WMD specialists.

   

  

  Net Impact Leading Business
  October

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• August 13, 2007 / By Alex Reed
  The Proliferation Security Initiative: Too Much, Too Soon
  

  The threat of WMD terrorism continues to loom large over American national security, as evidenced by a recent National Intelligence Estimate warning of the resurgence of al Qaeda. Al

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• April 04, 2007 / By Elizabeth Turpen
  The Human Dimension Is Key to Controlling Proliferation of WMD
  

  In APS News, Elizabeth Turpen explains the threat posed by former Soviet weapons expertise in the race to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.  She describes the

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• March 01, 2007 / By Frederick P. Kellett
  USIC AND THE INITIATIVES FOR PROLIFERATION PREVENTION
  

  The following report pertains to a multiyear effort by the Stimson Center to engage all major stakeholders in a process of rethinking and improving the full spectrum of US

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• February 01, 2007 / By Rita Grossman-Vermaas
  National Security Implications Related to the Personal Importation of Prescription Drugs
  

  Given the extraordinary cost of prescription drugs in the US relative to other countries, the number of ordinary citizens seeking lower-cost medicines in Canada and elsewhere has

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• February 01, 2007 / By Rita Grossman-Vermaas
  Regulating High Consequence Pathogens and Toxins: Upgrading the Drug Coding System
  

  In addition to the ineffective oversight of bulk biological agents and inadequate drug tracking in the us, the current drug coding system used for certain pharmaceuticals creates

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• January 31, 2007 / By Brian Finlay, Elizabeth Turpen
  25 Steps to Prevent Nuclear Terror: A Guide for Policymakers
  

  There is no greater threat to global security than the diffusion of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons expertise and materials. Without an integrated approach to securing the

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• January 29, 2007 / By Brian Finlay, Elizabeth Turpen
  Cooperative Nonproliferation: Getting Further, Faster
  

  This  book provides a critical and contemporary assessment of the programs intended to reduce the nuclear, biological and chemical weapons’ proliferation risks stemming from collapse of

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• September 22, 2006 / By Brian Finlay, Elizabeth Turpen, Rita Grossman-Vermaas
  Regulating Access and Control of Dangerous Pathogens: Implications for the Pharmaceutical Industry
  

  Seven days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, anthrax spores were spread through the US Postal Service to a variety of news services and public

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• July 10, 2006 / By Brian Finlay
  Russian Roulette-Canada’s Role in the Race to Secure Loose Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons
  

  In the Spring 2006 edition of International Journal, Brian Finlay discusses the threats posed by unsecured weapons of mass destruction.  He describes the Canadian Government’s current

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• March 15, 2006 / By Elizabeth Turpen
  Cooperative Threat Reduction: Moving Beyond State Intent
  

  Dr. Turpen writes that cooperative threat reduction efforts under the Nunn-Lugar suite must move beyond traditional approaches.  The focus on state intent is too narrow, as it ignores

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• January 15, 2006 / By Brian Finlay
  Venture Capitalist.gov: Courting the Ultimate Angel Investor
  

  President Bush has asserted repeatedly that the greatest national security threat facing our country is the possibility of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon in the hands of a

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• September 14, 2005 / By Brian Finlay, Andrew Grotto
  The Race to Secure Russia’s Loose Nukes: Progress Since 9/11
  

  Four years after a bipartisan Task Force recommended an acceleration of programs to secure Russia’s vulnerable nuclear weapons and materials by 2009-2011, the United States has failed

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• December 20, 2004 / By Brian Finlay, Charles D. Ferguson
  Tougher Measures Needed on Terror Weapons BUSH CONGRESS SHOULD ACT
  

  Brian Finlay and Charles Ferguson discuss the threats of proliferation and terrorism.  They call for enhanced programs to fight these threats and for the elimination of bureaucratic

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• January 01, 2004 / By Brian Finlay
  Ultimate Security: Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
  

  Brian D. Finlay, Bernard I. Finel, and Janne E. Nolan, editors

  
  The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other advanced military technologies has emerged as the preeminent

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