Regional Voices

Program Publications

• March 31, 2011 / By Peter Klicker
  International Land Deals: A Destabilizing Trend in the Developing World
  

  A critical debate is emerging over the current surge in overseas land transactions. According to a recent World Bank report, in 2009 investors announced land purchases or leases

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• March 30, 2011 / By Amit Pandya, Rupert Herbert-Burns, Junko Kobayashi
  Maritime Commerce and Security: The Indian Ocean
  

  Maritime Commerce and Security: The Indian Ocean describes the commerical trends and their security implications with a view to helping policy makers and others outside the industry

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• February 08, 2011
  Political Islamist Movements: The Case of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
  

  Don't leave your brothers alone in the square (photo)

   

  Diaa Rashwan, an expert at the al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies examines the sociopolitical movement of the

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• November 16, 2010 / By Caitlyn Antrim
  Adding Foresight to the Emerging Arctic Regime
  

  Changes in climate, technology, and resource economics have raised expectations and concerns about the impact of economic development and increased maritime shipping in the Arctic.

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• May 27, 2010 / By David Michel
  Fresh Water Futures
  

  On 29 January 2010, the Stimson Center, under the sponsorship of the National Intelligence Council and the US State Department, organized a workshop in Washington, DC, focused on the

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• May 13, 2010 / By Prakhar Sharma
  Local Contours of Security in Afghanistan
  

  In this study, Mr. Prakhar Sharma synthesizes quantitative and qualitative research (gathered between December 2006 and May 2010) to provide a succinct and informed perspective on the

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• May 05, 2010 / By Ellen Laipson, Amit Pandya
  On the Move: Migration Challenges in the Indian Ocean Littoral
  

  On the Move: Migration Challenges in the Indian Ocean Littoral is the product of Stimson’s work on migration over the past year, and it points to how the migration agenda is evolving and

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• April 19, 2010 / By Amit Pandya
  Muslim Indians: Struggle for Inclusion
  

  The stereotype of Muslim Indians is that of a relatively quiescent minority that has made its peace with its larger national non-Muslim context of contemporary India. Muslim Indians see

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• April 06, 2010 / By Amit Pandya, David Michel
  Coastal Zones and Climate Change
  

  Coastal Zones and Climate Change examines the emerging environmental stresses on coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the resulting challenges confronting coastal planners and decision

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• December 28, 2009 / By Corey Sobel
  An African Union? The Shortcomings of Africa’s Strategy in Copenhagen
  

  Leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa adopted a unified negotiating stance at the recently-completed climate change talks in Copenhagen. Before the talks began, Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki

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• September 23, 2009 / By Corey Sobel
  Defusing Dadaab: The Security Implications of Somali Refugee Flows in Kenya
  

  One of the world's worst humanitarian crises is taking place in the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. The conflict between the Somali extremist group al Shabaab and the

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• May 20, 2009 / By Amit Pandya, Ellen Laipson
  The Indian Ocean: Resource and Governance Challenges
  

  The Indian Ocean: Resource and Governance Challenges explores current realities and emerging maritime concerns in the Indian Ocean. Regional experts and Stimson analysts assess the ocean

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• April 01, 2009 / By Amit Pandya, Ellen Laipson
  Islam and Politics: Renewal and Resistance in the Muslim World
  

  In Islam and Politics: Renewal and Resistance in the Muslim World, Muslim writers, regional experts, and Stimson analysts discuss contemporary Muslim thinking about issues at the

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• March 11, 2009 / By David Michel, Amit Pandya
  Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics, and Transboundary Resources
  

  Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics, and Transboundary Resources examines the multiple challenges that global climate change raises for the management of shared freshwater

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• January 31, 2009 / By Richard Cronin, Amit Pandya
  Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia
  

  Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia presents views on the unsustainable exploitation of three key natural resources - forests,

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• October 27, 2008 / By Amit Pandya
  Afghanistan and Pakistan: More Realism Needed to Prevent US Failure
  

  By Amit Pandya

  The Challenge

  Afghanistan and Pakistan present distinct challenges to US policy. Yet they are closely linked by the political, historical and cultural unities that span

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• July 01, 2008 / By Ellen Laipson, Amit Pandya
  Transnational Trends: Middle Eastern and Asian Views
  

  This volume presents views from disciplines as varied as science, journalism, economics, epidemiology, and on issues as diverse as fisheries, climate change, public health, and

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