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Introduction to Regional Voices

Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges is a project devoted to enhancing the information and analysis available to US policymakers about emerging transnational security challenges. The project develops knowledge and analysis of the perspectives of technical and subject experts, and political and strategic analysts.

Introduction by Project Director Amit Pandya
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The geographical range of the project’s work is the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Africa. The knowledge and analysis is developed by means of dialogue among experts from various disciplines and occupational backgrounds. The project's work includes the organizing of workshops in the regions, entering into research partnerships with regional institutions and individuals, carrying out interviews in the field, and research into the state of knowledge and thinking. It seeks the input of experts and practitioners who constitute new voices in the conversation with the US government. It does not shy away from perspectives which dissent from conventional wisdom, as long as they represent significant bodies of opinions in the countries of the regions. READ MORE »

New Analyses From Regional Voices

How to Fix Afghanistan Stimson Spotlight Analysis

by Syed Iqbal Hasnain

River Runs Through It Times of India

by Syed Iqbal Hasnain

South Asia's Water Equation Khaleej Times

by Syed Iqbal Hasnain

The Deep Blue Sea: Coastal Zones and Climate Change Stimson Spotlight Analysis

by David Michel

New Reports From Regional Voices

Fresh Water Futures to 2040

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 future of global fresh water resources and the politics of water resource management. The conference brought together more than forty policy practitioners and analysts drawn from government, academia, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, and research institutions in the United States and abroad. Over the course of the day, the assembled experts examined environmental, institutional, and socio-economic trends affecting surface and groundwater supplies in selected regions and assessed dynamics that could contribute to political conflict, perturb regional power relations, or pose humanitarian concerns warranting external engagement.

This report, Fresh Water Futures: Imagining Responses to Demand Growth, Climate Change, and the Politicsl of Water Resource Management, which resulted from the January 29 meeting, considers specific in-country cases, including Yemen and Afghanistan, and transboundary cases including the river basins of the Mekong, Ganges, Mahakali, and Indus rivers. This report also considers criteria for identifying basins where future tensions or instabilities could emerge and assesses the roles that technological innovations, market mechanisms, river basin institutions, and other policy approaches play in the cooperative management of shared water resources.

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 country’s key non-traditional sources of instability. The primary impediments to security in Afghanistan are the following:insurgency; rampant criminality (human trafficking, drug production and trade, and arms proliferation); ethnic/tribal feuds; and dubious local partnerships of the international community. Poor rule of law and governance, and demographic shifts also bear on security. As each of these issues is discussed, it becomes evident that they are all intertwined. Indeed, addressing one issue without taking account of its relationship to the others will hinder stabilization goals in Afghanistan.

New Books From Regional Voices

Coastal Zones and Climate Change

Muslim Indians: Struggle for Inclusion

On the Move: Migration Challenges in the Indian Ocean Littoral

Other Books from Regional Voices