Chairman’s Forum

Nuclear Race on the Subcontinent

April 05, 2013

An Aesopian nuclear competition is under way between Pakistan and India. Pakistan, whose economy and domestic cohesion are steadily worsening, is the hare, racing to devote scarce

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Eyes on Yet Another Prize in the Arctic Ocean: Fisheries at the Top of the World

April 02, 2013

For thousands of years it has been a desolate land of extremes ringing the world's fourth largest ocean - bitterly cold and dark for much of the year, populated primarily by fish and

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Iraq’s New Normal

March 27, 2013

Amidst all the 10-year anniversary analysis of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein, the missing piece is a clear and coherent picture of Iraq today and its potential

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Stimson Center Wins $1 Million MacArthur Foundation Award

March 26, 2013

Stimson Center Chairman of the Board Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr., and President and CEO Ellen Laipson welcomed the announcement by the MacArthur Foundation that Stimson has won a $1 million

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Sequester Cuts Hurting US Foreign Policy

March 26, 2013

The mandatory across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequester are weakening America's ability to effectively carry out foreign policy and are also highlighting the existing

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Jordan’s Forgotten Youth Problem

March 25, 2013

King Abdullah's post-election euphoria disguises the enduring challenge of youth political participation in Jordan. The country's western allies have adopted a similar relaxed posture

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Toxic Brew: Water Quality, Public Health, and Human Welfare in the Indus Basin

March 19, 2013

Recurring tensions have long set India and Pakistan at odds over the Indus River system they both share. As the downstream neighbor, Pakistan fears that Indian infrastructure or

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Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations Set to Resume at United Nations

March 18, 2013

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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Benchmarking the Navy’s Pacific Shift

March 14, 2013

Shifts in U.S. Navy force structure are one compelling, specific way to understand what the military aspect of the "pivot" or "rebalance" to Asia-Pacific means. According to

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LETTER FROM THE MEKONG:  Examining Hydropower Dams

March 12, 2013

NOTE: Stimson Senior Associate Rich Cronin and Research Associate Zach Dubel recently returned from a trip to Laos and Thailand to examine the status and future of hydropower dams on

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