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

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

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

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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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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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

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

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