Yun Sun
Senior Fellow and Director
Melanie W. Sisson
Nonresident Fellow
James Siebens
Fellow
Barry Blechman
Co-Founder
We Don’t Need Airstrikes to Restore Deterrence in the Strait of Hormuz
We Don’t Need Airstrikes to Restore Deterrence in the Strait of Hormuz Dr. Christopher Bolan argues convincingly that one reason U.S. deterrence is failing in the Strait of Hormuz is that U.S. policymakers are not clearly communicating their demands. The Army War College professor offers ample evidence of the ambiguity surrounding the Trump administration’s policy […]
Secret Wars: Insights from the Backstage of Covert Conflict
Featuring: Austin Carson is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago. Sameer Lalwani is a senior fellow and director of the South Asia program at the Stimson Center. Melanie Sisson is a senior fellow and director of the defense strategy and planning program at the Stimson Center.
US-China Competition “Short of War,” 1991-2018
Panelists include: Michael S. Chase, Senior Political Scientist at RAND, an Adjunct Professor in the China Studies and Strategic Studies Departments at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C., and an affiliate faculty member at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Yun Sun, co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the […]
Competing with Russia “Short of War”: How the US and NATO have Countered Russian Coercion Panel Discussion
Join Stimson’s Defense Strategy and Planning program in welcoming Thomas Wright and Michael Kofman, who will discuss their recent studies on US and NATO efforts to confront Russia short of war. In recent years, the US and its NATO allies have become increasingly alarmed by Russia’s willingness to advance its foreign policy objectives through military […]