Pakistan’s Choice
Since testing nuclear weapons in 1998, Pakistan has lost while India has gained regional and international standing. Pakistan has also become less confident of its national security as the United States has gravitated toward India and as Pakistan’s own ties with states in the region have frayed. This wasn’t supposed to happen: Pakistan tested nuclear devices […]
Michael Krepon op-ed in The Dawn Herald on Pakistan’s war narrative
Since testing nuclear weapons in 1998, Pakistan has lost while India has gained international standing. Competing successfully with India’s nuclear weapons programmes was supposed to advance Pakistan’s stature and security, but it has not. Pakistan’s ability to gain standing and avoid growing isolation depends on its ability to understand why its talking points have lost […]
Countering WMD Proliferation: The Next Generation’s Ideas
Introduction from the Chair of the 1540 Committee Twelve years after its adoption, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) has become one of the key components of the international regime to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their means of delivery. It is intended to prevent non-State actors, in particular for terrorist purposes, […]
1540 International Student Essay Contest Winners Announced
The Stimson Center announced today Enrique de Vega Gonzalez of Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia in Madrid, Spain, is the winner of the first ever United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 International Student Essay Contest. Resolution 1540 obligates U.N. Member States to develop and enforce legal and structural measures to prevent the proliferation of […]
Student Essay Contest Winners Brief UN Officials at Harvard to Address WMD Threats
For Immediate Release: September 30, 2016 Contact: Jim Baird: [email protected]; (202) 478.3413 The Stimson Center announced today Enrique de Vega Gonzalez of Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia in Madrid, Spain, is the winner of the first ever United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 International Student Essay Contest. Resolution 1540 obligates U.N. Member States to develop and enforce […]
Yun Sun cited in Consumnes Connection on North Korea rocket tests
While North Korea is interested in launching geostationary satellites, South Korean military spokesman Jeon Ha-gyu said North Korea was likely testing essential technology for a long-range missile, Reuters reports. -snip- Part of the challenge with China, however, is that it doesn’t agree with the USA on what the main problem is, said Yun Sun, an expert on Chinese foreign policy who works […]
Foreign Policy Interrupted features Rachel Stohl, Lovely Umayam’s Exceptional Work
Stimson Center Senior Associate Rachel Stohl and Research Analyst Lovely Umayam had their exceptional work featured by Foreign Policy Interrupted (FPI). FPI’s Interruptor series highlights women making an extraordinary impact on the most pressing foreign policy challenges of our time. Stohl’s work focuses on the international arms trade, including drones, small arms and light weapons, […]
Laicie Heeley quoted in Agence France-Presse on US Air Force Nuclear Weapons
Hidden underground in steel-and-concrete silos across rural America, more than 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles point to the skies, poised for launch — and ready to obliterate cities across the world. First designed in the 1960s at the height of the Cold War, the Minuteman nuclear weapons are starting to show their age, and replacement parts […]