How Financing Rules and Patterns Impact Multilateralism at the UN
Want to pose a question before or during the event? Go to stimson.org/questions/ The discussion will focus on how the rules and practices of funding the UN can and do have an outsized effect on the organization’s priorities, achievements, and perceived legitimacy. She argues that a steady flow of small and incremental 20th Century changes in UN funding […]
Missile Technologies in Southern Asia
Read the full transcript here. Please join us for an expert discussion on missile technologies and their impact on competition between China, India, and Pakistan as we launch our new, free online course: Missile Technologies in Southern Asia. A panel of regional experts will assess the role that missile and missile defense technologies play in Southern […]
What Can Taiwan Learn from Honduras’s Switch to China?
Since Tsai Ing-wen took office in 2016, Taiwan has lost five diplomatic allies in the Americas, the most recent of which being Honduras in March 2023. As Beijing’s global and regional effort to isolate Taipei in the international community is likely to continue, what can Taiwan learn from Honduras’s switch to China? Featured Speakers Moderator […]
China in South Asia: Understanding Beijing’s Evolving Influence in Smaller South Asian States
You can read the full transcript here. The Belt and Road Initiative, China’s trillion-dollar global infrastructure project, marks a decade this year. This anniversary provides an opportune moment to reflect on the local impact of the project and how China’s economic, political, and foreign policy goals have evolved to adjust to the needs of partner […]
The Climate Governance Commission – Governing Our Planetary Emergency
The Climate Governance Commission (CGC) aims to address a crucial gap in confronting the global climate emergency by developing, proposing, and building partnerships that promote feasible, high-impact global governance solutions for urgent and effective climate action to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C or less. Welcoming Remarks Richard Ponzio, Director and Senior Fellow, Global Governance, […]
Climate, Energy, Insecurity – How UN Peace Operations Can Help Soften the Blow
Want to pose a question before or during the event? Go to stimson.org/questions/ Security, climate sensitivity and access to affordable and dependable electricity are critical factors in the health and success of a society. They can mutually reinforce each other in positive and negative ways; they can also be combined to illustrate the scale of the challenge […]
Arms Trade Treaty Reporting in the Shadow of Ukraine
The massive influx of arms transfers to Ukraine has brought renewed attention to the global arms trade and reinvigorated discussions around the importance of—and challenges to—arms trade transparency. Join the Stimson Center for an expert discussion of the status of arms trade transparency in the context of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Panelists will take […]
Critical Minerals: The Not-So-Green Side of the Green Transition
This Climate Talks private roundtable, under the Chatham House rule, featured speakers from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, who engaged with an audience of policy experts from across the Global South and the West, to identify the issues and share sustainable solutions around the conundrum between the impact of critical minerals extraction on the environment, […]