Charting a Blue Future for Cooperation between West Africa and China on Sustainable Fisheries
Please read our new report, “Charting a Blue Future for Cooperation between West Africa and China on Sustainable Fisheries.” West African countries and the People’s Republic of China share a deep mutual interest in supporting the development of sustainable fisheries management throughout West Africa to ensure long-term economic, food, and environmental security in both regions […]
U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan: A Conversation with Tom West
Read the full event transcript Afghanistan’s western-backed government fell to the Taliban over two years ago, triggering an ongoing humanitarian crisis as most development assistance dried up. While Taliban rule has reduced violence within the country, restrictions on human rights, especially increasingly severe strictures on the movement and education of women and girls, along with a […]
Nuclear Security for Nuclear Newcomers: Exploring Türkiye’s Readiness
Want to pose a question before or during the event? Go to stimson.org/questions/ Türkiye has overcome many challenges over the span of 6 decades in order to secure its first operational nuclear power plant. Türkiye’s relationship with the international nuclear community, norms, and laws shapes its security responsibilities, but the country will face additional nuclear security challenges, such […]
The Future of the National League for Democracy
With the military junta’s banning of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the arrest of its key leaders, and violent suppression of political opposition and the resistance movement, one of the central questions about Myanmar’s future lies in where the NLD will go and how its relationship with the military and the resistance will transpire. Today, […]
Iran One Year After the Death of Mahsa Amini
Iranians are facing growing difficulties as their economy limps under sanctions and corruption and their government resuming efforts to force women to wear the hijab a year after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the “morality police.” With no end in sight to Iran’s nuclear advances or provision of drones to Russia, […]
Security Dynamics in Southern Asia – Views from Rising Analysts
Read the full event transcript. Our Visiting Fellows present their work that critically examines: the importance of the Indian Ocean to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy; the need for a Washington focus on infrastructure development in South Asia’s smaller countries; a U.S.-Pakistan relationship based in non-security collaboration; and a path forward for Afghan refugees that relies […]
Mekong-US Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue on Trafficking and Cyber-enabled Crime
In 2020, the Lower Mekong Initiative was upgraded and expanded to the Mekong-U.S. Partnership (MUSP). The MUSP Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue series is a flagship initiative of the Partnership and includes seven virtual and in-person dialogues from 2021 to 2023 focusing on key policy and sustainability challenges facing Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. This […]
RAI Session: Inclusive Design Practices for Developing AI
Designing, developing, and deploying AI systems responsibly often requires implementing inclusive design practices that bring impacted stakeholders and/or subject matter experts to the table to ensure their needs and concerns are incorporated into each phase. Although this concept of inclusivity shows up in AI principles around the world, it is rare to find it being […]