Lessons from Ukraine for Maritime East Asia
The security environment in East Asia is undergoing shifts in the field and in the regional capitals, especially in Japan, where the new National Security Strategy signals major changes for Japan’s defense policy. As tensions throughout the East China Sea increase, what are the implications for the United States and Japan’s efforts to strengthen norms […]
Forum on the Arms Trade Annual Conference
Panel 1 US Arms Sales Reform and Oversight in 2023 and Beyond (2:00 – 3:00 PM EST) With two years remaining in the Biden administration and a changed political landscape of the 118th Congress, advocates, policymakers, and legislators alike face both challenges and opportunities in security assistance reform. Join the Forum on the Arms Trade, […]
A Mid-Term Report Card for Biden’s North Korea Policy
Two years into the Biden administration, no progress has been made in stopping the growing WMD threat posed by North Korea. The Stimson Center will convene a panel of four experts—a former US negotiator, a long-time US intelligence analyst, a China expert and former Assistant Secretary of State, and the 38 North Director—to evaluate the […]
Assessing US Military Assistance to Ukraine
In the year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States has undertaken the largest military assistance enterprise of the 21st century, providing Kyiv with more than $27.2 billion in defense equipment and aid. With the approaching spring expected to bring a renewed intensity to the fighting, join the Stimson Center’s Conventional Defense program for […]
Mekong Water Data Hour: Flooded Forests
This is the first in a monthly Mekong data seminar series featuring presentations of recent studies and papers by authors with an interactive discussion about the data and why it matters. The flooded forests upstream of Stung Treng and downstream from the Khone Falls in northeastern Cambodia along the Mekong River are included within a […]
A South Korean Nuclear Program? Assessing the Risks
In a recent interview, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol warned that if the North Korean nuclear threat continues to grow, Seoul would consider developing its own nuclear weapons, or ask the US to redeploy its arsenal to the Korean Peninsula. Although he later walked these comments back, it marked the first time a sitting South […]
Global Policy Dialogue: Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis Through Improved Global Governance
With Plataforma CIPÓ, the Global Governance Innovation Network, Global Challenges Foundation, Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and Heinrich Böll Foundation we are pleased to hold the Global Policy Dialogue: Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis through Improved Global Governance,” which will be a two day event from 19-20 January 2023, in Recife, Pernambuco. Although the in-person […]
The End of the End of History? Global Implications of the War in Ukraine
A Year of War in Europe: The Political, Military and Economic Landscape (9:30 – 10:30 AM EST) A year has passed since Russia shattered peace in Europe. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine started the largest land war in Europe since World War II, and kicked off a year of political transformation, global economic fallout, and fierce […]