The Stimson Center’s South Asia program welcomed Robert L. Grenier for a discussion of his new book, “88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary.” The conversation with Co-Director of Stimson’s South Asia program…
On February 02, 2012, the Managing Across Boundaries program hosted Libya’s Missing Weapons: Understanding Global Efforts to Control Conventional Arms, an event that examined the impact of the collapse of the Gadhafi regime…
After more than 20 months of careful negotiations, the United States and its international partners have reached a landmark nuclear deal with Iran, designed to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons-capable state….
From enflaming sectarian tensions to undermining governance and economic development, the expansion of ISIS continues to pose grave risks to Iraq and the broader Middle East. Stimson and the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS)…
Government reform is an open ended process; large institutions that conduct our national security and foreign policies need to continually evolve, to adapt to changing realities in the international landscape, and to changes…
While the number of troops deployed overseas has decreased significantly, the cost per troop has increased markedly since the imposition of the 2011 Budget Control Act caps as the Obama administration and Congress…
In the face of growing mass violence in fragile states, the threat of runaway climate change, and fears of devastating cross-border economic shocks and cyber attacks, the world needs a new kind of leadership,…
Growing populations, rising resource demands, and mounting environmental pressures are putting increasing strains on global water supplies. From the Middle East to the Sahel and South Asia, stresses on the world’s crucial transboundary river…
In October 2013, General Raymond Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army, underscored the importance of school standards and performance on future basing decisions and stated that communities that host military installations must…
The US-ASEAN Business Council and The Stimson Center are pleased to share with you: Southeast Asia is in dire need of infrastructure investment: it’s estimated that approximately $60 billion is needed each year through 2022 to meet physical infrastructure…
The Commission’s Co-Chairs, former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Madeleine Albright and former Nigerian Foreign Minister and UN Under-Secretary-General Political Affairs Dr. Ibrahim Gambari, will present the Commission’s chief findings and recommendations. Commissioner Jozias van…
Dr. Richard Ponzio, Head of the Global Governance Program at The Hague Institute for Global Justice, Dr. William Durch, Co-director of the Future of Peace Operations program at The Stimson Center (Washington, D.C.),…