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New Draft on Drone Export Rules ‘More Problematic’ Than Original

By Rachel Stohl:  Last month, Defense News broke the story of US efforts to negotiate a joint declaration for the export and subsequent use

September 30, 2016
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

Obama’s Lost Opportunity on Child Soldiers

By Rachel Stohl and Shannon Dick:  This week, the Obama administration issued the final waivers under the Child Soldier Prevention Act. The

September 30, 2016
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

The Pitfalls of the Pentagon Taking the Lead on U.S. Security Assistance

Burkina Faso, a small West African country that most Americans have never heard of and that saw a popular uprising in 2014

September 30, 2016
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

Rocky or Rock Solid? The U.S.-Philippine Military Relationship

By Rachel Stohl and Max Estevao: The June 2016 election of Rodrigo Duterte as president of the Philippines has generated surprising new

September 28, 2016
Rachel Stohl
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The Case for Restraint in India: Why the Conventional Wisdom is Wrong

By Sameer Lalwani: After last week’s terrorist attack on an Indian military base in Uri, Kashmir, which resulted in the deaths of

September 27, 2016
Sameer Lalwani
Commentary

Modi Chooses Strategic Restraint

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like his two predecessors, has opted for restraint in the face of provocations by violent extremist groups that have found

September 26, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Krepon: UN Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Resolution ‘Essential’

Stimson Center Co-Founder Michael Krepon released the following statement in light of the United Nations Security Council resolution today that affirmed the

September 23, 2016
Michael Krepon
Commentary

What to Do About Steel

By William Reinsch:  Catching up on my summer reading, I was struck by Robert Samuelson’s August 8 column in the Washington Post,

September 23, 2016
William Reinsch
Commentary

Trade Adjustment Assistance: Part II

By William Reinsch:  In my previous column on Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), I took the coward’s way out and postponed any actual

September 20, 2016
William Reinsch
Commentary

Strategic Lift: Toward Capable Civilian Responses to International Crises

By Brian Finlay and Cameron Trainer:  Two years ago this month, the international community watched in dismay as Ebola ran rampant throughout West

September 19, 2016
Brian Finlay
Commentary

A Fourth Option for Myitsone: China’s View

Discussion about a fourth option for the Myitsone dam project has generated great interest in Myanmar and China since late June. The

September 19, 2016
Yun Sun
Commentary

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Visit to Beijing: Recalibrating Myanmar’s China Policy

Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD government faced a tough situation with China at the time of their inauguration in March.

September 19, 2016
Yun Sun
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