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Rumi on the Iran Deal

Reading Jalaladdin Rumi is a diversionary summer-vacation tactic to keep at arm’s length Congressional debate over the Iran deal, where arguments that

August 25, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Japan Can’t Ignore Rising Tensions in Korea

Tension has been on the rise on the Korean Peninsula this month. Two South Korean border patrol troops were severely injured by

August 22, 2015
Yuki Tatsumi
Commentary

After Zarb-E-Azb: Now What?

By Sachchal Ahmad:  Pakistan’s ongoing military operation in North Waziristan, a stronghold of Al Qai’da and Islamist militants, is nearing its end.

August 18, 2015
Commentary

Why You Should Listen to What Japan’s Emperor Says on August 15

On the eve of August 14, the eyes of the world are on what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will (and will not)

August 18, 2015
Yuki Tatsumi
Commentary

Sameer Lalwani Joins Stimson’s South Asia Program

The Stimson Center announced today the appointment of Sameer Lalwani as Deputy Director for Stimson’s South Asia program. Sameer’s research will focus on crisis

August 18, 2015
Sameer Lalwani
Commentary

The New Atlanticism or a Wider Atlantic?

The notion that the Atlantic Ocean connects North America to Europe is ingrained in the geographic DNA of most Americans by the

August 11, 2015
Johanna Mendelson Forman
Commentary

Growing Violence along the Kashmir Divide

This piece is discussed further in The Dynamics of Violence along the Kashmir Divide, 2003-2015. Events may be leading toward a crisis between

August 11, 2015
Julia Thompson
Commentary

Merits of the Iran Deal, Colin Kahl at Stimson

After more than 20 months of careful negotiations, the United States and its international partners have reached a landmark nuclear deal with

August 11, 2015
Commentary

What the ‘Japan Option’ Tells Us About Iran’s Nuclear Prospects

Almost 70 years to the day after the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and four and a half years after suspending

August 11, 2015
Ellen Laipson
Commentary

What India Loses by Pushing Nepal into Crisis

In 2006, a peace accord ended a civil war and Nepal began a new era as a secular, democratic republic. After eight

August 10, 2015
Hannah Haegeland
Commentary

Seventy Years Without an A-Bombing

As numbers-based arms control wanes, norms become even more important. Norms can be clarified in Codes of Conduct or established by customary

August 10, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Japan History Commission Acknowledges ‘Aggression,’ Lessons Learned from WW2

On August 6, just as Japan mourned the lives lost in Hiroshima in the world’s first atomic bombing and reaffirmed its commitment

August 8, 2015
Yuki Tatsumi
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