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Commentary

Iran Deal: Reading the Fine Print

The text of the nuclear limitation agreement with Iran (AKA “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”) has been released and can be found

July 14, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Monitoring Provisions of the Iran Agreement

This assessment of the core monitoring provisions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is necessarily hurried and preliminary. I invite ACW

July 14, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Time Running Out to set Arms Trade Treaty up for Success

The final preparatory meeting for the First Conference of States Parties (CSP) for the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – the first legally

July 13, 2015
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

Madeleine Albright on New Report: Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance

In the face of growing mass violence in fragile states, the threat of runaway climate change, and fears of devastating cross-border economic

July 10, 2015
Commentary

Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance, Washington D.C. Launch

As the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance marks the U.S. launch of their new report Confronting the Crisis of Global

July 9, 2015
William Durch
Commentary

Iran: The Punditariat Weighs In

Now that the negotiating endgame for a nuclear limitation agreement with Iran has been extended to July 7th, critics and kibitzers have

July 5, 2015
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Ambassador William Harrop: A Foreign Service Career Distinguished by Impact

Earlier this month the American Foreign Service Association honored former Stimson trustee Ambassador William Harrop with its 2015 Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy

July 1, 2015
Barry Blechman
Commentary

60 Million Depending on the Mekong, Dams Threaten Livelihoods

Senior Associate Richard Cronin discuses Stimson’s work in the Lower Mekong Basin in Southeast Asia. There are highly contested plans over the

July 1, 2015
Richard Cronin
Commentary

China’s foreign aid reform and implications for Africa

Over the past several years, an increasingly strong voice has risen in China calling for the reform of its foreign aid policies

July 1, 2015
Yun Sun
Commentary

Aligning Justice and Security Interventions to Revamp the UN

This fall the United Nations will celebrate its 70th birthday. As for most 70-somethings, the commemoration evokes nostalgia for a more idealistic

June 29, 2015
Ellen Laipson
Commentary

Pakistan: Lessons from the India-US Nuclear Deal

By Saira Bano:  During the seventh round of the U.S.-Pakistan Security, Strategic Stability, and Nonproliferation (SSS&NP) working group earlier this month, Pakistan again demanded an

June 23, 2015
Commentary

Arms and Influence

Aspiring Wonks: Time once again to whet your appetite by dipping into a classic text waiting for you online or at the

June 23, 2015
Michael Krepon
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