Product Types: Commentary

Commentary

Environmental Security in a Globalizing World

As the world celebrates Earth Day today, the links between environmental concerns and global security challenges are sharper than ever. Since the

April 23, 2015
Commentary

Congressional Speech, The Key To Abe’s Visit To US

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit the United States from April 26 to May 3. In addition to visiting Boston, San Francisco

April 23, 2015
Announcement, Commentary, Press Release

Stimson’s Michael Krepon Receives CEIP Lifetime Achievement Award

Stimson Center Co-Founder Michael Krepon received a lifetime achievement award from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace today for his work to

April 22, 2015
Commentary

Barry M. Blechman, Francis Q. Hoang, Courtney B. Spaeth Join Stimson Board

The Stimson Center is pleased to announce today the newest members of the organization’s Board of Directors: Francis Q. Hoang and Courtney

April 22, 2015
Commentary

The Perils of Peacekeeping in Unstabilized Environments

In January, Head of UN Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous told the UN Security Council that the situation in northern Mali remains “extremely

April 22, 2015
Commentary

A Breakthrough in Cooperation on the Nile?

Last week, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan signed a landmark “Declaration of Principles” on the development of the Nile, provisionally defusing years of

April 22, 2015
Commentary, Stimson in the News

Opportunities of the Obama Visit

When President Obama visits with Caribbean leaders April 9 in Jamaica, broad trade and security issues should top his agenda. Trade growth

April 22, 2015
Commentary

Should Food Security be a National Security Issue?

By Johanna Mendelson Forman and Levi Maxey:  Food security as a policy issue has evolved to reflect the dynamism of global events.

April 22, 2015
Commentary

A New Home For Stimson’s Next 25 Years

More than ever before, global threats transcend national borders and force us to seek concrete solutions to common challenges. Effectively doing so

April 22, 2015
Commentary

Fishing For War

How to avoid a war with China over seafood­—and take a bite in world poverty. In 2012, Beijing transformed a Soviet-era hulk

April 20, 2015
Commentary

China’s new silk roads tie together three continents

China’s ‘new silk roads’ will have huge environmental consequences in Asia and Africa as giant infrastructure projects open up remote areas and

April 17, 2015
Commentary, Stimson in the News

Five Myths about Illegal Wildlife Trafficking

Poaching has a long history in the United States and abroad, with armed conflicts dating back to the Oyster Wars of the 1800s. But

April 17, 2015