Product Types: Commentary

Commentary

Since The U.N.’S Organizational “Reboot”

In 1988, the great powers rediscovered the United Nations as an instrument of international security. In 1990, Stimson began its work monitoring

July 25, 2014
Commentary

CIA’s Drones Warfare And The Human Story

By Rabia Akhtar:  If one looks at the total number of drone strikes resulting in casualties inside Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)

July 25, 2014
Commentary

The Next Generation WMD Nonproliferation Agenda

The WMD supply chain is moving to parts of the world that have very little interest in the global nonproliferation regime, warns

July 25, 2014
Commentary

Ideas into action: An innovative project for effective Arms Trade Treaty implementation

The international trade in conventional weapons is a multi-billion dollar industry that is subject to a patchwork of national controls and regional

July 23, 2014
Commentary

Stimson and treaty ratification

As Secretary of State, Henry L. Stimson negotiated the 1930 London Naval Treaty, a multilateral agreement that attempted to align a growing

July 21, 2014
Commentary

Japan’s Renewed Global Role In Peace And Prosperity

On July 1, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a significant policy change to Japan’s post-World War II constitutional constraints. These constraints have

July 17, 2014
Commentary

Geneive Abdo comments on the Sunni-Shia divide

An ancient religious divide is helping fuel a resurgence of conflicts in the Middle East and Muslim countries. Struggles between Sunni and

July 17, 2014
Commentary

Africa in China’s New Foreign Aid White Paper

On July 10, 2014, the Chinese government released a new white paper on China’s foreign aid, the second such document in history. Compared

July 16, 2014
Commentary

US, Europe must not forget about Bosnia

The ongoing instability in the Middle East is understandably drawing much of the United States’ and Europe’s attention. But almost 20 years

July 14, 2014
Commentary

Working safely with communities: how to mitigate risks?

Organisations working on conflict prevention and peacebuilding increasingly understand the importance of making their programmes responsive to the communities with which they

July 14, 2014
Commentary

South Sudan’s Impending Food Crisis

By Ricky Passarelli: As the political conflict continues in South Sudan, feuding sides have yet to realize that impending famine could disarm

July 11, 2014
Commentary

Chino Cienega

To honor our 25th Anniversary year, Stimson would like to take the time to shine a light on the many influential donors

July 11, 2014