Product Types: Commentary

Commentary

Stimson’s South Asia Programming To Reduce Nuclear Dangers

The Stimson Center first ventured into South Asia in 1992, carrying a toolbox of confidence-building and nuclear risk-reduction measures that helped keep

July 10, 2014
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Equipping a UN peacekeeping force for the future

By Jessica Sun:  From UAVs to advanced mapping technology, the United Nations is turning to 21st century tools to meet modern peacekeeping

July 10, 2014
Commentary

Rachel Stohl on KPFK, Background Briefing discussing Stimson Task Force on U.S. Drone Policy

We speak with Rachel Stohl, a senior associate with the Stimson Center and a co-author of their just-released “Recommendations and Report on the

July 8, 2014
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

Good News, Bad News Story from US Landmines Announcement

Fifteen years after the Mine Ban Treaty entered into force, countries and people around the world are still threatened by the deadly

July 7, 2014
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

The Great Drone Debate: Time to Move Past Fear and Confusion

With the emergence of ISIS in Iraq, renewed attention has been given to the use of armed drones to permit greater U.S.

July 7, 2014
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

East Asian Security

Long before the Obama era “pivot” or “rebalance” to Asia, Stimson scholars were working on Asian security issues, with a particular focus

June 30, 2014
Alan D. Romberg
Commentary

Climate Change in Southeast Asia: ASEAN Needs to Act Now to Forge a Common Approach

June was unexpectedly active for climate change, with announcements from the U.S. and China that could influence ASEAN’s future development. On June

June 30, 2014
Courtney Weatherby
Commentary

Change in collective self-defense must be meaningful

Discussions on revising the current interpretation of Article 9 of Constitution are intensifying. In May 2014, the Advisory Panel on Reconstruction of

June 27, 2014
Yuki Tatsumi
Commentary

Unauthorized Retransfers: A Challenge to Security and the Legitimate Arms Trade

By Rachel Stohl, Senior Associate, and Jessica Kosmider:  Have you ever wondered where Boko Haram, ISIS, pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists or Syrian rebels acquire

June 23, 2014
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

Book Review: Bringing Pakistan In From the Cold

Since the earliest days following the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998, policymakers in the United States and Europe have

June 18, 2014
Joshua T. White
Commentary

How the market can undermine terrorism

By Barry Blechman and Jay Cohen:  On October 29, 2010, airplanes carrying two unremarkable packages left Yemen. Were it not for an

June 11, 2014
Barry Blechman
Commentary

US Administrator of USAID Dr. Rajiv Shah

US Administrator of USAID Dr. Rajiv Shah joined Chairman of the Board Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr., for a strategic conversation with an opinion

June 11, 2014
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