Product Types: Commentary

Commentary, Report

Lessons Learned for Stabilization in Syria

The Syrian conflict poses enormous challenges for US policy and for US efforts to engage with affected Syrians, including through stabilization projects.

June 10, 2014
Commentary

Carnegie Corporation of New York: There from the start

Before the ink was even dry on the incorporation papers of the brand-new Henry L. Stimson Center, the Carnegie Corporation of New

June 10, 2014
Commentary

Make Money, End Poverty

Governments at the United Nations are in full swing designing the next blueprint for global development, the successor to the Millennium Development

June 10, 2014
Commentary

China’s New Calculations in the South China Sea

In recent months, China’s unilateral actions asserting its claims in the South China Sea (SCS) have driven regional tensions to a new

June 10, 2014
Commentary, Report

Sea Change: Evolving Maritime Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific Region

Sea Change: Evolving Maritime Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific Region began in the fall of 2013 when the US-based Stimson Center partnered with India’s

June 10, 2014
Commentary

Brazil’s World Cup ennui

The mood in Brazil is sour. With the much-coveted World Cup games less than a month away, it is hard to find

June 6, 2014
Commentary

How U.S. can reinvigorate India defense ties

By Vikram J. Singh and Joshua T. White: Narendra Modi’s landslide victory in last month’s Indian general election has raised hopes that

June 6, 2014
Commentary

Voices from Japan: Japan’s Approach to Security and Defense Policy

Voices from Japan: National Security Speaker Series is an annual public symposium that aims to bring high-profile, senior-level Japanese individuals to Washington,

June 6, 2014
Commentary

The Arms Trade Treaty: Race to 50 Ratifications

June 3 marks the one year anniversary of the opening for signature of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations.

June 3, 2014
Commentary

Nate Olson’s column on public-private cooperation is published in Ideas Lab

Combating Terrorism, Illicit Trafficking Needs More Agile, Non-Regulatory Tools  A global economy has empowered criminals and terrorists on a global scale, with

May 30, 2014
Commentary

Making Public-Private Security Cooperation More Efficient, Effective, and Sustainable: Recommendations on the Task Force

Following over 18 months of collaboration with high-tech manufacturers and service providers, transport and logistics firms, and insurance providers, Stimson’s Partners in

May 29, 2014
Commentary

Views From Stimson On This Week’s Modi-Sharif Meeting

Newly inaugurated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India met with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s

May 29, 2014