Product Types: Commentary

Commentary

Japan’s Wartime Behavior Still Complicates Relations With Asian Neighbors

Nearly 70 years after the end of World War II, the “history issue” still comes between Japan and the countries in Asia

November 5, 2013
Yuki Tatsumi
Commentary

Mona Yacoubian on C-SPAN: Syrian Civil War and Chemical Weapons

Mona Yacoubian talked about efforts by international inspectors to locate and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons, as well as the continued violence in

November 4, 2013
Mona Yacoubian
Commentary

Obama Faces Serious Challenges In ‘Pivot’ To Asia

One of the many foreign policy challenges that U.S. President Barack Obama now faces is the need to show nations in Asia

November 4, 2013
Richard Cronin
Commentary

Does ‘Market Power’ Trump ‘Superpower’?

Illicit trade in weapons, narcotics, counterfeit goods and much more has found many seams where even the most well-resourced law enforcement and

October 31, 2013
Nate Olson
Commentary

Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat Than Foreign Foes

Iran faces growing environmental challenges that are now more perilous to the country’s long-term stability than either foreign adversaries or domestic political

October 29, 2013
David Michel
Commentary

Afghanistan’s Shadow

PRIME Minister Nawaz Sharif and the civilian advisers accompanying him received the red carpet treatment when they arrived in Washington last week.

October 29, 2013
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Barry Blechman Takes to the Airwaves to Talk About “Strategic Agility”

Stimson Co-founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman, who also served as chairman of Stimson’s Defense Advisory Committee, has been making the rounds

October 28, 2013
Barry Blechman
Commentary

Facing Reality at the Pentagon

The shutdown/debt ceiling/budget crisis may be over, for now. But inside the Beltway, most folks who care about defense issues and the

October 25, 2013
Gordon Adams
Commentary

The Other Side of Drones: Saving Wildlife in Africa and Managing Global Crime

On 23 May 2013, poachers brutally killed a rhinoceros in Lake Nakuru National park, Kenya. Three days later, poachers attacked and killed

October 24, 2013
Alexander Georgieff
Commentary

Climate and Security: Views From the Global North and South

2013 Environment and Security Discussion Series In celebration of Stimson’s 2013 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, the Center has launched

October 22, 2013
Commentary

Facing Realities On The U.S. Defense Budget

When I worked with a group of high-ranking former military and civilian national security officials last year to develop a new U.S.

October 21, 2013
Barry Blechman
Commentary

Rebalancing the Defense Budget

By U.S. Navy Admiral Gary Roughead (Ret.) – The U.S. Department of Defense is facing deep budget cuts caused by sequestration. With no

October 18, 2013
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