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Syria’s Chemical Weapons And Terrorists

The potential marriage of some of the world’s most dangerous people to some of the world’s most dangerous weapons has been described

September 10, 2013
Brian Finlay
Commentary

What an attack on Syria will mean for US-Iran relations

If President Barack Obama does indeed attack Syria, with or without congressional approval, he will forfeit an opportunity to make headway with

September 10, 2013
Geneive Abdo
Commentary

Poisonous Choices In Syria: The Real Issue Is Iran’s Nuclear Program

Remember President Barack Obama’s first major address abroad? It was in June 2009 at Cairo University, when U.S. ties with the Muslim

September 9, 2013
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Who is Going to Pay for a Military Intervention in Syria?

By Alison Giffen – Sometimes the use of force is necessary to stop or mitigate mass atrocities. There are instances when perpetrators are

September 5, 2013
Commentary

Stimson and Bloggers in India and Pakistan Launch Website to Encourage Cross-Border Dialogue

Working with bloggers in India and Pakistan, the Stimson Center today launched a website called South Asian Voices: Generation Why to stimulate

September 4, 2013
Commentary

Intervention on the Cheap

Syria may be the issue of the week, but the budgetary opportunists are not missing the chance to tie defense budgets to

September 4, 2013
Gordon Adams
Commentary

The Battle Between the Air Force and the Air National Guard

Faced with the need to reduce spending by $4.8 billion under this year’s budget, Air Force leaders wanted most of the cuts

August 30, 2013
Russell Rumbaugh
Commentary

Mona Yacoubian in New York Times: A Catch 22 With Russia

The United States should lead an allied cruise missile attack against Syria if evidence of the Syrian government’s culpability is conclusive. The

August 28, 2013
Mona Yacoubian
Commentary

Extended Deterrence and Strategic Stability in Northeast Asia

With the simultaneous emergence of a nuclear-armed North Korea and a China that is modernizing and diversifying its nuclear posture, extended deterrence

August 27, 2013
Yuki Tatsumi
Commentary

Syria, Egypt and Arab Transitions Examined

Experts affiliated with the Stimson Center have helped inform policymakers and the public about the civil war in Syria, unrest in Egypt

August 22, 2013
Ellen Laipson
Commentary

Have You Heard the One About the Pentagon’s Budget?

There’s a joke about lawyers (one of many) that goes, “What do you call 10,000 lawyers chained together at the bottom of

August 16, 2013
Gordon Adams
Commentary

Between War & Peace: Do We Need New Tools For Messy Transitions?

The office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction issued its final lessons learned report earlier this year. Among the recommendations

August 14, 2013
Ellen Laipson
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