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Commentary

Private Sector, Civil Society Push for REI in the Maghreb

Maghreb civil society and private sector leaders are increasingly pushing for increased regional economic integration across North Africa. The Arab transitions have

April 11, 2013
Mona Sadek
Commentary

China’s Tug of War

Burma’s democratic reform has produced both winners and losers. The country’s transition to democracy has revitalized the government, opposition groups and civil

April 9, 2013
Yun Sun
Commentary

China’s Social Risk Assessment Mandate

While the Chinese media focused on the outcome of the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th Party Congress last November, an announcement by Minister of

April 8, 2013
Courtney Weatherby
Commentary

China’s Increasing Interest in Africa: Benign but Hardly Altruistic

China’s new leader President Xi Jinping has completed his foreign debut tour as the head of state after visiting Russia and three

April 5, 2013
Yun Sun
Commentary

Nuclear Race on the Subcontinent

An Aesopian nuclear competition is under way between Pakistan and India. Pakistan, whose economy and domestic cohesion are steadily worsening, is the

April 4, 2013
Michael Krepon
Commentary

Eyes on Yet Another Prize in the Arctic Ocean: Fisheries at the Top of the World

For thousands of years it has been a desolate land of extremes ringing the world’s fourth largest ocean – bitterly cold and

April 2, 2013
Brendan McGovern
Commentary

Iraq’s New Normal

Amidst all the 10-year anniversary analysis of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein, the missing piece is a

March 28, 2013
Ellen Laipson
Commentary

Stimson Center Wins $1 Million MacArthur Foundation Award

Stimson Center Chairman of the Board Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr., and President and CEO Ellen Laipson welcomed the announcement by the MacArthur Foundation

March 26, 2013
Commentary

Sequester Cuts Hurting US Foreign Policy

The mandatory across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequester are weakening America’s ability to effectively carry out foreign policy and are also

March 26, 2013
Russell Rumbaugh
Commentary

Jordan’s Forgotten Youth Problem

By Que’Nique Mykte’ Newbill – King Abdullah’s post-election euphoria disguises the enduring challenge of youth political participation in Jordan. The country’s western

March 25, 2013
Que’Nique Mykte Newbill
Commentary

BRICS and China’s Aspiration for the New “International Order”

The destinations of new Chinese leader’s first foreign tour are always carefully chosen and reflect two things: 1) They are important countries

March 25, 2013
Yun Sun
Commentary

The NGO Forum’s Campaign Against Xayaburi

Since the beginning of 2011, the Rivers Coalition in Cambodia (RCC), led by the NGO Forum on Cambodia, has worked ceaselessly to

March 23, 2013
Chhith Sam Ath
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