Product Types: Commentary

Commentary

Toxic Brew: Water Quality, Public Health, and Human Welfare in the Indus Basin

Recurring tensions have long set India and Pakistan at odds over the Indus River system they both share. As the downstream neighbor,

March 19, 2013
David Michel
Commentary

Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations Set to Resume at United Nations

This week in New York diplomats will meet to try to finally agree on some rules to govern the international arms trade.

March 18, 2013
Rachel Stohl
Commentary

Benchmarking the Navy’s Pacific Shift

Shifts in U.S. Navy force structure are one compelling, specific way to understand what the military aspect of the “pivot” or “rebalance”

March 14, 2013
Matthew Leatherman
Commentary

Letter From The Mekong: Examining Hydropower Dams

NOTE: Stimson Senior Associate Rich Cronin and Research Associate Zach Dubel recently returned from a trip to Laos and Thailand to examine

March 12, 2013
Richard Cronin
Commentary

Presidential Inbox 2013: Implement the Nuclear Posture Review!

Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge In April 2010, the Obama Administration completed an inter-agency study of the nation’s

March 7, 2013
Barry Blechman
Commentary

Presidential Inbox 2013: Take a Strategic Approach to Iran

Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge It is time to develop a broader, more inclusive approach to US policy

March 7, 2013
Ellen Laipson
Commentary

Presidential Inbox 2013: Prevent Trafficking in the Global Supply Chain

Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge Propelled by the forces of globalization, transnational criminal activity and the related trafficking

March 7, 2013
Brian Finlay
Commentary

Presidential Inbox 2013: Reinvigorate American Soft Power to Shape Change in the Arab World

Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge As turbulent change roils the Arab world, the Obama Administration must develop a

March 7, 2013
Mona Yacoubian
Commentary

Presidential Inbox 2013: Execute the Defense Builddown

Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series.  The Challenge: The US defense budget is getting smaller, but a declining defense budget does

March 7, 2013
Russell Rumbaugh
Commentary

Presidential Inbox 2013: Strengthen Water Security at Home and Abroad

Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge: Soaring demand, unsustainable consumption patterns, ineffective management, insufficient investment, and mounting environmental pressures

March 7, 2013
David Michel
Commentary

Presidential Inbox 2013: Meet the Demand for Civilian Capacity

Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. By Russell Rumbaugh and Alison Giffen The Challenge The US needs more deployable civilian capacity

March 7, 2013
Russell Rumbaugh
Commentary

Presidential Inbox 2013: Find the Right Balance in Asia Policy

The Presidential Inbox series gives Stimson experts a chance to offer their views on key international security challenges and pragmatic steps the

March 7, 2013
Alan D. Romberg
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