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Arbitration in the South China Sea: Between the Rocks and a Hard Case

By Zach Dubel – With tensions long remaining high in the South China Sea, the Philippines has fast been running out of

March 4, 2013
Commentary

Crime-Terror Nexus Requires Integrated Security Approaches

Before departing from her position as U.S. secretary of state, Hillary Clinton stated at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that al-Qaida

February 25, 2013
Johan Bergenas
Commentary

International security: the James Bond school of thought

The world has been shaken-not stirred-many times since James Bond ordered his first vodka martini in Ian Fleming’s novel Casino Royale 60

February 22, 2013
Johan Bergenas
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The Battle Within Pakistan

The February 16 bombing in Quetta targeting the Hazara community was the latest in a long, sad, and intensifying series of incidents

February 21, 2013
Julia Thompson
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China’s Intervention in the Myanmar-Kachin Peace Talks

Peace talks between Myanmar’s government and the rebel Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Ruili, China, on February 4, finally rendered a glimpse

February 20, 2013
Yun Sun
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UN Committee Criticizes Obama Administration’s Use Of Child Soldiers’ Waivers

As the conflict in Mali wages on, reports from the frontlines reveal that the al-Qaeda linked Northern Mali rebels have conscripted child

February 15, 2013
Alexander Georgieff
Commentary

Barry Blechman on World Affairs TODAY

Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman appeared on the February 10 episode of World Affairs TODAY, a program of the World

February 13, 2013
Barry Blechman
Commentary

David Michel discusses South Asia climate change impacts at Woodrow Wilson Center panel discussion

On Thursday, February 7th, David Michel participated in a Wilson Center panel discussion titled “Strengthening Responses to Climate Variability in South Asia,”

February 7, 2013
Commentary

The Bomb and the State of the Union

Since 1949, nuclear issues have been mentioned in nearly every State of the Union (SOTU) address, usually only in general terms. Domestic

February 7, 2013
Jonathan Fox
Commentary

China’s Aid to Africa: Monster or Messiah?

In recent years, China’s economic presence in Africa has led to a heated debate, some of it well-informed and some of it

February 7, 2013
Yun Sun
Commentary

Westward Ho!

In November, Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Burma, and the first to visit Cambodia. As part of

February 7, 2013
Yun Sun
Commentary

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “Revenge”: Priorities And Challenges For Japan’s New Government

On December 26, 2012, Shinzo Abe, who became the prime minister in 2006 only to resign in 2007, returned to the premiership.

February 1, 2013
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