Product Types: Commentary

Commentary

Pakistan and Afghanistan: Turbulence and Transitions

By Ellen Laipson – The anticipated drawdown of international forces in Afghanistan is adding to the turmoil in the domestic and foreign

October 22, 2011
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Next Steps in U.S.-Russia Arms Control: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Below is the transcription of a presentation delivered by Dr. Barry Blechman to the National Defense University and National Defense Industrial Association

October 20, 2011
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Eliminating The Lord’s Resistance Army Once And For All

Last week, President Barack Obama announced that the United States would send about 100 troops to central Africa to assist regional forces

October 19, 2011
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Under Pressure: International Water Management Challenges in the Himalayan Region

Water managers across the Himalayan region will confront a host of overlapping socio-economic, environmental, and policy challenges as they strive to fulfill

October 19, 2011
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The Rise of Health Diplomacy

By Sarah Kornblet, Julie E. Fischer and Rebecca Katz – Around the world, global health increasingly has become a part of foreign

October 17, 2011
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Matthew Leatherman writes op-ed for Defense News on wartime accounting

Stimson’s Matthew Leatherman recently wrote an opinion piece for Defense News entitled Plan for War Costs. In the op-ed, Leatherman writes about

October 17, 2011
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The US Should Wield a Stiletto on Iran, not a Club

By Barry Blechman – The Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington is indeed an outrage.  We should take a

October 14, 2011
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New balance in China, Myanmar ties

Myanmar President Thein Sein’s decision to suspend construction of the China-backed Myitsone dam project has surprised many observers and raised questions about

October 13, 2011
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Obama Administration Supports Child Soldier Use, Again

Earlier this month, the Obama administration again disappointed human rights groups and the Hill when it decided to grant national security waivers

October 12, 2011
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Background on Iran

Please click here to read the complete report, Engagement, Coercion, and Iran’s Nuclear Challenge. This publication is the culmination of a joint study group, led

October 11, 2011
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Saving Syria from civil war

This article first appeared on ForeignPolicy.com As Syria’s uprising lurches toward its seventh month, fears that the country will descend into a

October 6, 2011
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Blunt Talk

By Michael Krepon – Admiral Mike Mullen, the outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke unusually bluntly about Pakistan’s military

October 6, 2011