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Policy Paper

American Interests in the Senkaku/Diaoyu Issue, Policy Considerations

This paper was originally prepared for a report presented at the Center for Naval Analyses April 11 workshop. This workshop report presents

August 14, 2013
Policy Paper

Weapons of Mass Destruction: A New Paradigm for a New Century

Arms control, the theory and practice guiding the decades-long effort by the United States and other nations to limit the dangers posed

May 15, 2013
Policy Paper

Chinese National Security Decision-making: Processes and Challenges

In studies of contemporary China, information about the national security decision-making process is largely absent, despite the abundance of information and analysis

May 5, 2013
Policy Paper

Courting the Global South with “Dual Benefit” Nonproliferation Engagement

President Barack Obama and an array of other Western leaders continue to assert that the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

February 26, 2013
Policy Paper

Perkovich On “The Non-Unitary Model And Deterrence Stability In South Asia”

Stimson is releasing today an essay by George Perkovich on “The Non-Unitary Model and Deterrence Stability in South Asia.” Perkovich is the

November 13, 2012
Policy Paper

A Primer on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Sheryl Tibung | October 9, 2012 What is the TPP? The Trans-Pacific Partnership, otherwise known as the TPP is envisioned to

October 10, 2012
Policy Paper

Maritime Security in East Asia: Boundary Disputes, Resources, and the Future of Regional Stability

Maritime territorial disputes increasingly threaten the peace and stability of East Asia. Currently three areas of maritime East Asia involve the most

September 26, 2012
Commentary, Policy Paper

The Security of Cities: Development, Environment, and Conflict on an Urbanizing Planet

Humankind recently crossed an important threshold: over half of all people now live in cities. In contrast to most of human history,

August 30, 2012
Policy Paper

Nuclear Crisis, Escalation Control, and Deterrence in South Asia

Drawing on the issues of crisis, escalation control, and nuclear deterrence, P.R. Chari undertakes a tour d’horizon of the major Indo-Pak crises

June 14, 2012
Policy Paper

Clary On South Asia’s Conventional Military Balance And Deterrence Stability

On December 13th, the Stimson Center will release our first volume of essays, Deterrence Stability and Escalation Control in South Asia, edited

June 14, 2012
Policy Paper, Report

Confidence-Building Measures in South Asia

In “Confidence-building Measures in South Asia,” Samina Yasmeen and Aabha Dixit argue that the current emphasis on the military dimension of CBM’s

June 14, 2012
Policy Paper

Conflict Prevention and Confidence-Building Measures in South Asia: The 1990 Crisis

Michael Krepon and Mishi Faruqee, eds. Was there a near-nuclear war between India and Pakistan in 1990? To help set the record

June 14, 2012