Product Types: Policy Paper

Policy Paper

Limited War Under the Nuclear Umbrella and its Implications for South Asia

Stimson Center’s Visiting Fellow Khurshid Khan analyses India’s exploration of a limited war strategy and the implications of such a war fighting

June 14, 2012
Policy Paper

Threat Reduction in South Asia

Stimson Center’s Visiting Fellow Zawar Haider Abidi examines the nature of the conventional military imbalance between India and Pakistan. He evaluates both

June 14, 2012
Policy Paper

Rowing Together? The Chinese Perspective on U.S.-China-ROK Trilateral Coordination on the Korean Peninsula

China occupies a central position in addressing many of the challenges associated with North Korea. Politically, China shields North Korea from international

May 10, 2012
Policy Paper

China and the Changing Myanmar

Below is an excerpt from “China and the Changing Myanmar,” from the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 31:4 (2012).  Myanmar’s rapidly

April 5, 2012
Policy Paper

China’s Strategic Misjudgement on Myanmar

Below is an excerpt from “China’s Strategic Misjudgement on Myanmar,” from the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 31:1 (2012). 2011 marked

April 5, 2012
Policy Paper

After the Taiwan Election: Planning for the Future

Alan D. Romberg has published a new essay, “After the Taiwan Elections, Planning for the Future,” which appears in the current issue

March 30, 2012
Policy Paper

U.S. Policy in a Time of Transition

This paper establishes a broad policy framework for addressing a crucial element of the regional Middle East mosaic. Solving the long-festering conflict

March 2, 2012
Policy Paper

Studying the South China Sea: The Chinese Perspective

Tensions in the oil-rich and strategically important South China Sea escalated in 2011, raising serious concerns about the danger of military conflicts

January 9, 2012
Policy Paper

A Vietnamese Perspective on Proposed Mainstream Mekong Dams

A short discussion on the hydropower dam system on the Mekong River mainstream and its impacts to Mekong delta By Dao Trong

December 8, 2011
Commentary, Policy Paper

What We Bought: Defense Procurement from FY01 to FY10

Prevailing wisdom on defense spending in the past decade asserts that despite the large amount spent, we did not modernize our weapons

October 31, 2011
Policy Paper

Protecting Civilians: Proposed Principles for Military Operations

For a number of years, Stimson research has focused on identifying the obstacles that multilateral organizations and individual states face in preventing

October 26, 2011
Policy Paper

Defining Health Diplomacy: Changing Demands in the Era of Globalization

Stimson’s Global Health Security program, with Rebecca Katz of George Washington University, published a new analysis on Defining Health Diplomacy: Changing Demands

September 21, 2011