Stimson, the George C. Marshall Foundation, and the Safadi Foundation USA hosted an April 2012 panel discussion entitled “Arab Countries in Transition: An Update on International Support One Year after the Deauville Partnership.” The panel was mo …
This week the Obama administration launched the bombing phase of the U.S. strategy with the goal of destroying the Islamic State. While results of the initial phase are still becoming clarified, it is another aspect of the strategy – the arming of mode …
Experts on Syrian Crisis: How to End the Bloodshed On September 24, the Belfer Center and the Institute of Politics co-sponsored a discussion on the state of the ongoing crisis in Syria. “The Syrian Tragedy: Ending the Bloodshed” was moderated by Kenne …
The Syrian crisis is rapidly turning into a humanitarian and security nightmare with regional and possibly global implications. The conflict is now firmly entrenched in a military stalemate. While “stalemate” conveys a sense of stasis, the impasse tran …
A strategy to rescue diplomacy on Syria The Syrian crisis is rapidly turning into a humanitarian and security nightmare with regional and possibly global implications. The conflict is now firmly entrenched in a military stalemate. While “stalemate” con …
A-Nusra calls Lebanon bombing ‘retaliatory measure’ AMMAN: The Lebanese branch of al-Qaeda offshoot Jabhat a-Nusra has claimed credit for a car bombing in the Lebanese town of Hermel that killed three on Saturday just miles from the border with Syria, …
Although violence continues across Syria and the first round of the peace talks in Geneva yielded no progress, Syria expert Mona Yacoubian says that diplomacy is complex and negotiations will be “a months-long process.” With the next round of talks sla …
Can Syrian Talks Inch Forward? Although violence continues across Syria and the first round of the peace talks in Geneva yielded no progress, Syria expert Mona Yacoubian says that diplomacy is complex and negotiations will be “a months-long process.” W …
Syria chemical attacks: The controversy continues BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. – Ted Postol is mad, and he doesn’t care who knows it. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist is convinced that the White House pushed the country to the brink of milita …
Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, July 17, 2013 Video of the Hearing Statements of all witnesses Mona Yacoubian, Senior Advisor, Middle East, The Stimson Center Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the House Armed Services Committe …
A Strategy to Rescue Diplomacy on Syria, February 25, 2014 With Mona Yacoubian, Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center Interview| Can Syrian Talks Inch Forward? February 6, 2014 With Mona Yacoubian, Council on Foreign Relations …
The momentous events sweeping the Arab world since the end of 2010 raise important questions about the art and science of analyzing political and societal events. Stimson invited a group of experts to evaluate how various non-government sectors l …
On December 13, 2007, the Stimson Center’s Southwest Asia/Gulf Project organized the seminar Towards a More Secure and Stable Lebanon: Prospects for Security Sector Reform. The seminar brought together Lebanese, US, European and UN government and non-g …