Editor’s note: This analysis is part of 2017 Presidential Inbox — an ongoing Stimson Center series examining the major global challenges and opportunities the Trump administration faces during its first 100 days in office. Click here to read the full s …
Editor’s note: This analysis is part of 2017 Presidential Inbox — an ongoing Stimson Center series examining the major global challenges and opportunities the Trump administration faces during its first 100 days in office. Click here to read the full s …
Editor’s note: This analysis is part of 2017 Presidential Inbox — an ongoing Stimson Center series examining the major global challenges and opportunities the Trump administration faces during its first 100 days in office. Click here to read the full s …
The presidential inbox is full; President Obama’s second inaugural speech laid out an ambitious agenda for addressing an array of issues, both domestic and international. In this small volume, Stimson scholars propose some pragmatic and achievable acti …
Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge In April 2010, the Obama Administration completed an inter-agency study of the nation’s policies governing nuclear weapons. The key decision resulting from this “N …
Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge It is time to develop a broader, more inclusive approach to US policy towards Iran. The past years’ focus on preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability …
Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge Propelled by the forces of globalization, transnational criminal activity and the related trafficking of all manner of illicit items represents one of the most significa …
Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge As turbulent change roils the Arab world, the Obama Administration must develop a coherent, long-term strategy to address the Arab transitions. At the outset of th …
Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge: The US defense budget is getting smaller, but a declining defense budget does not have to mean a decline in US national security or even American leadership aroun …
Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge: Soaring demand, unsustainable consumption patterns, ineffective management, insufficient investment, and mounting environmental pressures increasingly imperil the world …
Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. By Russell Rumbaugh and Alison Giffen The Challenge The US needs more deployable civilian capacity to assist a troubled country move towards stability. The military is not a wholly ap …
The Presidential Inbox series gives Stimson experts a chance to offer their views on key international security challenges and pragmatic steps the Obama Administration can take to resolve or manage those challenges in the coming year. Click …
Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series. The Challenge: Satellites are crucial for national, economic, and personal security. They permit quick and secure long-distance financial transactions. First responders, disaster reli …
The first 100 days of any administration are filled with tough choices and breaks from past policies. This administration is no different. In the lead-up to the election, Stimson experts identified the issues, from nuclear proliferation to a code of co …
The first 100 days of any administration are filled with tough choices and breaks from past policies. This administration is no different. In the lead-up to the election, Stimson experts identified the issues, from nuclear proliferation to a code of co …
In this piece, Ellen Laipson, President of the Stimson Center and Director of the Southwest Asia/Gulf program, envisions the future of US engagement in Iraq.
Dr. William J. Durch, co-director of the Future of Peace Operations program at Stimson, discusses the reasons why the United States should be more, not less, involved with the peacekeeping work of the United Nations.