Trade network transparency entails two dimensions of global commerce: business relationships and chain of custody. Historically, most security programs, including those focused on nonproliferation, have focused on ensuring a proper chain of custody – t …
By Nate Olson: It is a bitter irony that globalization has actually made much of trade and investment activity less transparent. The scale and technological sophistication of global value chains, along with their reach across multiple legal juris …
The Trade Security Steering Group – an informal group of trade specialists organized by the StimsonCenter and the National Association of Manufacturers – supports a range of public – private initiatives to more effectively mitigate international securi …
Co-written by Managing Director Brian Finlay, Senior Advisor Johanna Mendelson Forman, and Scoville Fellow James McKeon,the newest report from the Stimson Center’s Managing Across Boundaries initiative, entitled Beyond Boundaries in Brazil: Innovating …
In May 2014, Stimson’s Partners in Prevention Task Force endorsed seven proposals to close security gaps in global trade by better leveraging market incentives. Directed mainly at US policy and industry stakeholders, the recommendations were the result …
Despite only a few gasps left until Congress adjourns this year, much still needs to be done. Among the less publicly-noted items in this holiday limbo is terrorism risk insurance. This program that provides government support for insurers to cov …
“The great alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom is rooted in shared interests and shared values,” President Obama proclaimed with UK Prime Minister David Cameron by his side. “And it’s indispensable to global security and …
Stimson’s Partners in Prevention project seeks to advance mutually beneficial government-industry partnerships. The effort is built on Stimson’s strong relationships with industry partners, including high-tech manufacturers and service providers, trans …
By Barry Blechman and Jay Cohen: On October 29, 2010, airplanes carrying two unremarkable packages left Yemen. Were it not for an eleventh-hour intelligence tip, the bomb inside each parcel, disguised by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as a print …
On October 29, 2010, airplanes carrying two unremarkable packages left Yemen. Were it not for an eleventh-hour intelligence tip, the bomb inside each parcel, disguised by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as a printer cartridge, likely would have continu …
Governments at the United Nations are in full swing designing the next blueprint for global development, the successor to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The entire process is important, to be sure, but one particularly notable aspect is that …
Combating Terrorism, Illicit Trafficking Needs More Agile, Non-Regulatory Tools A global economy has empowered criminals and terrorists on a global scale, with growing consequences for both governments and the private sector. But U.S. exporters, …
Globalization is predominantly thought of as a benign force offering greater opportunities for trade, communication and technological innovation. Yet globalization has developed a dark side, exploited by malicious actors like drug and human traffickers …
Amid the diplomatic breakthrough at the Security Council and arrival of the United Nations chemical weapons inspection team in Damascus, many observers have lost sight of two key questions about Syria: How did the regime get its chemical weapons, and h …
October 10, 2013 Despite the government shutdown, sometimes government gets it right. Recently, government appeared to truly appreciate the benefit of establishing public-private partnerships, including with insurers. Three meetings held at the end of …
Amid the diplomatic breakthrough at the Security Council and arrival of the United Nations chemical weapons inspection team in Damascus, many observers have lost sight of two key questions about Syria: How did the regime get its chemical weapons, and h …
There is urgent need for a “new normal” in public-private relationships on security issues. This report aims to kick-start a new dialogue on making that a reality. Nate Olson and Brian Finlay of Stimson’s Managing Across Boundaries Initiative …
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, testifying recently before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was asked a crucial question: Who has been supplying Syria with its chemical weapons? “Well, the Russians supply them,” Hagel responded. “Others are supplyin …
Managing Across Boundaries Deputy Director Johan Bergenäs and Research Assistant Esha Mufti were published in Defense News, writing about the public policy and market driven incentives for high technology companies, including the se …
Existing nonproliferation programs aimed at redirecting former Soviet weapons scientists must be complemented by a new model that is based on the creation of incentives for private companies to employ these scientists. Implementation of the public-priv …
How the Insurance Industry Could Become a Key Ally in Preventing a Nuclear 9/11 By Brian Finlay – For the first time since the 9/11 attacks, global terrorism has been eclipsed as the greatest national security threat facing the United States. According …
States and terrorist organizations can easily exploit legitimate businesses up and down the supply chain to obtain dual-use knowledge and technologies. In today’s security environment, a diverse set of forces is gathering, presenting a growing challeng …
The Partnership for a Secure America (PSA) has released a WMD Report Card, examining US Government programs to prevent nuclear, chemical, and biological terrorism. In 2005, the 9/11 Public Discourse Project found that the U.S. Government had made “insu …
By Brian Finlay – General David Petraeus, commander of US forces in Iraq has been described by some as “the smartest active-duty general in the US Army today.” Whatever one’s sentiments of the War in Iraq, or the odds of success for the Petraeus-orches …
By Brian Finlay – At a time when we are told that terrorist interest in acquiring nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons of mass destruction is at an all time high–and competitive budgetary pressures to address a multitude of national security thre …
By Brian Finlay – Five years after anthrax-laced letters killed seven people and sickened dozens of others, the apparent vulnerability of the United States to bioterrorism has hastened a dramatic reordering of government spending. Since 2001, civilian …
There is no greater threat to global security than the diffusion of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons expertise and materials. Without an integrated approach to securing the large inventories of WMD materials and expertise around the world, the …
This book provides a critical and contemporary assessment of the programs intended to reduce the nuclear, biological and chemical weapons’ proliferation risks stemming from collapse of the Former Soviet Union (FSU). These risks include an alarmin …
Seven days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, anthrax spores were spread through the US Postal Service to a variety of news services and public officials. Within three months, eighteen people were known to have b …
President Bush has asserted repeatedly that the greatest national security threat facing our country is the possibility of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon in the hands of a terrorist group. Today, the United States maintains the largest and m …