Presidential Inbox

Recommendations to the next Administration

An ongoing series examining the international challenges that will face the next presidential administration and providing concrete recommendations for presidential action

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The Stimson Presidential Inbox, now in its fourth iteration, is a set of policy recommendations to the next administration. The series focuses on actionable recommendations that the president could take under existing authorities with little or no action by congress.

Policy Memo
Being “back” in the world and leading with diplomacy means bolstering support and reforms of UN peace operations to achieve American goals
Victoria K. Holt • Jake Sherman

2020 Series

Policy Memo
The Biden Administration should ramp up U.S. support for resolving the legacies of unexploded ordnance and Agent Orange to build forward-looking partnerships with Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Charles Bailey • Brian Eyler • Susan Hammond...
Policy Memo
Being “back” in the world and leading with diplomacy means bolstering support and reforms of UN peace operations to achieve American goals
Victoria K. Holt • Jake Sherman
Policy Memo
Improving implementation of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program would combat the food, economic, and international security impacts of IUU fishing
Sally Yozell • Blake Ratcliff
Policy Memo
The Biden administration must act decisively to reduce the danger of nuclear terrorism through U.S. leadership in the international community
Nickolas Roth
Policy Memo
Shift the strategy from end-user defense to coordinated detection and response
Debra Decker
Policy Memo
Radioactive materials remain notably vulnerable to use by violent groups
Richard Cupitt

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Policy Memo
The Biden Administration should ramp up U.S. support for resolving the legacies of unexploded ordnance and Agent Orange to build forward-looking partnerships with Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Charles Bailey • Brian Eyler • Susan Hammond...
Policy Memo
Being “back” in the world and leading with diplomacy means bolstering support and reforms of UN peace operations to achieve American goals
Victoria K. Holt • Jake Sherman
Policy Memo
Improving implementation of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program would combat the food, economic, and international security impacts of IUU fishing
Sally Yozell • Blake Ratcliff
Policy Memo
The Biden administration must act decisively to reduce the danger of nuclear terrorism through U.S. leadership in the international community
Nickolas Roth
Policy Memo
Shift the strategy from end-user defense to coordinated detection and response
Debra Decker
Policy Memo
Radioactive materials remain notably vulnerable to use by violent groups
Richard Cupitt
Policy Memo
It could be easier for countries to get help for their nonproliferation efforts
Richard Cupitt
Policy Memo
The U.S. needs to demonstrate that when it talks about the strategic significance of Indo-Pacific region, it means it.
Yuki Tatsumi

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