The “Largest Defense Cooperation Agreement in U.S. History” May Not Add Up to Expectations
The $142 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia may have captured headlines, but lessons from Trump’s 2017 defense agreement with Riyadh suggest expectations should be much more modest
May 19, 2025
A Decade of Our Ocean Conference
The Environmental Security Program assessed maritime security threats, advanced policy-driven innovations, and explored cutting-edge technologies to safeguard our oceans for the future
May 19, 2025
Taiwan Up Close: Why Geography Complicates Invasion
Ground-level observations that challenge assumptions about a Chinese invasion of Taiwan
May 19, 2025
Present at the Destruction: A 2030 Damage Assessment
A pair of scenarios proposes the next four years of diminishing US leadership capacity in an increasingly multipolar world – and the rise of strategic cooperation
May 19, 2025
Recalibrating US Strategy on North Korea
Joel Wit assesses the current status of US policy towards North Korea and how to move forward in an increasingly dangerous environment
May 16, 2025
The Paradoxical Power?
Unpacking the United States’ enduring strengths – and enduring weaknesses – and the U.S. role in the world.
May 16, 2025
Emma Ashford: Where Do American Interests End?
Emma Ashford, Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center, joins us to discuss the extent of American interests and the logic of a multipolar world.
May 16, 2025
Stimson Center Welcomes Dr. Daniel Markey as Senior Fellow with the South Asia and China Programs
May 16, 2025
MATCH 2.0: A New Ledger for Nonproliferation
Using Distributed Ledger Technology to resolve chemical trade discrepancies under the Chemical Weapons Convention
May 15, 2025