Maritime Security

   Stimson’s Southeast Asia maritime security research tracks, analyzes and provides informed insight on the maritime disputes of the South China Sea and rising tensions that characterize them, especially regarding fisheries, undersea oil…

Countering Digital Deception: National Responses to Online Scams

…2023, https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Trafficking-in-Persons-Report-2023_Introduction-Additional-Pagesv4_FINAL.pdf”https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Trafficking-in-Persons-Report-2023_Introduction-Additional-Pagesv4_FINAL.pdf. 9 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Inflection Point: Global Implications of Scam Centres, Underground Banking and Illicit Online Marketplaces in Southeast Asia,” April 2025, https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/documents/Publications/2025/Inflection_Point_2025.pdf. 10…

Unarmed Drones Can Strengthen US and African Security

…poaching problem. For example, Google is funding a World Wildlife Fund project focused on deploying drones in Africa to protect wildlife. While these drones are relatively cheap (tens of thousands of dollars…

The Threat from Within: An Overview of the Domestic Violent Extremist Threat Facing US Nuclear Security Practitioners  

…https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf (accessed November 9, 2021). 140 National Security Council, National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism, (Washington D.C.: The White House, June 15, 2021), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf (accessed November 9, 2021). 141 Press…