The Karen National Union in Post-Coup Myanmar
…the local NUG-affiliated militias, the People’s Defense Forces (PDFs). The KNU provides military training to fleeing protesters, who subsequently join PDFs in other parts of Myanmar or the KNLA.68 Note:…
Barry Blechman quoted in CQ article on US-Pakistan Relations
…article entitled “US-Pakistan Relations: Is the Rocky Alliance Worth Saving?” The article, which appeared in CQ Researcher Volume 21, Number 8 on August 5, 2011 can be viewed here: https://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/cqr20110805c.pdf…
A Joint India-Pakistan Initiative on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
…Assembly on 23 December 2016 – 71/258: Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations, January 11, 2017, accessed May 3, 2017, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N16/466/69/PDF/N1646669.pdf?OpenElement. [ii] United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Treaty on…
2023 Global Artificial Intelligence Infrastructures Report
Executive Summary In 2016, the United States published its National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, usually understood in policy communities as the first statement of its AI infrastructure…
Rethinking Nuclear Security: The Case for an Elite Nuclear Force in India
…uranium mine in Banduhurang, Jharkhand is under CISF protection (cf. https://www.aerb.gov.in/images/PDF/f1.pdf). However, observing the UCIL website one finds security staff from guard to manager on its payroll as well as tenders…
Ethics & Independence
…or implicitly compromise the Center’s full authority over institutional decisions or restricts scholars from promoting their research findings and recommendations. Funding Policy Stimson recognizes that as a research institution trying…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, November 2024
…(PGS) is seeking applicants for their Research Internship. The intern will primarily focus on researching nuclear security, nuclear energy, and transnational governance issues. Current research projects that interns will support…
Key Takeaways from Doha Forum 2025
…our report’s accompanying proposals for change and progress through enhanced global and regional collective action, were the chief focus of two Stimson and Global Institute for Strategic Research co-sponsored dialogues…