The Strategic Impact of a Shifting Nuclear Security Consciousness in Japan
…the aftermath of the March 2011, the GEJE has dramatically revived Japan’s “nuclear allergy.” Mindful of these two opposing trend, this project will examine the strategic impact of recent shifts…
Will The World’s High Risk Investment In Sudan Protect Civilians?
…the north and south, but the question remains whether that investment can prevent additional violence against civilians. This is the first of two Stimson spotlights on the challenges to and…
Expeditionary Diplomacy Could Save Lives in Sudan
…between the north and south, but the question remains whether that investment can prevent additional violence against civilians. This is the second of two Stimson spotlights on the challenges…
Accountability in Cyberspace: Lessons from and for Latin America

…in Art. 4 that the law is not applicable to the treatment of personal data used exclusively for public security, national defence, national security, or investigation or repression of infringements…
Pulwama/Balakot and The Evolving Role of Third Parties in India-Pakistan Crises

…2019, accessed August 10, 2019, https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/pulwama-terrorist-attack-modi-under-pressure. Prime Minister Modi’s calls for a reprisal against any terrorist activity may have contributed to a response focused on punishing Pakistan that in turn…
Japanese defense spending at the fiscal crossroads

Japan’s 2021 defence budget is set to be its largest ever, continuing a near decade-long trend set in motion by former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Under Abe’s watch, Japan has…
Learning About the Bomb is the Best Way to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
…by the Islamabad Strategic Studies Institute and in only seven percent of the articles in Strategic Analysis, published by India’s Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses. Television coverage of nuclear-related topics…
An Unreal Pain: Russia’s New Nuclear Doctrine Delivers Headlines, But Not Change

…Nuclear Posture Review, seeking to further reduce the number of and roles for of nuclear weapons in U.S. defence, pivoting towards homeland defence, focusing on “rogue states” and non-state actors,…