NATO Allies and the Protection of Civilians
…Note: Kathleen H. Dock, ‘Origins, Progress, and Unfinished Business: NATO’s Protection of Civilians Policy’ (Washington, DC: The Stimson Center, 18 March 2021), 5, https://www.stimson.org/2021/origins-progress-and-unfinished-business-natos-protection-of-civilians-policy/. 5 Note: ‘Protection of Civilians…
Create a Channel for a U.S.-China Dialogue on South Asia
…and engagement may not be devoted to crisis management in South Asia until there is an actual crisis, and by the time a crisis breaks out, an ad hoc response…
Mekong Dam Monitor: Methods and Processes
…days). The research team identifies water clusters with the classified image (see image 1). The Google Earth Engine code can be found here. Image 1: Stimson uses Google Earth Engine…
AI Unleashed: Techno-Sovereignty and the Rules Deficit
…challenges. Although the technology is still in its early stages, Open AI, Google, and a host of other Big Tech companies and startups are intensifying their efforts to commercially deploy…
23 Years of Nonuse
…and will not be used in war-fighting.”33V. K. Sood and Pravin Sawhney, Operation Parakram: The War Unfinished (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003), 143. In the words of Vijay Shankar, a…
Sustaining Funding for Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
…Alleged Resistance Support,” The Irrawaddy, 25 August 2022, at https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-gems-boss-arrested-for-alleged-resistance-support.html. 101 “Amendment grants Myanmar junta sweeping new powers under Anti-Terrorism Law,” Radio Free Asia, 15 March 2023, at https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/amendment-03152023170207.html. 102…
Semiconductors and Taiwan’s “Silicon Shield”
…lens…”36 Note: Megan Eckstein, “House, Senate Defense Bills Differ in Approach to Indo-Pacific Security, But Stress Region’s Importance.” USNI News, June 30, 2020. https://news.usni.org/2020/06/30/house-senate-defense-bills-differ-in-approach-to-indo-pacific-security-but-stress-regions-importance. The DoD authorization that specifically referenced…
Does Washington Need to Be Neutral in South Asia?
…of a US neutrality in crisis management meant in practice? A closer look at Kargil highlights its core elements and explains why the United States adopted a new crisis-management ‘playbook’….