Bahrain’s Political Crisis: A New Chapter for Iraqi Foreign Policy
…Bahraini issue can be seen as a healthy step in Iraq’s democratic evolution. [1] https://www.alsumaria.tv/en/print-news-1-62921.html [2] https://iwpr.net/report-news/iraqi-shia-back-bahrain-protesters Photo credit: DoD photo by Master Sgt. Dave Ahlschwede, U.S. Air Force, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iraq-election2005-V.jpg…
Just Security and the Crisis of Global Governance
William Durch, Joris Larik, and Richard Ponzio’s article “Just Security and the Crisis of Global Governance” is published in the August-September 2016 issue of the IISS policy journal Survival. It…
TRANSCRIPT – In Competition, Crisis, and Conflict: Building America’s Warfighting Navy with CNO Adm. Lisa Franchetti
Brian Finlay, Stimson Center President and CEO: Good afternoon. It’s nice to see many new faces, as well as many familiar faces, and I know we have many, many more…
Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance, Washington D.C. Launch
As the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance marks the U.S. launch of their new report Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance, Stimson Senior Associate William Durch discusses the…
The Limits of U.S.-China Cooperation in Africa
…Beijing in late 2014 discussed cooperation around the Ebola crisis and other common threats on the continent. However, despite the rhetoric and enthusiasm, people might be disappointed at the reality,…
What the Last Century of Efforts to Bridge the Beltway/Ivory Tower Gap In National Security Tells Us
…I, 1951, 1-2. 46 Note: Roger L. Geiger, Research and Relevant Knowledge: American Research Universities Since World War II (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), 190. 47 Note: Bruce…
Revive the South Asia Strategy
…partnership between New Delhi and Washington. In a future crisis, U.S. policymakers could be forced to grapple with how to balance the immediate interest of crisis de-escalation with the long-term…
Understanding China’s Response to COVID-19
China’s reaction to COVID-19 crisis could roughly be divided into three stages. Before the lockdown of Wuhan on Jan 23, China was in a stage of denial and denounced all…