When the Cards Are on the Table, Will the UN Stand By the Interns?
It is no secret that the United Nations faces a serious budgetary crisis. A memo circulated across UN leadership by the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance in February…
Investigating Subcontinental Crises
…constitute a crisis is ultimately a political decision. In a new Stimson Center ten-chapter edited volume authors from China, India, Pakistan, and the United States consider the past and possible futures of…
The Role of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake
…moment, the world’s attention has fixed on the crisis of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. While this is understandable, what seems to be overlooked is the large-scale relief effort…
Biden’s State of the Union In Focus
…ways to bring the war to an end. The Continued Crisis in the Middle East By Barbara Slavin Distinguished Fellow, Middle East Perspectives In a feisty speech largely dominated by domestic matters,…
Top Ten Global Risks for 2025
…risks from this past year have continued with new layers of conflict in the Middle East, a downward spiral in U.S.-China relations, and the dangers of a governance deficit in…
The Prospect of Junta-led Elections in an Uncertain Myanmar
…with experts on Myanmar. We discussed what may be next for the war-torn country amid deepening crisis and many questions about the coming months – the impact of elections on…
Mathew Burrows: Forecasting the Next World Order
…trends is not quite up there in terms of the certainty. You know, this is one area we talk a lot about beginning a new era or bending the trend…
A Moment of Truth for Israelis and Their American Jewish Supporters
…Netanyahu decides, the political crisis in Israel is not a purely internal Israeli matter. It’s part of a global democracy crisis that’s infected multiple democratic countries around the world, from…