The NUG’s Economic War on Myanmar’s Military
…August 2022, https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/resistance-groups-ambush-junta-flotilla-in-upper-myanmar.html. 67 See for example, Han Thit, “Myanmar judge narrowly escapes shooting near Insein Prison,” Myanmar-Now, 31 August 2022, https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-judge-narrowly-escapes-shooting-near-insein-prison. 68 “Myanmar Military’s Business Supremo in Spotlight,” The…
The Strategic Impact of a Shifting Nuclear Security Consciousness in Japan
…(April 11, 2012) Analyses & Commentaries Yuki Tatsumi wrote a Spotlight Analysis article, entitled One Year After 3-11: ‘Lessons Learned’ for Japan (March 13, 2012) Yuki Tatsumi wrote a post…
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…
EU Defense: This Time Might Be Different
…now is … the time to build a true European Defense Union.… we all know very well that our spending on defense is too low and ineffective. Our foreign spending…
A Leaner and Meaner Defense
…discretionary spending. Defense is now one of the country’s “Big Four” accounts, consuming roughly the same share of federal spending as do each of Social Security, income-based entitlements (such as…
COVID-19 and the “Guns Versus Butter” Debate in South Asia
…requirements both nations are now in the formative phase of developing their respective nuclear triads. India’s military spending grew by 259 percent over the last three decades. Pakistan’s current defense spending, although…
Laicie Heeley quoted in Inside Defense on FY-18
Congress is poised to avert a government shutdown this week with a fiscal year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill that boosts the Pentagon’s warfighting account by $15 billion, which is only…