- Op-Ed ·
Are you sure the seafood you just bought isn’t Russian?
This article was originally published in the Seattle Times.
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Mekong Dam Monitor
An open-source online platform for near-real time monitoring of dams and environmental impacts in the Mekong Basin
- Energy, Water, and Sustainability and
- Southeast Asia and
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U.S. Financial Leadership in Multilateral Organizations
Aligning U.S. policy, values, and funding to meet international commitments, and deliver results from the multilateral system
- Transforming Conflict & Governance and
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Child Soldiers
Examining the nexus between military assistance and the recruitment and use of child soldiers around the world
- Conventional Defense and
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Global Governance Innovation Network
Bringing together world class scholarship with international policymaking to address fundamental global governance challenges, threats, and opportunities.
- Global Governance, Justice & Security and
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CORVI
CORVI is a decision support tool for leaders who need to make smart climate investments to improve the safety and security of coastal cities.
Currently operating in eight coastal cities around the world, CORVI organizes data and information across the land and seascape to provide decision makers with the complete risk picture they need to act.
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CORVI Risk Profile: Mombasa, Kenya
A holistic city-based assessment of the climate risks facing Mombasa, Kenya.
CORVI Risk Profile: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
A holistic city-based assessment of the climate risks facing Dar es Salaam.
Research Areas
Nonproliferation
- Project Note ·
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, March 2022
In this update, nuclear security concerns persist in Ukraine, the IAEA’s A/CPPNM review conference takes place
- Policy Memo ·
Nuclear Annexation: A New Proliferation Concern?
Does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine present a nuclear proliferation concern?
- Project Note ·
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, February 2022
In this update, an introduction from the new INSF director, Brazil ratifies the A/CPPNM, and Ukraine considers nuclear security risks
Technology & Trade
- Commentary ·
Under Caution: Assessing Arms Transfer Risk in Ukraine
Those providing assistance to Ukraine should consider the immediate and long-term security implications of arms transfer decisions.
- Commentary ·
NATO’s Frontline – How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine is Shaping Security Cooperation with the Baltics
An overview of the expanding security partnership between the U.S. and Baltics as the West confronts Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
- Report ·
Taking Stock of ATT Initial Reports
Examining trends and challenges from the first six years of ATT initial reporting and identifying opportunities to enhance transparency efforts
Resources & Climate
- Testimony ·
Hearing on “Russian Seafood Ban Implementation and Seafood Traceability”
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, House Committee on Natural Resources
- Project Note ·
Introducing KAS and Stimson’s Joint Working Group 2.0 Meeting Series
JWG 2.0 will enable greater peer-to-peer connectivity, advance knowledge sharing, and explore well-rounded and inclusive solutions to shared challenges.
- Report ·
Seafood Traceability Practitioner’s Workshop Summary Report
The Stimson Center, NOAA, and WWF release the Summary Report from recent Workshop on the design, management, and implementation of seafood traceability programs.
International Order & Conflict
- Project Note ·
China’s Emerging Financial Influence at the UN Poses a Challenge to the U.S.
As China’s share of the UN budget grows, the U.S., which seeks to revitalize its international leadership role, needs to improve its stream of funding for the world body.
- Commentary ·
Madeleine K. Albright: An Assertive Multilateralist for Just Security
Dr. Albright coined and instituted—while serving as Permanent Representative to the UN—an “assertive multilateralist” approach that continues to inform post-cold war U.S. foreign policy.
- Report ·
Strengthening Human Rights: Translating Multilateral Commitments into Action
While human rights commitments advance more equal societies and provide hope to marginalized populations, failure to implement them can erode trust in democratic institutions and open societies.
Asia
- Issue Brief ·
The Karen National Union in Post-Coup Myanmar
The ethnic group along the Thai border weighs unique political and military considerations as it seeks influence in charting the country’s future.
- Policy Paper ·
North Korea’s “Checkerboard” Threat: Obstacles & Opportunities for the US-ROK Alliance
The military working group aimed to discuss the challenges of North Korea’s advancing capabilities and provide recommendations for the U.S.-ROK to prepare against an evolving threat.
- Commentary ·
How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Changed Japan’s Security Policy
The current crisis in Ukraine will have a significant impact on the ongoing process to revise Japan’s National Security Strategy.
US Foreign Policy
- Issue Brief ·
The United States and the UN Security Council: Examining U.S. Perspectives and Approaches to Key Issues
Introduction Since taking office, the Biden administration has signaled a renewed interest in engaging with the United Nations and utilizing…
- Commentary ·
Twenty Years of Stopping the Use of Child Soldiers
Reflecting on U.S. child soldier prevention efforts on the twentieth anniversary of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
- Testimony ·
Statement before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission
Hearing on “CCP Decision-Making and the 20th Party Congress”
Panel on “Foreign Policy and National Security Decision-Making”
PIVOTAL PLACES
- Project Note ·
Stimson Center Convenes Third Meeting of Track 2 U.S.-Russia Military-to-Military Dialogue
The U.S.-Russia Military-to-Military Dialogue brings together retired American and Russian senior military officers to discuss and explore avenues for military-to-military cooperation between the United States and Russia on urgent security and strategic issues.
- Project Note ·
Kawa Hassan and Adnan Tabatabai Meet High-Level Iraqi Leaders, Stakeholders and Participate at RCD Forum 2021 in Baghdad
Upon invitation of Rafidain Center for Dialogue (RCD), Kawa Hassan, Executive Director Stimson Europe, Director MENA Program and Senior Fellow, and…
- Field Note ·
Euro-Arab people-to-people Relations
Reflecting on the El-Hiwar II Summer School on Euro-Arab p2p relations
Events
- Roundtable
- April 14, 2022
- 9:30-11:00 AM EDT
- Panel
- April 26, 2022
- 9:30 - 10:30 AM EDT
REcently
- Panel
- April 4, 2022
- 9:00 - 10:00 AM EDT (10:00 - 11:00 PM JST)
- Research Launch
- March 31, 2022
- 7:00 - 8:30 PM EDT
- Book Talk
- March 30, 2022
- 9:00 - 10:00 AM EDT