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  1. February 28, 2008 The Stimson Center offers research internships year-round.

Books and Reports (View all 127 items)

  1. By Jennifer Kates , Eric Lief and Jonathan Pearson; July 30, 2008 (14 pages) Donor governments, including the United States and European nations, provide almost all external health funding to low- and middle- income countries through both bilateral and multilateral channels.
  2. by Laipson, Ellen; Pandya, Amit; Almudhaf, Hayfaa; Khouri, Rami; Dyer, Paul; Engineer, Irfan, Balachandran, V.; Caballero-Anthony, Mely; Contreras, Antionio; Graces, Len; Pido, Michael; Pomeroy, Robert; Pramualratana, Anthony; Baruah, Karabi; El-Hokayem, Emile; Patteson, Kendra; Cronin, Richard; Fischer, Julie; ; July 25, 2008 This new volume is a collection of analytic pieces written by experts from the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia on transnational and nontraditional security (NTS) issues, as well as analysis by Stimson Center scholars.
  3. By Samuel Black; July 22, 2008 This report examines the concept of no harmful interference with satellites, and argues that it is the key to a sustainable code of conduct for responsible space-faring nations.
  4. By Ellen Laipson; July 14, 2008 It is time for a new policy in Iraq, to recalibrate America’s equities and engagement there. The current administration is tied to its policy, knowing that the president’s historic legacy will be based on the outcome in Iraq, and hoping that current positive trends can be turned into more permanent conditions.
  5. By Jennifer Kates, José-Antonio Izazola, and Eric Lief; July 09, 2008 UNAIDS and the Kaiser Family Foundation have released a report analyzing funding trends in international assistance for HIV/AIDS from G8, European Commission and other governments in 2007. Stimson Center Senior Advisor Eric Lief collaborated in the preparation of this report.

Issue Briefs (View all 10 items)

  1. By Timothy Hamlin; May 28, 2008 (5 pages) Developments and trends surrounding commercial transportation on the Mekong River.
  2. By Richard Cronin; March 11, 2008 No summary available.
  3. ByGordon Adams; March 02, 2008 (5 pages) An essay on the future of U.S. foreign assistance the "F" process and a cabinet-level agency for development.
  4. By Katherine N. Andrews and Victoria K. Holt; August 15, 2007 This issue brief examines UN-AU collaboration on promoting peace and security in Africa, with emphasis on their joint efforts to resolve the Darfur conflict.
  5. By Joshua G. Smith, Victoria K. Holt, and William J. Durch; August 02, 2007 This issue brief explores the current demand for UN police, looks at recent and ongoing reforms undertaken at the United Nations and in the field, and considers additional ways to address shortcomings in the use of police and rule of law teams in peace operations.

Analysis & Commentary (View all 262 items)

  1. By Zhang Zhixin; August 12, 2008 (18 pages) Written by Zhang Zhixin, an Assistant Professor at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations(CICIR) (American Studies) in Beijing and previous Visiting Fellow at The Henry L. Stimson Center, this paper investigates the institutionalization of China Studies within America and discusses current attitudes among China scholars toward their chosen field.
  2. By Samuel Black; August 07, 2008 The next administration has the opportunity to improve U.S. and international security by pursuing a code of conduct for responsible spacefaring nations that reinforces the principle of no harmful interference.
  3. By Michael Krepon; August 07, 2008 By endorsing the U.S.-India deal, the IAEA and the Nuclear Suppliers Group can become complicit in undermining nonproliferation norms they were designed to uphold.
  4. July 17, 2008 No summary available.
  5. By Gordon Adams; July 02, 2008 Part II of Dr. Adams' three part series for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on the next president's national security agenda.

Background Papers (View all 12 items)

  1. February 28, 2008 (3 pages) The drafting of the model Code of Conduct seeks to provide “rules of the road” and to prevent harmful interference with satellites that perform vital life-saving, economic, and military support functions.
  2. Levine, Daniel H.; February 01, 2008 (52 pages) In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of African police deployed in peacekeeping operations, as well as the number of peacekeeping police deployed in Africa.
  3. by: Ellen Laipson; July 15, 2006 No summary available.
  4. By Michael Katz-Hyman; March 07, 2006 Theresa Hitchens, Michael Katz-Hyman, and Victoria Samson release joint CDI-Stimson analysis of space weapons spending in the FY07 Defense Budget.
  5. by Barry M. Blechman, and Michael Krepon; January 17, 2006 This piece provides a brief look at the Stimson Center's progress over the last 15 years.

Multimedia (View all 6 items)

  1. By Col. Tadashi Tabuchi; November 15, 2007 No summary available.
  2. featuring Elizabeth Turpen; October 14, 2004 Elizabeth Turpen discusses issues of unsecured nuclear weapons and fissile materials and their threat to US national security on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal."
  3. Featuring Michael Krepon; September 09, 2004 Michael Krepon appears on KERA FM to discuss the weaponization of space.
  4. by Ellen Laipson; March 12, 2004 No summary available.
  5. By Michael Krepon; February 05, 2004 Michael Krepon appeared on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer to discuss Pakistan's pardon of nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan.

Spotlight (View all 132 items)

  1. By Michael Krepon; August 18, 2008 The Bush administration’s civilian nuclear deal with India is set to present the world with yet another fait accompli. If the Nuclear Suppliers Group approves the deal, key members of the global non-proliferation regime will become complicit in its weakening.
  2. By Nancy Langer; August 14, 2008 Can a sitting head of state of an oil-rich country be held to account for genocide? On August 18th, judges at the International Criminal Court will reconvene to review a prosecutor’s recommendation to indict Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir for crimes in Darfur amid a torrent of complaints from African and Middle Eastern leaders.
  3. By James J. Saulino; August 11, 2008 A 35-year-old prohibition on police training overseas has resulted in a patchwork of programs to carry out an increasingly vital activity for US security today. It should be reconsidered in the context of building a broader plan to strengthen the rule of law in weak states.
  4. By Alix J. Boucher; August 09, 2008 Commissioned by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, two new White Papers—one on defense and national security policy, the other on foreign affairs—herald major change in France’s strategic objectives and tools for implementing its policies.
  5. by Hamlin, Timothy; August 04, 2008 Fallout from the 2006 coup that ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra continues to roil Thai politics. Domestic political instability and rising nationalist sentiment are beginning to affect regional relations, most recently demonstrated by a tense border standoff with Cambodia.