Regional Voices
Effective US policy towards particular countries and regions and towards specific global issues such as climate change requires an understanding of the perspectives, priorities, and approaches of other nations and regions to the challenges that transcend national borders. The Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges project is establishing partnerships, fostering dialogue, engaging in collaborative research, gathering a body of knowledge, and developing a network of non-governmental policy thinkers in the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
To hear the voices from the region, please click "Voices from the Region" under Resources. READ MORE »
Current Research
Overview: Transnational Threats » Stimson experts present their findings on how people from the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia think about emerging non-traditional security issues, such as environmental change, public health crises, water shortages or conflicts, and demographic shifts, as well as other emerging cross-border problems. READ MORE »
The Middle East » The region covered during the first year included the Arab Gulf, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. M A meeting in Dubai of experts in a variety of fields from several countries of the region was followed by field research throughout the region and follow up documentary research. Meetings and research in the region organized by the Project have brought to light perspectives not commonly part of US security discourse about the region. READ MORE »
South Asia » The region covered includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Afghanistan. A meeting in Singapore of experts in a variety of fields from several countries of the region was followed by field research throughout the region and follow up documentary research. Meetings and research in the region organized by the Project have brought to light perspectives not commonly part of US security discourse about the region. READ MORE »
Southeast Asia » The region covered comprises the member states of ASEAN. The Project has also included the areas of China in the Mekong River basin, Hong Kong and Taiwan in its research to the extent that those are essential to an understanding of regional trends in the ASEAN countries. A meeting in Bangkok of experts in a variety of fields from several countries of the region was followed by field research throughout the region and follow up documentary research. Meetings and research in the region organized by the Project have brought to light perspectives not commonly part of US security discourse about the region. READ MORE »