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The Stimson Center's mission is to offer practical, nonpartisan, creative solutions to the problems of national and international security through high-quality research products. This publication series features background papers produced and published by the Stimson Center. The publications cover such topics as international security, defense technology, and weapons proliferation.

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Publications:	An Action Plan on US Drone Policy: Recommendations for the Trump Administration Key Challenges in Japan‘s Defense Policy Investigating Crises: South Asia´s Lessons, Evolving Dynamics, and Trajectories With Great Power: Modifying US Arms Sales to Reduce Civilian Harm Improving UN Situational Awareness: Enhancing the UN´s Ability to Prevent and Respond to Mass Human Suffering and to Ensure the Safety and Security of Its Personnel Letters from the Mekong: Mekong Power Shift: Emerging Trends in the GMS Power Sector Nontraditional Actors: China and Russia in African Peace Operations Peacebuilding and Japan: Views from the Next Generation Military Spending For a New Strategic Reality: 2016 Roundtable Series Summary and Analysis Local Conflict, Local Peacekeeping Defining the Boundaries of UN Stabilization Missions Letters from the Mekong: A Call for Strategic, Basin-Wide Energy Planning in Laos Military Budgets in India and Pakistan: Trajectories, Priorities, and Risks Chinese Perspectives Towards the Korean Peninsula in the Aftermath of North Korea's Fourth Nuclear Test Defense Divided: Overcoming the Challenges of Overseas Contingency Operations Secure Oceans: Collaborative Policy and Technology Recommendations for the World’s Largest Crime Scene Public Threats, Private Solutions Japan As A Peace Enabler: Views From The Next Generation Trade Network Transparency: Adding Market Value to the Nonproliferation Agenda Prioritizing the Protection of Civilians (POC) in UN Peace Operations Grading Progress on US Drone Policy Nuclear Energy: Securing the Future Revising the UN Peacekeeping Mandate in South Sudan Reducing the Risk of Nuclear War in the Nordic/Baltic Region Letters from the Mekong: Time for a New Narrative on Mekong Hydropower Establishing Safety and Security at Protection of Civilians Sites The Role of Police in UN Peace Operations A Normal Nuclear Pakistan Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance The Army Goes To School Protecting US Security by Minimizing the Role of Nuclear Weapons Deterrence Instability and Nuclear Weapons in South Asia Japan's Global Diplomacy Reducing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping Revisiting Marshall: Private Sector Growth in the Middle East Beyond Boundaries in Brazil: Innovating for Proliferation Prevention Reconciling Security Sector Reform and the Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping Contexts Sea Change: Evolving Maritime Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific Region Beyond Boundaries: The Role of the IAEA in Balancing Security and Development Priorities Will They Protect Us for the Next 10 Years? Challenges Faced by the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan The ATT Baseline Assessment Project Perceptions of Security Among Internally Displaced Persons in Juba, South Sudan Letters from the Mekong: Obstacles to Equitable Hydropower Development Planning in the Lower Mekong Basin Myanmar’s ASEAN Chairmanship Perceptions of Security in Aweil North County, South Sudan UN Global Focal Point for Police, Justice and Corrections Recommendations and Report of the Task Force on US Drone Policy Lessons Learned for Stabilization in Syria Myanmar in US-China Relations Strategic Agility Assessment of President's FY2015 Defense Budget Japan's Foreign Policy Challenges in East Asia Killing Animals Buying Arms China, the United States and the Kachin Conflict Southern Flows: WMD Nonproliferation in the Developing World The Security of Cities: Ecology and Conflict on an Urbanizing Planet Community Perceptions as a Priority in Protection and Peacekeeping Anti-Satellite Weapons, Deterrence and Sino-American Space Relations Market Power: Adapting Public and Private Roles for Transnational Commerce and Transnational Threats Strategic Agility: Strong National Defense for Today’s Global and Fiscal Realities Chinese Investment in Myanmar: What Lies Ahead? Senkaku Islands/East China Sea Disputes - A Japanese Perspective Community Self-Protection Strategies Himalayan Water Security: The Challenges for South and Southeast Asia Striving for New Equilibria Managing the Military More Efficiently American Interests in the Senkaku/Diaoyu Issue, Policy Considerations Presidential Inbox 2013: Pragmatic Steps The Arab Spring and Climate Change Beyond Boundaries in Southeast Asia Connecting the Drops Deterrence Stability and Escalation Control in South Asia Opportunity out of Necessity: The Impact of US Defense Budget Cuts on the US-Japan Alliance Settling In for the Long Haul: Stability with Chinese Characteristics Trans-Pacific Partnership and China-Japan-Korea FTA Meeting the Objectives of UN Security Council Resolution 1540: The Role of Civil Society A New US Defense Strategy for a New Era: Military Superiority, Agility, and Efficiency Great Eastern Japan Earthquake: “Lessons Learned” for Japanese Defense Policy Across the Taiwan Strait: From Confrontation to Cooperation, 2006-2012 UN Police, Justice and Corrections Programming Diplomacy in a Time of Scarcity The Pentagon as Pitchman Indian Ocean Rising: Maritime Security and Policy Challenges Understanding Impact of Police, Justice and Corrections Components in UN Peace Operations Resolving Ambiguity: Costing Nuclear Weapons Consulting the American People on National Defense Spending Engaging Iran on Afghanistan Iran in Perspective The Unfinished Crisis The New Nuclear Agenda Mekong Turning Point Beyond Boundaries in South Asia UN Integration and Humanitarian Space Advancing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities What We Bought: Defense Procurement from FY01 to FY10 The International Health Regulations (2005) Seismic Shift: Understanding Change in the Middle East North Korea: Challenges for the US-Japan Alliance A New Way Forward Counterfeit Drugs and National Security Forging a 21st-Century Diplomatic Service for the United States Through Professional Education and Training Maritime Commerce and Security Beyond Boundaries in Eastern Africa A Piece of the Global Puzzle Engagement, Coercion, and Iran's Nuclear Challenge Managing the Cross-Strait Issue Beyond Boundaries in the Middle East UN Panels of Experts and UN Peace Operations WMD, Drugs, and Criminal Gangs in Central America The Changing Political Utilitiy of Nuclear Weapons Enhancing United Nations Capacity to Support Post-Conflict Policing and Rule of Law Local Contours of Security in Afghanistan Fresh Water Futures Pharmaceutical Terror Coastal Zones and Climate Change On the Move: Migration Challenges in the Indian Ocean Littoral The Future of US-Iraq Relations Muslim Indians: Struggle for Inclusion Unblocking the Road to Zero: Brazil, Japan and Turkey Iraq's New Reality Report II Iraq's New Reality Unblocking the Road to Global Zero: Russia and the United States Improving Criminal Accountability in United Nations Peace Operations Unblocking the Road to Zero: North Korea and Iran Unblocking the Road to Global Zero: Pakistan and Israel Unblocking the Road to Global Zero: India and China Leveraging Science for Security Unblocking the Road to Global Zero: France and the United Kingdom Targeting Spoilers The Next 100 Project The Indian Ocean Indian Climate Policy A Foreign Affairs Budget for the Future Preventing Nuclear Terrorism in Pakistan Japan's New Defense Establishment Mapping and Fighting Corruption in War-Torn States 25 Steps to Prevent Nuclear Terror Dragon's Shadow The Impossible Mandate? Who Should Keep the Peace US Crisis Management in South Asia's Twin Peaks Crisis Lessons from India Indo – US Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement On Trail: The US Military and the International Criminal Court Improving the Interagency Process to Face 21st Century Security Challenges The Race to Secure Russia's Loose Nukes Speaking Data to Power Foreign High-Tech R&D in China Space Assurance or Space Dominance? Compliance Through Science: US Pharmaceutical Industry Experts on a Strengthened Bioweapons Nonproliferation Regime Missile Defense and US Policy Options Toward Beijing Missile Defense and Asian Security Missile Defenses and the Taiwan Scenario Potential Chinese Responses to US Ballistic Missile Defense National Missile Defense and China's Current Security Perceptions Moving from MAD to Cooperative Threat Reduction Beyond Deterrence: A Global Approach to Reducing Nuclear Dangers House of Cards: The Pivotal Importance of a Technically Sound BWC Monitoring Protocol Theater Missile Defenses in the Asia–Pacific Region Toxic Archipelago Searching for National Security Equipped for the Future Rudderless: The Chemical Weapons Conventions at 1 1/2 Chinese Perspectives on Confidence-Building Measures An American Legacy: Building a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World The Partnership Imperative Maritime Confidence Building in Regions of Tension Regional Confidence Building in 1995 An Evolving US Nuclear Posture The US Senate and the Chemical Weapons Convention Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Russia Confidence Building Measures in Latin America Beyond the Nuclear Peril Russian Arms Control Compliance and Implementation The US Chemical Weapons Destruction Program Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention Peacekeeping and the US National Interest Implications of the Start II Treaty for US-Russian Relations The Origins of COCOM Key West Revisited Implication of Strategic Defense Deployment for US-Russian Relations Report of the Study Group on Multilateral Arms Transfer Guidelines for the Middle East Keeping the Peace

Publishers:

Stimson Center

Publications:

An Action Plan on US Drone Policy: Recommendations for the Trump Administration
Key Challenges in Japan‘s Defense Policy
Investigating Crises: South Asia´s Lessons, Evolving Dynamics, and Trajectories
With Great Power: Modifying US Arms Sales to Reduce Civilian Harm
Improving UN Situational Awareness: Enhancing the UN´s Ability to Prevent and Respond to Mass Human Suffering and to Ensure the Safety and Security of Its Personnel
Letters from the Mekong: Mekong Power Shift: Emerging Trends in the GMS Power Sector
Nontraditional Actors: China and Russia in African Peace Operations
Peacebuilding and Japan: Views from the Next Generation
Military Spending For a New Strategic Reality: 2016 Roundtable Series Summary and Analysis
Local Conflict, Local Peacekeeping
Defining the Boundaries of UN Stabilization Missions
Letters from the Mekong: A Call for Strategic, Basin-Wide Energy Planning in Laos
Military Budgets in India and Pakistan: Trajectories, Priorities, and Risks
Chinese Perspectives Towards the Korean Peninsula in the Aftermath of North Korea's Fourth Nuclear Test
Defense Divided: Overcoming the Challenges of Overseas Contingency Operations
Secure Oceans: Collaborative Policy and Technology Recommendations for the World’s Largest Crime Scene
Public Threats, Private Solutions
Japan As A Peace Enabler: Views From The Next Generation
Trade Network Transparency: Adding Market Value to the Nonproliferation Agenda
Prioritizing the Protection of Civilians (POC) in UN Peace Operations
Grading Progress on US Drone Policy
Nuclear Energy: Securing the Future
Revising the UN Peacekeeping Mandate in South Sudan
Reducing the Risk of Nuclear War in the Nordic/Baltic Region
Letters from the Mekong: Time for a New Narrative on Mekong Hydropower
Establishing Safety and Security at Protection of Civilians Sites
The Role of Police in UN Peace Operations
A Normal Nuclear Pakistan
Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance
The Army Goes To School
Protecting US Security by Minimizing the Role of Nuclear Weapons
Deterrence Instability and Nuclear Weapons in South Asia
Japan's Global Diplomacy
Reducing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping
Revisiting Marshall: Private Sector Growth in the Middle East
Beyond Boundaries in Brazil: Innovating for Proliferation Prevention
Reconciling Security Sector Reform and the Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping Contexts
Sea Change: Evolving Maritime Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific Region
Beyond Boundaries: The Role of the IAEA in Balancing Security and Development Priorities
Will They Protect Us for the Next 10 Years? Challenges Faced by the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan
The ATT Baseline Assessment Project
Perceptions of Security Among Internally Displaced Persons in Juba, South Sudan
Letters from the Mekong: Obstacles to Equitable Hydropower Development Planning in the Lower Mekong Basin
Myanmar’s ASEAN Chairmanship
Perceptions of Security in Aweil North County, South Sudan
UN Global Focal Point for Police, Justice and Corrections
Recommendations and Report of the Task Force on US Drone Policy
Lessons Learned for Stabilization in Syria
Myanmar in US-China Relations
Strategic Agility Assessment of President's FY2015 Defense Budget
Japan's Foreign Policy Challenges in East Asia
Killing Animals Buying Arms
China, the United States and the Kachin Conflict
Southern Flows: WMD Nonproliferation in the Developing World
The Security of Cities: Ecology and Conflict on an Urbanizing Planet
Community Perceptions as a Priority in Protection and Peacekeeping
Anti-Satellite Weapons, Deterrence and Sino-American Space Relations
Market Power: Adapting Public and Private Roles for Transnational Commerce and Transnational Threats
Strategic Agility: Strong National Defense for Today’s Global and Fiscal Realities
Chinese Investment in Myanmar: What Lies Ahead?
Senkaku Islands/East China Sea Disputes - A Japanese Perspective
Community Self-Protection Strategies
Himalayan Water Security: The Challenges for South and Southeast Asia
Striving for New Equilibria
Managing the Military More Efficiently
American Interests in the Senkaku/Diaoyu Issue, Policy Considerations
Presidential Inbox 2013: Pragmatic Steps
The Arab Spring and Climate Change
Beyond Boundaries in Southeast Asia
Connecting the Drops
Deterrence Stability and Escalation Control in South Asia
Opportunity out of Necessity: The Impact of US Defense Budget Cuts on the US-Japan Alliance
Settling In for the Long Haul: Stability with Chinese Characteristics
Trans-Pacific Partnership and China-Japan-Korea FTA
Meeting the Objectives of UN Security Council Resolution 1540: The Role of Civil Society
A New US Defense Strategy for a New Era: Military Superiority, Agility, and Efficiency
Great Eastern Japan Earthquake: “Lessons Learned” for Japanese Defense Policy
Across the Taiwan Strait: From Confrontation to Cooperation, 2006-2012
UN Police, Justice and Corrections Programming
Diplomacy in a Time of Scarcity
The Pentagon as Pitchman
Indian Ocean Rising: Maritime Security and Policy Challenges
Understanding Impact of Police, Justice and Corrections Components in UN Peace Operations
Resolving Ambiguity: Costing Nuclear Weapons
Consulting the American People on National Defense Spending
Engaging Iran on Afghanistan
Iran in Perspective
The Unfinished Crisis
The New Nuclear Agenda
Mekong Turning Point
Beyond Boundaries in South Asia
UN Integration and Humanitarian Space
Advancing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
What We Bought: Defense Procurement from FY01 to FY10
The International Health Regulations (2005)
Seismic Shift: Understanding Change in the Middle East
North Korea: Challenges for the US-Japan Alliance
A New Way Forward
Counterfeit Drugs and National Security
Forging a 21st-Century Diplomatic Service for the United States Through Professional Education and Training
Maritime Commerce and Security
Beyond Boundaries in Eastern Africa
A Piece of the Global Puzzle
Engagement, Coercion, and Iran's Nuclear Challenge
Managing the Cross-Strait Issue
Beyond Boundaries in the Middle East
UN Panels of Experts and UN Peace Operations
WMD, Drugs, and Criminal Gangs in Central America
The Changing Political Utilitiy of Nuclear Weapons
Enhancing United Nations Capacity to Support Post-Conflict Policing and Rule of Law
Local Contours of Security in Afghanistan
Fresh Water Futures
Pharmaceutical Terror
Coastal Zones and Climate Change
On the Move: Migration Challenges in the Indian Ocean Littoral
The Future of US-Iraq Relations
Muslim Indians: Struggle for Inclusion
Unblocking the Road to Zero: Brazil, Japan and Turkey
Iraq's New Reality Report II
Iraq's New Reality
Unblocking the Road to Global Zero: Russia and the United States
Improving Criminal Accountability in United Nations Peace Operations
Unblocking the Road to Zero: North Korea and Iran
Unblocking the Road to Global Zero: Pakistan and Israel
Unblocking the Road to Global Zero: India and China
Leveraging Science for Security
Unblocking the Road to Global Zero: France and the United Kingdom
Targeting Spoilers
The Next 100 Project
The Indian Ocean
Indian Climate Policy
A Foreign Affairs Budget for the Future
Preventing Nuclear Terrorism in Pakistan
Japan's New Defense Establishment
Mapping and Fighting Corruption in War-Torn States
25 Steps to Prevent Nuclear Terror
Dragon's Shadow
The Impossible Mandate?
Who Should Keep the Peace
US Crisis Management in South Asia's Twin Peaks Crisis
Lessons from India
Indo – US Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
On Trail: The US Military and the International Criminal Court
Improving the Interagency Process to Face 21st Century Security Challenges
The Race to Secure Russia's Loose Nukes
Speaking Data to Power
Foreign High-Tech R&D in China
Space Assurance or Space Dominance?
Compliance Through Science: US Pharmaceutical Industry Experts on a Strengthened Bioweapons Nonproliferation Regime
Missile Defense and US Policy Options Toward Beijing
Missile Defense and Asian Security
Missile Defenses and the Taiwan Scenario
Potential Chinese Responses to US Ballistic Missile Defense
National Missile Defense and China's Current Security Perceptions
Moving from MAD to Cooperative Threat Reduction
Beyond Deterrence: A Global Approach to Reducing Nuclear Dangers
House of Cards: The Pivotal Importance of a Technically Sound BWC Monitoring Protocol
Theater Missile Defenses in the Asia–Pacific Region
Toxic Archipelago
Searching for National Security
Equipped for the Future
Rudderless: The Chemical Weapons Conventions at 1 1/2
Chinese Perspectives on Confidence-Building Measures
An American Legacy: Building a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
The Partnership Imperative
Maritime Confidence Building in Regions of Tension
Regional Confidence Building in 1995
An Evolving US Nuclear Posture
The US Senate and the Chemical Weapons Convention
Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Russia
Confidence Building Measures in Latin America
Beyond the Nuclear Peril
Russian Arms Control Compliance and Implementation
The US Chemical Weapons Destruction Program
Implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention
Peacekeeping and the US National Interest
Implications of the Start II Treaty for US-Russian Relations
The Origins of COCOM
Key West Revisited
Implication of Strategic Defense Deployment for US-Russian Relations
Report of the Study Group on Multilateral Arms Transfer Guidelines for the Middle East
Keeping the Peace