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Stimson

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[stim-suhn] / ˈstɪm sən /

noun

  1. Henry L(ewis), 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.


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“Pakistan was wandering in the geopolitical wilderness after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Pakistan expert at the Stimson Center, says in a phone interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

By comparison, around 5,000 Western tourists visited North Korea each year from 2009, with US citizens accounting for 20 percent of those, according to the 38 North programme at the Washington-based Stimson Center.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Caracas needs deeper structural change to get back on that track, says Benjamin Gedan, director of the Stimson Center’s Latin America program.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Still, the military remained slow to offer compensation to victims and some of the new policies were difficult to independently monitor, according to a report by the Stimson Center, a foreign policy think tank.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

One of Alfred’s cousins and contemporaries, Henry Stimson, would distinguish himself in public service with one stint as secretary of state and two as secretary of war.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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