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Managing Across Boundaries Program “Since 2009, the Managing Across Boundaries program has worked toward ameliorating the transnational security threats and development challenges we face today, which are complex and inseparable. They cannot be solved with traditional approaches. Solutions must be found between established paradigms and by engaging public and private sector stakeholders in innovative partnerships.” —Brian Finlay
Our Global Reach North America MAB collaborates with governments, multilateral organizations, peer institutions, and the private sector to facilitate partnerships to secure the global supply chain and build capacity in emerging and developing-economy countries.
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Central America MAB works with the OAS, SICA, national governments, civil society, and industry to identify WMD nonproliferation resources that can be dually leveraged to address drug trafficking, small arms proliferation, and the corrosive impact of criminal gangs on regional peace and prosperity.
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The OAS and CARICOM are key MAB partners in the Caribbean Basin where Stimson is helping countries transition from tourist to trade-based economies, and building capacity for sustainable development and the prevention of illicit flows of drugs and small arms.
South America MAB is working with partner governments and industry to enhance the region’s ability to prevent the illicit flow of contraband, particularly at border crossings, and to increase support for the training and equipment of border security personnel.
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Europe In Europe and its neighborhood, MAB collaborates with stakeholders in governments, regional organizations, and industry to develop holistic solutions to illicit trafficking and to employ MAB’s dual-benefit model, which identifies the links between human security, economic development, and implementation of international WMD mandates.
East Asia MAB works closely with East Asian governments to devise solutions for security and development capacity building that impacts a wide variety of needs, from WMD nonproliferation to transnational crime, in the near region.
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MAB participates in UN and national governments’ programs and initiatives, sharing MAB’s dual-benefit security/ development assistance model.
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East Africa MAB has partnered with governments and civil society on the ground to facilitate capacity-building programs that ameliorate regional security threats and development needs, while simultaneously contributing to a more robust nonproliferation regime and global counterterrorism agenda.
MAB collaborates with regional experts and border security practitioners in analyzing the relationship between WMD proliferation and transnational crime, small arms trafficking, drug trafficking, and social progress.
Southeast Asia MAB works with governments and regional experts to identify the interlinkages between maritime security, civilian nuclear power, human trafficking, climate change adaptation, capacity building, piracy, and small arms trafficking and WMD nonproliferation.
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Managing Across Boundaries An increasing array of transnational challenges— from WMD proliferation and the global drug trade, to contemporary human slavery, small arms trafficking, and counterfeit intellectual property—have become so widespread they threaten to overwhelm the capabilities of even the most well-intentioned governments to mitigate their destructive effects. The Managing Across Boundaries program looks for innovative government responses—at the national, regional, and international levels—and for smart publicprivate partnerships to mitigate these threats. Our experts and researchers work to conceptualize and catalyze “whole of society” solutions to the most pressing transnational challenges of our day.
We are eager to partner with others in this important work. Please call the program’s director, Brian Finlay at 202.478.3444. Visit http://www.stimson.org/programs/managingacross-boundaries for more information.
Brian Finlay Brian Finlay is senior associate and director of the Managing Across Boundaries program. Prior to joining Stimson, Finlay served four years as executive director of a lobbying and media campaign focused on counterterrorism issues; as a senior researcher at the Brookings Institution; and as a program officer at a private philanthropic Foundation. Finlay was a project manager for the Laboratory Center for Disease Control in Ottawa, and worked with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He sits on the advisory board of Trojan Defense, LLC, and is a member of the Board of Directors of iMMAP, an organization promoting the effective use of information management practices in service to the world’s most vulnerable populations. → bfinlay@stimson.org // 202.478.3444
Johan Bergenäs
Rachel Stohl
Johan Bergenäs is the deputy director of the MAB program. His areas of expertise include the nexus between security and development, transnational crime, and public/private sector partnerships. Prior to joining Stimson in 2010, Bergenäs worked at the Monterey Institute and Oxfam America. He has also been a reporter and freelance journalist for numerous publications covering a wide range of foreign policy and US domestic issues.
Rachel Stohl is a fellow with the MAB program. Her areas of expertise focus on issues relating to the international arms trade, including small arms and light weapons, as well as children and armed conflict. Prior to joining Stimson, she was an associate fellow at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and senior analyst at the Center for Defense Information. Stohl is currently the consultant to the UN Arms Trade Treaty process.
→ jbergenas@stimson.org // 202.478.3443
→ rstohl@stimson.org // 202.464.2679
The Managing Across Boundaries Program Whole of Society Solutions to Transnational Challenges Counterfeit Goods WMD Proliferation
Economic Underdevelopment
Government Illicit Drugs
Terrorism
Private Industry
Civil Society
Small Arms Trafficking
Money Laundering Human Trafficking