Question: Is there a way to disable panning when using the ArcGIS Silverlight API? 

Other than enabling a Draw object.

Answer: 
```
myMap.IsEnabled = true;

```

According to [this](http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=158&f=2455&t=298676) ESRI forum thread.
You can also set 

```
Map.IsHitTestVisible = false

```

This disables mouse events on the map. Can be used for any UIElement in Silverlight.