Japan’s New National Security Strategy: New Domains
Kazuto Suzuki, Jun Osawa, and Yasuhito Fukushima join Japan Program Director Yuki Tatsumi to explore the development of Japan’s security policy in these emerging domains. This is the second of three webinars to introduce Japan Program’s new publication “Japan’s New National Security Strategy,” from our annual Views from the Next Generation series. Featured Speakers Yasuhito […]
Indonesia’s New Capital City: Opportunities and Challenges
Jakarta is one of the world’s largest and most congested cities, and is vulnerable to sea level rise and other impacts of climate change. President Jokowi has announced Indonesia’s plan to build a New Capital City, “Nusantara”, in East Kalimantan. This ambitious plan, now under way, aims to build a smart, green, and sustainable New […]
The Arakan Army & the Resistance Movement in Myanmar
February 1 marked the second anniversary of the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. As the junta continues to employ violent assaults against the population, the role of ethnic armed organizations remains crucial in advancing the resistance movement. In Rakhine State, the Arakan Army represents the largest and most consequential ethnic armed group in the region, […]
Feminist Framework for the Secretary General’s Report “Our Common Agenda”
Although the report puts gender equality and women’s empowerment at the center of the UN’s three pillars–peace and security, human rights, and development– it requires a feminist critique and action-oriented framework to prioritize actions going forward. This panel will contribute to the ongoing debates at the General Assembly, Summit of the Future and other discussions […]
Global Futures Forum
The United Nations Summit of the Future (SOTF), proposed for September 2024 in New York, is a critical milestone in the reform process initiated by UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s Our Common Agenda report. It is intended to “advance ideas for governance arrangements in the areas of international concern mentioned in this report, and potentially others where arrangements […]
Mekong Water Data Hour: Sand Mining
The world’s large rivers are facing reduced sediment loads due to anthropogenic activities such as hydropower development and sediment extraction. Globally, estimates of riverine sand extraction from large river systems are lacking, in part due to the pervasive and distributed nature of extraction processes, and insufficient monitoring. Chris Hackney and Magdalena Smigaj will demonstrate how […]
Due Diligence in Cyberspace?
Due diligence has become a hot topic among States. But what is that and what does it obligate a State to do, especially when it comes to malicious actors using many States’ territories to perpetrate a cyberattack? States agreed that they “should not knowingly allow their territory to be used for internationally wrongful acts using ICTs […]
International Arms Trade in a Time of Global Upheaval
The war in Ukraine has caused a dramatic acceleration of arms transfer decisions in Europe and the United States, which is taking place alongside other dynamics affecting the supply of major arms worldwide. Join the Stimson Center and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) for a virtual event to discuss recent trends in international […]