Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, June 2024
…its Board of Governors discussing recent developments detailed in a new IAEA report and Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi meeting the country’s energy minister. Director General Grossi and Energy Minister…
Red Cell: Can the United States be Morally “Pure” and “Green”?
…investment, China is so far ahead — mining rare minerals, training engineers and building huge factories — that the rest of the world may take decades to catch up. Even…
Dialogue Summary: UN75 Regional Dialogue for the Americas (20 March–26 April 2020)
…illegal mining and deforestation. Taken together, extractive industries, illicit networks, and growing insecurities intensify and aggravate the current economic and social pressures placed on the region’s citizens. Marshalling appropriate response…
A 21st Century Science and Technology Hedge
…building a robust, responsive S&T hedge appropriate to this century. If we fail to define and invest in this future hedge, we could precipitate the loss of our global scientific…
Taiwan Security Brief: 2020
…2020, https://www.hughhewitt.com/taiwan-foreign-minister-joseph-wu-on-taiwans-coronavirus-response-and-whether-we-could-emulate-it-here/. 62 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan), “Remarks by Foreign Minister Dr. Joseph Wu on Taiwan’s efforts to fight against COVID-19,” 10 April 2020, https://www.mofa.gov.tw/en/News_Content3.aspx?n=E641F7FF2AE058A1&sms=49FF69F409088525&s=42907ABE7E859BFC. 63…
Beyond Denial: Toward a Credible Cyber Deterrence Strategy
…reports blocking more than 100 million phishing attempts per day, and their TAG services track over 270 government-backed threat actors.32Google. “Threat Analysis Group.” Google Blog. Accessed September 26, 2025. https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/….
Peacekeepers Protecting Civilians: A Decade of Reform
…extensive references to the protection of civilians and asks the Secretary-General to develop a strategic framework on the protection of civilians and training modules on the subject for all peacekeeping…
Commercial Transportation on the Mekong River
…Laos,” Lao National Mekong Committee, January 2007, (Accessed April 30, 2008), https://www.lnmc.gov.la/mekong/modules/news/article.php?storyid=82 “Farmers Free Trade Pact Losers So Far,” Thailand Board of Investment, (Accessed April 29, 2008) https://www.boi.go.th/english/how/sectors_detail.asp?id=46 “Ministry asks…