ISKP and Afghanistan’s Future Security
…3, 2021. https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unama_protection_of_civilians_in_armed_conflict_-_3rd_quarter_report_2020_revised_13dec_.pdf, 9 Note: Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines, “Broken not Defeated: An Examination of State-led Operations Against the Islamic State Khorasan in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2015-2018)”, Combating…
South Korean Precedent Could Help Resolve IAEA Iran Safeguards Probe
…explanations for the presence of processed uranium at these sites. The IAEA also investigated a fourth location and concluded in a May 2022 report that Iran conducted activities relevant to…
What it’s like to visit a Russian Nuclear Warhead Storage Site
…take our seats surrounded by security officers from the Russian Ministry of Defense’s 12th Main Directorate (12th GUMO). Two or three are from the 12th GUMO HQ in Moscow, who…
Resilience, Human Security, and the Protection of Civilians: A Critical Approach for Future Urban Conflict
…Human Development Report. “Human Development Report 1994” (New York: United Nations Development Programme, 1994), https://www.hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/reports/255/hdr_1994_en_complete_nostats.pdf. It is broadly defined as freedom from want, fear, and indignity. In 2012, UN General…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, October 2021
…these adverse external events, the IAEA is developing a system that will alert the Agency of such events that could potentially affect nuclear sites.” IAEA Launches a New Series of…
Nuclear Annexation: A New Proliferation Concern?
…of Ukraine’s electricity, or 13,107 MW in 2020.1 Note: IAEA Annual Report 2020: https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/publications/reports/2020/gc65-5.pdf, p. 178. All reactors are Russian VVER types. As of March 17, there were eight operating…
Preventing Starvation Crimes: Lessons Learned from Tigray
…by the Ministry of Justice, January 2023, for considerations of options for transitional justice and potential prosecution of grave crimes: https://www.justiceinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/Ethiopia-Policy-Options-for-Transitional-Justice-2023-v2.pdf. If the transitional justice and reconciliation process does continue…
Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue on Food and Agriculture Trade and Investment
…and trade should reduce bureaucratic red tape by minimizing the number of regulatory offices involved in approvals and certifications and mandating a coordinating ministry. National ministries of agriculture and trade…