Aegis Ashore Cancellation – Impulsive Blunder or Strategic Opportunity?
…to strike targets an astounding 600 miles away. This would give the JSDF the ability to strike missile sites inside of North Korea, for one, provided an attack on Japanese…
Assessing Pakistan’s Nuclear Security Upgrades after ratification of the 2005 CPPNM Amendment
…used in IAEA Nuclear Security Guidance,” August 2020, accessed October 6, 2021, https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/21/06/nuclear_security_glossary_august_2020.pdf. On the advice of the Government of Pakistan, the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) initiated the Nuclear Security Action…
CORVI Risk Assessment: Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
…Ministry of Environment and Climate Action Department of Maritime Affairs, Ministry of Public Works, Utilities, Transport & Posts Department of Statistics, Ministry of Sustainable Development DK Designs Ible Real Estate…
Should Food Security be a National Security Issue?
…food and conflict. Uganda, for example, has merged its Ministry of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) into its Ministry of Defense. As both a consequence and a driver of conflict, food…
Verifying Peace, Promoting Protection: The Experience of Colombia’s UN Verification Mission
…2025, 9-17, https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/2023_protection_of_civilians_policy.pdf. Furthermore, uniformed components in peacekeeping operations can be armed and use force in self-defense or in defense of the mandate, such as to protect civilians. In contrast,…
State Department Reform Under the Second Trump Administration
…consider content validity, convergent/discriminant validity, and nomological validity. Content validity means that a measure includes all relevant elements of a concept and excludes irrelevant elements. Convergent/discriminant validity means a measure…
The ATT at 10
…PrepComs to start hammering out substantive positions on content, both bilaterally and in larger groupings. Civil society and industry each began lobbying States in earnest trying to influence this content,…
Policy Journals and National Security
…concessions to any would-be contributor, humble or great, when it came to clarity of thought, significance of content, and moderation of language.5George F. Kennan, “Hamilton Fish Armstrong, 1893-1973,” Foreign Affairs…