Israel’s 75th Anniversary Evokes a Jumble of Memories and Conflicting Emotions
…in settler violence condoned by ministers in the country’s most right-wing government. Israel bombs Syria seemingly at will, kills Iranian scientists in Iran, and threatens to attack Iranian nuclear sites…
Israel Needs a Better Strategy to Defeat the Houthis in Yemen
…a series of attacks, starting on July 20, 2024, mainly against Houthi infrastructure sites in the Hodeida port area, as well as power plants and the airport in Sana’a, the…
After Operation Epic Fury: Debating the Future of Iran’s Nuclear Project
…missile enterprises. Reports suggest that targets have included senior leadership nodes, missile production sites, military installations, administrative hubs, and dual-use scientific research facilities as well as oil refineries. Unconfirmed accounts…
A Revised and Stronger International Code of Conduct for Space
…language on voluntary, invitational visits to space launch sites, flight control centers, other outer space infrastructure facilities, observations of launches of space objects, and demonstrations of rocket and other space-related…
Proliferation Prevention Efforts Remain Critical Despite Elimination of World’s Declared CW Stockpiles
…to the OPCW all sites that produce, and in some cases sites that process or consume the toxic chemicals and their precursors listed in the Convention’s three schedules, as well…
Prioritization and Sequencing of Security Council Mandates: The Case of UNMISS
…government organized in 2021 and the approval of the Constitution-Making Process Bill 2020/2021 by the Council of Ministers (i.e., the transitional cabinet) in October.7 Note: “South Sudan Begins Consultation on…
Investigating an Emerging Climate Hazard: Transboundary Glacial Floods on the China-Nepal Border
…the identification of a few other high-risk lake sites that could trigger trans-Himalayan hazard chains. For example, colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment…
Why Israeli Attacks Brought Fear But Not Regime Change to Iran
…of Public Service in Budapest. By Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow, Middle East Perspectives Project The notion of regime change has been openly advocated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…