Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, February 2026
…Mine Dispute Reshapes Global Nuclear Supply Chains The ongoing uranium mine dispute in Niger has emerged as a defining case study in international mining law. The dispute demonstrates how uranium…
Five Days in Baghdad: Reassessing Security in Iraq
Visiting Baghdad, Iraq, during a trip to the region in May of 2022, I got to see and experience various aspects of the city, including several historical sites, such as…
In Myanmar, A Tragedy Atop A Crisis
…of buildings collapsing (including government buildings in Naypyidaw) or destroyed by fire, roads buckling, historic buildings and religious sites crumbling, and damage forcing the closure of airports in Mandalay and…
Transboundary Water Sharing: Iran and Afghanistan
…ground water levels strained by a tenfold growth in population. Already managing the challenges of refugees, drug trafficking, and restive minority populations, additional food and water scarcity, unemployment, and human…
Launching an Expanded Missile Flight-Test Notification Regime
…and prohibit trajectories and impact zones from entering areas within an agreed minimum distance from these boundaries. This distance could be initially extended to 100 km for both the flight…
Decoding Iran’s Position on the Gaza War
…It is unlikely that Tehran has taken on the latter role. On October 15, Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, was quoted by Iranian state media as saying, “We have conveyed…
Reflections from the 2021 Challenges Annual Forum
…and the energy offtaker(s), who commit to purchasing the energy at a set price for an agreed period of time. This project model leverages the purchasing power of UN sites,…
Frequently Asked Questions
…you get your data? The Mekong Infrastructure Tracker is open, and so the vast majority of our data comes from publicly available documents or websites from government agencies, project profiles…