Responsibility Chains: Building Global Governance for Forest Risk Commodity Chains
…such as an agreement to prohibit harmful fisheries subsidies.17“Twelfth Ministerial Conference” WTO, (2022) https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/mc12_e/mc12_e.htm At a political level, the Alliance for the Protection of Tropical Forests can help galvanize political will to incorporate…
The Domestic Factors Driving Iran-Saudi Reconciliation
…Iranian efforts to expand its strategic depth and export the revolution, the Saudis worry about renewed unrest among its Shiite minority and the threat that could pose to the Kingdom’s…
Qatar and Somalia-Kenya relations: Projection of Mediation Power in the Horn of Africa
On Thursday May 6, news outlets reported that Qatar brokered a resumption of diplomatic relations between Kenya and Somalia. The Somali Ministry of Information said that both governments agreed to…
Syria, Egypt and Arab Transitions Examined
…for newspapers and websites. The analyses and views of these individuals are their own and do not represent the views of Stimson as an institution. Here are links to the…
The Four Tyrannies of Logistical Deterrence
…land in sight,” cautions Gen. Mike Minihan, the commander of the US Air Force Air Mobility Command. The vastness of these ocean areas concentrates and limits basing options while increasing…
WMD Nonproliferation Regimes: An Overlooked Casualty of Russia’s War on Ukraine
…to make the world safer from potentially catastrophic events. Of note, the Washington Post reported late last year on expansion at one of the legacy sites of Moscow’s biological weapons…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, March 2021
…site a ‘toxic mix of bullying and harassment” – In a leaked letter from the Sellafield nuclear site’s group for ethnic minority staff, whistleblowers have shared stories of racial abuse,…
Iranians Debate Whether It’s Time To Develop Nuclear Weapons
…the Biden administration. However, there are proponents of hitting Iranian nuclear sites both in Israel and the U.S. Kamal Kharrazi, a veteran former foreign minister who heads an influential foreign…