Mekong-US Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue on Nature-based Solutions
…takeaways and recommendations. Priority issues and policy recommendations from each thematic area at the Policy Dialogue include: Government ministries and public works departments should promote hybrid solutions as an option…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, March 2026
…to Retrieve Highly Enriched Uranium Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Iran has no plans to retrieve its stockpile of highly enriched uranium stored at the underground Isfahan facility,…
Stimson Experts Analyzing Syrian Civil War
…Here are some recent examples of Stimson commentaries published in newspapers and on websites, congressional testimony and media interviews. Commentaries Reuters: A potential turning point for Syria – by Mona…
What Would Be Indicators of Regime Collapse in Iran?
…reports of any significant security force defections or of urban areas falling outside government control. President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth all…
More Sign of Warming, but United Nations Climate Change Negotiations Still Cold
…of information technology and social networking sites, the world remains highly uneven politically and economically. Indeed, it will take decades to deploy new energy affordable technologies on a global scale….
Unleashing the Transformative Potential of the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference on the Summit of the Future
…and creating generative spaces are prerequisites towards an Impact for the Future. The diverse stakeholder-constituted Impact Coalitions envisaged by the Conference Co-Chairs are what is needed to provide a holistic…
How to Avoid a Nuclear Crisis with Iran
…and decreasing cooperation from Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. A minor de-escalatory understanding was reached with the U.S. in September 2023 under which Iran agreed…
How India is Grappling with COVID-19
…the Middle East in March, India saw a sudden spate of cases. Leaders cautioned against large gatherings, and thermal screening began at airports, trains, tourist sites, hotels, and restaurants. After…