Cultural Exchange and the Prospects for Inter-societal Relations Between Saudi Arabia and Iran
…such as the polymath Abu Hamid al-Ghazali and the grammarian Sibawayh. Provide space for minorities and underrepresented groups in cultural relations – Groups like youth, religious and ethnic minorities, and female…
Biden’s New Policy: Can Human Rights Reshape U.S. Conventional Arms Transfers?
…Gadon, and Siemon T. Wezeman, “Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2022,” SIPRI Fact Sheet, March 2023, p. 2, https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/2303_at_fact_sheet_2022_v2.pdf. Although many of the tens of thousands of weapons that Washington exports abroad…
Strengthening the Chemical Weapons Convention Through Aerial Inspections
…The Technical Secretariat will have limited resources, yet it will be charged with monitoring several thousand sites.3 Overflights would allow inspectors to orient themselves and plan ground inspections more effectively …
Japan’s Strategic Future and Implications for the US-Japan Alliance
…Permanent F-15 Fighter Force from Okinawa,” Financial Times, October 28, 2022, https://www.ft.com/content/271c0c93-eae0-4835-a9f9-882a1d0eb3b5; “Hayashi Gaishō ‘Hitsuyōna Nōryoku Kakuho Jūyō’ Amerika, Sentōki Okinawa Jōchū Minaoshi” 林外相「必要な能力確保重要」米、戦闘機沖縄常駐見直し [Foreign Minister Hayashi: “Important to Secure…
South Korean Shipbuilding Capacity
…at Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea.” Jul 7, 2025. https://schultemarineconcept.com/ja/news-jp/keel-laying-of-174000-m3-lng-carrier-at-samsung-heavy-industries-korea-4/ Oil Tanker Port Economics, Management and Policy. “Tanker Sizes and Classes.” Accessed Dec 2025. https://porteconomicsmanagement.org/pemp/contents/part5/ports-and-energy/tanker-size/ Sea Pioneer. “Facts Sheet for Tenacity.”…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, February 2022
…ministry, told the RIA news agency that the urgent security guarantees discussions have taken priority over strategic arms control talks. No meetings have been agreed on the latter, and their…
The Absence of a US Policy towards Iran and its Consequences
…than American knowledge about Iran. The mullahs in power worry a lot about what America has in mind for them and often misinterpret US policy, which has not been explained…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, October 2025
…can’t be intercepted. Putin’s statement came three days after he praised a successful test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile. Iran International: Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stored at Known Nuclear Sites,…