Against All Odds: Preventing Terrorists from Getting Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons
…development and security assistance to achieve necessary minimal standards of technology governance worldwide, including the rule of law. Whereas proliferation has traditionally been addressed by access controls, safeguards, guards, guns,…
Trump’s Gulf Visit: Property Deals or Peace?
…against Iran’s nuclear sites; he may even have fired his national security advisor, Mike Waltz, over this issue. All of this will be music to the ears of those in…
Iran Hits Irbil and Pakistan to Retaliate for Terrorist Attacks and the Assassination of a Key General
…strikes elicited negative reactions from the Iraqi government and Kurdish authorities. Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani condemned the attacks as a “crime against the Kurdish people,” while Iraqi Prime…
Twitosphere: The New Frontier for Human Security in Mexico
…before the police could respond to the scene. Websites such as www.blogdelnarco.com and www.borderlandbeat.com anonymously offer longer reports on incidents of drug violence across the country. By monitoring these outlets,…
Despite Objections, China’s Land Reclamation Difficult to Deter
…it had been used to pursue territorial claims against Vietnam. Since then, the contentious practice has constituted Beijing’s most important strategic maneuver in the heavily disputed waters, which are shared…
India’s Pangong Pickle: New Delhi’s Options After Its Clash with China
In early May, “fist fights and stone-pelting” broke out between Chinese and Indian troops at two separate sites along their disputed border. India and China are no strangers to border…
Nuclear Proliferation: Avoiding a Pandemic
…of sites chosen by the IAEA, had not yet been put into effect for most of the NPT signatories, including the United States. Finally, if proliferation begins to accelerate, countries…
All Dams Map of the Mekong Basin
…ministries, national power development plans, SERVIR-Mekong, the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems- Greater Mekong, World Bank, and the Mekong Region Futures Institute. A dataset inclusive of all dam…