Trump Administration Backsliding on Establishing a Responsible U.S. Drone Policy
…responsible for its content and recommendations. Members of the study group, who provided expert insight and advice, and served in their individual capacities, included: John Bellinger, III; Mary (Missy) Cummings;…
Protect Satellites Against Harmful Interference
…space security. Even if the incoming administration changes course, the content and forum for negotiations are far from settled. At the same time, there is widespread agreement that satellites are…
UNSCR 1540 International Student Essay Contest
…Student: Marren Haneberg University: Brigham Young University, Provo, United States of America Sponsoring Professor: Elizabeta Jevtic-Somlai Why You Should Care About Proliferation Issues Overview of WMDs and Security Risks: https://tutorials.nti.org/table-of-contents/…
After the Age of Trump: Rejecting Competition
…Government, Department of State, “Minerals Security Partnership,” https://www.state.gov/minerals-security-partnership. A minerals partnership without China is not a partnership. Washington and Beijing should work together with China on achieving multilateral cooperation on…
Signals from Dublin: ICANN84 and the Evolution of Internet Governance
…to frustrate investigators, they benefit from privacy protections created with entirely different use cases in mind. What appears as narrow technical debate within ICANN working groups translates into operational capabilities…
Prioritization and Sequencing of Security Council Mandates: Lessons Learned Workshop External Summary
…by member states to express dissatisfaction with the negotiation process—for example, a perceived lack of inclusion—rather than with the mandate’s content. Participants underscored that the erosion of council support has…
The Women, Water, & Policy Nexus
…hard security discourse. This notion is even more starkly prevalent in regions such as South Asia where borders are contentious and tense relations between countries make shared rivers a by-product…
Designating Countries of Particular Concern: Religious Freedom within the US Foreign Policy Agenda
…the minority and perhaps suffered persecution. The IRFA was a compromise. Congress passed the Act, but created the Commission at the same time to guarantee political independence. The IRFA mandated…