Another contentious nuclear issue
The U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement has already generated a lengthy list of grievances in New Delhi and Washington. The lofty ambitions behind the agreement have been much deflated. U.S. backers…
Iran’s Economy Keeps Declining Amid Political Uncertainty and Popular Discontent
…unilaterally quit the deal in 2018. Rouhani also failed to reduce corruption or carry out other meaningful reforms, such as getting Iran off the blacklist of the Financial Action Task…
What’s the Best Process? International Community Needs to Recommend Approaches to Implementation of Cyber Norms and Law
…proposed that the 2021-25 OEWG consider supporting more work in this area with building capacity for States’ implementation.7See: https://front.un-arm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/new-updated-norms-guidance-text-feb-11-clean.pdf and https://documents.unoda.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Canadian-position-paper-2021-25-OEWG-final-Dec-6_Annex-Gender-Considerations.pdf The Republic of Korea noted, “The current international law…
Can Lebanon Avoid its Impending Autumn of Discontent?
This article first appeared on ForeignPolicy.com. Beirut has witnessed a distinct spike in tensions in recent days as elements across Lebanon’s diverse political spectrum brace for impending indictments to be…
Assumption Testing: Multipolarity is more dangerous than bipolarity for the United States
…minister explaining that Brazil is “too big to be choosing partners.”3Bryan Harris and Joe Leahy, “Lula Vows Partnership with China to ‘Balance World Geopolitics,’” Financial Times, April 15, 2023, https://www.ft.com/content/766ed3aa-3f51-4035-8573-43254c9756d5….
CORVI Risk Assessment: Mombasa, Kenya
…water quality (6.76). In response to freshwater challenges, borehole usage has proliferated in Mombasa as a means to extract water. This temporary solution has led to environmental challenges, including declining…
India-Pakistan Cyber Skirmishes and the Challenge of Attribution
…network in India, predominantly affecting power distribution lines and government websites. Meanwhile, hackers sympathetic to the Indian government leaked compromised data from Pakistan’s taxation authority and targeted other digital infrastructure. The active incorporation of…
North Korea and Biological Weapons: Assessing the Evidence
…Vice Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. See: Dan Lamonthe and Carol Morello, “Securing North Korean nuclear sites would require a ground invasion, Pentagon says,” The Washington Post, November…