Language, Memory, and the Fragility of US–Iran Nuclear Diplomacy
…Israeli nuclear program and whether there should be a prohibition on attacking nuclear sites in Israel and Iran. By Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow, Middle East Perspectives On December 19, 2003,…
Industry Backgrounders: Radiopharmaceuticals
…major producers of medical isotopes to the sites that utilize the material. For instance, the process to produce molybdenum-99 (the parent radionuclide of technetium-99) only consumes up to three percent…
CORVI Risk Assessment: Western Province, Sri Lanka
…NDCs.75“Sri Lanka: Updated Nationally Determined Contributions,” Sri Lanka Ministry of Environment, July 2021, https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/NDC/2022-06/Amendmend%20to%20the%20Updated%20Nationally%20Determined%20Contributions%20of%20Sri%20Lanka.pdf Sri Lanka has also worked with international partners to help address climate risks, particularly the United Nations…
Chinese Counterterrorism in Africa
…Response to Terrorism,” CNA and U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2016, https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Research/Chinas%20Response%20to%20Terrorism_CNA061616.pdf. 38 Xinhua, “China Passes Anti-Terror Law,” Global Times, December 28, 2015, https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/960826.shtml; Shannon Tiezzi, “China’s New Anti-Terrorism…
Strengthen Cybersecurity to Safeguard Positive Global Connectivity
…Accessed April 16, 2020. https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/speeches/2020-01-22/remarks-general-assembly-priorities-for-2020. 13 United Nations. Declaration of the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations. Draft, July 3, 2020, 3. Accessed July 3, 2020. https://www.un.org/pga/74/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2020/07/UN75-FINAL-DRAFT-DECLARATION.pdf….
Transforming Civil-Military Relations: Myanmar in Comparative Perspective
…and recommendations for disentangling the contentious relationship and charting a path forward for relevant stakeholders in Myanmar. Introduction Since the end of the Second World War, no other country in…
The Remarkable Story of the Montreal Protocol with Lessons for Cyberspace
…October 2016, United Nations Treaty Series, vol. 2.f, no. 27, available from https://treaties.un.org/ doc/Treaties/2016/10/20161015%2003-23%20PM/Ch_XXVII-2.f-English%20and%20French.pdf; For history, see: https:// ozone.unep.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/Briefing_note_on_exemptions.pdf; “OzonAction Fact Sheet,” UN Environment Programme OzonAction, accessed May 24, 2024,…
Options for Reconfiguring the UN Presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
…the eastern provinces, the dynamics and drivers of conflict differ. In Ituri, competition over illegal mining sites remains a key instigator of conflict between armed groups, with civilians directly targeted…