Join the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty’s International Monitoring System
…the United States and China.[v] Pakistan, meanwhile, has linked its signature and ratification of the Treaty to India’s ratification.[vi] This approach of holding the signature and ratification of the CTBT…
Lincoln Bloomfield testifies at House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on weapons securement
…the very impressive Communications branch of USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, which has deployable teams and communications gear at the ready, including some at prepositioned sites overseas. Yet, under…
South Asian Voices
…rising talent on the subcontinent deserves a greater say in the region’s future. There are already excellent websites as well as outstanding blogging sites in India and Pakistan where readers…
Cheryl Ramp quoted in The New York Times on the practice of disclosing donors among research groups
…polar opposites in terms of political leanings. But according to a first-of-its-kind survey of the world’s most prominent research organizations, the institutions share an important trait: a relatively poor record…
Mathew Burrows: A Life in the CIA
…Or do you still hold to the wet market? Mat Burrows: I mean, I cannot say for sure. I mean, I don’t have the data. To my mind, I mean,…
Towards Multiple Security Councils
…ceasefire.” Last modified 23 March 2020. Accessed May 9, 2020. https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/press-encounter/2020-03-23/transcript-of-the-secretary-generals-virtual-press-encounter-the-appeal-for-global-ceasefire. and could further galvanize efforts for reform, closing the gap between the organization we have and the future we…
CORVI Risk Assessment: Kingston, Jamaica
…n.d., accessed December 4, 2019, https://www.jsif.org/content/ jamaica-disaster-vulnerability-reduction-project. Between 2001 and 2010, the loss has tripled compared to the previous decade. During this period, there were ten major events with far-reaching…
Minding Our Business: The Role of the Private Sector in Managing the WMD Supply Chain
…had dropped to 9.5 percent. [7] The unprecedented growth in both FDI and trade meant that capital flows and the movement of goods became a regulatory nightmare for governments seeking…