Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, February 2026

…Initiative for Technical Assessment of Nuclear Sites, in support of Ukraine. The program is designed to strengthen Ukraine’s national resilience by developing specialist capability for assessing and managing radiological risk…
Five Days in Baghdad: Reassessing Security in Iraq

Visiting Baghdad, Iraq, during a trip to the region in May of 2022, I got to see and experience various aspects of the city, including several historical sites, such as…
In Myanmar, A Tragedy Atop A Crisis

…of buildings collapsing (including government buildings in Naypyidaw) or destroyed by fire, roads buckling, historic buildings and religious sites crumbling, and damage forcing the closure of airports in Mandalay and…
Transboundary Water Sharing: Iran and Afghanistan
…toll, exacerbating unemployment, food insecurity, water disputes, and the production of crops that can compete with illicit drugs. Without the means to store and divert water, existing infrastructure is vulnerable…
Launching an Expanded Missile Flight-Test Notification Regime

…St. Andrews. China, India, and Pakistan are engaged in a nuclear competition of growing intensity. The increased range and destructive capacity of regional ballistic-missile-delivery vehicles means that new targets…
Decoding Iran’s Position on the Gaza War

…He is the co-author of Iran and the United States: An Insider’s View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace. He is a contributor to several websites with a…
Reflections from the 2021 Challenges Annual Forum

…and the energy offtaker(s), who commit to purchasing the energy at a set price for an agreed period of time. This project model leverages the purchasing power of UN sites,…
Frequently Asked Questions
…you get your data? The Mekong Infrastructure Tracker is open, and so the vast majority of our data comes from publicly available documents or websites from government agencies, project profiles…