CORVI: Measuring Multidimensional Climate Risks in Suva, Fiji
…Note: Devi, Shayal. “Means of economic diversification”. The Fiji Times. January 17, 2023. https://www.fijitimes.com/means-of-economic-diversification/ 77 Note: Parina, Leila. “Economic diversification is key for Fiji”. Islands Business. September 5, 2022. https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/economic-diversification-is-key-for-fiji/…
Mekong Dam Monitor at One Year: What Have We Learned?
…basin in these years. Mekong Dam Monitor Sites However, when actual gauge data for Chiang Saen and Vientiane are compared to natural flow levels, observed river levels during the wet…
News Roundup for March 1
…over sanctions and covert sites [by Kim Jaewon, Mitsuru Obe and Sotaro Suziki] – Joel Wit quoted – March 1 EURASIA REVIEW: Walkout in Hanoi: The Second Trump-Kim Summit [by…
The Meaning of the Mumbai Blasts
…understandable, but caution merely reinforces Rawalpindi’s well-established, bad habit of using unconventional means to keep India off balance. In South Asia, the political context in which acts of terror occur…
Nunn-Lugar, R.I.P.
…missiles, bombers and submarine hulls cut up, warheads dismantled, fissile material safeguarded, and security upgrades at sensitive sites. The extraordinary nature of these accomplishments seemed oddly diminished by the photo-ops…
Modernize the South Asia Nuclear Facility “Non-Attack” Agreement
…contemporary meaning for peace and security in the region. When the non-attack agreement was originally negotiated, both countries’ nuclear weapons enterprises were relatively small and secretive, and fears (in Pakistan,…
Iran Turns to Turkey and Azerbaijan Amid Energy Shortages
…not only targeted nuclear and military facilities but also energy infrastructure, including the South Pars offshore gas field, oil storage sites, refineries and power stations. Shortages are so acute that…
The US Vietnam Relationship and War Legacies: Looking to the Future
…physical disabilities, and to clean up the sites contaminated with dioxin from Agent Orange. The Bien Hoa air-based project is of a scale and complexity unlike anything we’ve done before….