How India is Grappling with COVID-19
…the Middle East in March, India saw a sudden spate of cases. Leaders cautioned against large gatherings, and thermal screening began at airports, trains, tourist sites, hotels, and restaurants. After…
The Challenge of a Two-Front War: India’s China-Pakistan Dilemma
…tangibly real, but India’s military appeared unequal to the task as it committed all its reserves and reoriented units meant for the Pakistan front in Ladakh. A one-time vexed theoretical…
The Looming Accelerant: the Growing Links between Climate Change, Mass Atrocities, and Genocide
…near severely climate-affected countries will also need to plan ways to reduce instability and risks of violence across their borders. Options range from developing the means to anticipate shifts in…
The Arakan Axis: Insurgency Intensifies in Southwest Myanmar
…the Myanmar military must divert resources away from more active fronts in Bago, Magway, and Ayeyarwady to avoid losing these critical sites in Rakhine. The AA will likely continue to…
The Relevance of the Astana Process in Post-Assad Syria
…established buffer zones in Syrian territory. For Turkey, this means preventing Kurdish autonomy in northwest Syria; for Israel, ensuring that neither Iran-backed militias nor Sunni fundamentalists can use the south…
Containing Drug Resistant Malaria: the Risks of Weak Health Systems
…like all other anti-malarials; they’re extremely vulnerable to drug resistance. This is because the parasites that cause malaria quickly evolve biological strategies to survive treatments. These microbes have neutralized the…
Cyber Quicksand? Uncharted Risks and Escalatory Dynamics in a Future India-Pakistan Crisis
…confrontation already saw limited attempts at probing cyber defenses by groups sympathetic to each state, with reports of disruptions to civilian websites and financial networks. While these incidents fell short of sophisticated…
Cooperative Threat Reduction: Reducing Biological Risks in East Africa
…have been largely overlooked. At one site in Uganda, anthrax was stored in an unlocked refrigerator. Other sites in the region lacked entry monitoring and inventory sheets to screen who…