Mekong Dam Monitor Annual Report: 2023-2024
…temperatures do not necessarily mean precipitation will be lower during the wet season, but higher temperatures do mean that the surface of the earth will dry more quickly, and as…
Cultural Exchange and the Prospects for Inter-societal Relations Between Saudi Arabia and Iran
Introduction Saudi Arabia and Iran have known a contentious relationship over the past decades that fluctuated between proxy-conflict to careful talks and rapprochement in the last years. Within this context, cultural relations scarcely…
Biden’s New Policy: Can Human Rights Reshape U.S. Conventional Arms Transfers?
…Gadon, and Siemon T. Wezeman, “Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2022,” SIPRI Fact Sheet, March 2023, p. 2, https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/2303_at_fact_sheet_2022_v2.pdf. Although many of the tens of thousands of weapons that Washington exports abroad…
Strengthening the Chemical Weapons Convention Through Aerial Inspections
…The Technical Secretariat will have limited resources, yet it will be charged with monitoring several thousand sites.3 Overflights would allow inspectors to orient themselves and plan ground inspections more effectively …
Japan’s Strategic Future and Implications for the US-Japan Alliance
…threat—from China, North Korea, or Russia—could mean for East Asia and its own national security. Indeed, it appeared to have reignited a debate on Japan’s nuclear option, particularly about whether…
South Korean Shipbuilding Capacity
…at Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea.” Jul 7, 2025. https://schultemarineconcept.com/ja/news-jp/keel-laying-of-174000-m3-lng-carrier-at-samsung-heavy-industries-korea-4/ Oil Tanker Port Economics, Management and Policy. “Tanker Sizes and Classes.” Accessed Dec 2025. https://porteconomicsmanagement.org/pemp/contents/part5/ports-and-energy/tanker-size/ Sea Pioneer. “Facts Sheet for Tenacity.”…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, February 2022
…Nuclear Security Forum has extended the submission window for the Nuclear Security Policy Menu project. Topics can now be pitched until April 15, 2022. The Policy Menu aims to anticipate…
The Absence of a US Policy towards Iran and its Consequences
…physically contain Iran: to deny it the means to project force beyond its borders and to be a regional aggressor. Sanctions are also intended to provide incentives for changed behavior. …