Why the Latest Iran Protests Started in the Tehran Bazaar
…fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, compounded by the 12-day war last June in which Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran’s nuclear and other military sites. The regime justified…
The Robb-Silberman Report, Intelligence, and Nonproliferation
…on leads provided by UN member states, the United States almost certainly the most active among them, in helping UNSCOM launch its work and identify the suspected weapons sites in…
(Un)Accountable: Rethinking US Security Sector Accountability Across the Domestic-International Divide
…significant civilian harm across a range of post-9/11 conflicts without recognition or accountability, and the legacy of torture at Guantánamo Bay and US “black sites” remains. The contexts within which…
Defusing Dadaab: The Security Implications of Somali Refugee Flows in Kenya
…to upgrade the infrastructure of refugee sites. Another solution is to build several smaller camps that can be more easily managed and screened. Of course, Dadaab is not the only…
Iran Carefully Weighs Response to Israeli Attack in Damascus
…Netanyahu government in a precarious position. Considering the international backlash against Israel, Netanyahu’s government cannot sustain this situation. Meanwhile, retreating from Gaza in the wake of this unprecedented bloodshed would…
The United States and WMD Nonproliferation, One Year On
…the pool of available expertise going forward. Meanwhile, the administration’s end-run around the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing and other regulatory processes for prototyping commercial advanced nuclear technology runs the…
Implications of Strategic Defense Deployments for US-Russian Relations
…US and its allies, as well as certain peripheral southern areas of Russia.” If needed in the future, “additional ground-based ABM sites may be deployed.” (16) This view has also…
News Roundup for April 2
PRI: What can satellites reveal about North Korea’s missile and nuclear sites? Not enough. [by Matthew Bell] – Jenny Town and Joel Wit quoted – April 1 NEWS RELEASES AND…