The Nonproliferation Cheminformatics Compliance Tool (NCCT) Proof-of-Concept
…Chemicals have numerous variants (different salts, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopes, etc.) that reflect slight molecular differences (Figure 2). Because each variant has a different name and a different registry number,1The Chemical…
Countering Digital Deception: National Responses to Online Scams
…2023, https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Trafficking-in-Persons-Report-2023_Introduction-Additional-Pagesv4_FINAL.pdf”https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Trafficking-in-Persons-Report-2023_Introduction-Additional-Pagesv4_FINAL.pdf. 9 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Inflection Point: Global Implications of Scam Centres, Underground Banking and Illicit Online Marketplaces in Southeast Asia,” April 2025, https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/documents/Publications/2025/Inflection_Point_2025.pdf. 10…
Unarmed Drones Can Strengthen US and African Security
…poaching problem. For example, Google is funding a World Wildlife Fund project focused on deploying drones in Africa to protect wildlife. While these drones are relatively cheap (tens of thousands of dollars…
Conflicting Means, Converging Goals: Civilian Protection and SSR
…contexts,” Civilians in Conflict Issue Brief No. 3, DCAF and Henry L. Stimson Center, Geneva and Washington, January 2015. 2 See Statement by President of the Security Council (S/PRST/2005/20), 26…
The Risk of a Nuclear-Tinged South Asian Crisis Is Rising
…South Asian crises are high on the list of U.S. concerns. Trump’s speech announcing the new South Asia strategy on August 21, 2017, stated that “Pakistan and India are two nuclear-armed states whose…
Assessing the Impact of China’s MIRVs on South Asia
…Das review each chapter with special attention to the implications for South Asia and future research. Read the entire series here. By Rabia Akhtar: Review of “China’s Belated Embrace of MIRVs” by…
Future East Asian Security Architecture: Implications for the PLA
Alan D. Romberg contributed the following analysis as chapter twelve of “Assessing the Threat”, a book published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Security architecture” is too grand a…
Gulf Security
…2, 2014 Roundtable Discussion on Conflict Resolution, Resource Management, and U.S. Engagement, March 17, 2011 Engagement, Coercion, and Iran’s Nuclear Challenge: Report of a Joint Study Group, November 16, 2010…