Strengthening the Rules-Based Global Order: The Case for an International Rule of Law Package
…2020.https://www.un.org/pga/74/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2020/06/letter-on-UN@75-Declaration-silence-17-June-2020.pdf. Therefore, the international community commits to “strengthening transparent and accountable governance and independent judicial institutions.”37United Nations. General Assembly. Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary. The “International Rule…
Reverse Sputnik: Is the US Squandering its Future in Science and Technology?
…benefits, rather than the basic research funded by the U.S. government that is not immediately able to be commercialized but leads to future innovation. Such basic research can be immensely…
Shifting Power: Transitioning to Renewable Energy in United Nations Peace Operations
…to adopt more efficient practices and renewable-energy use, and the relationship to policy goals. The research includes cases based on field research (the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, and South…
Mekong Dam Monitor at One Year: What Have We Learned?
…are releasing nearly all their active storage during the dry season and then filling their reservoirs during the wet season, artificially raising dry season river levels and decreasing wet season…
Protecting Those Who Protect Human Rights: Opportunities and Risks for Action at the UN
…change163UN Human Rights Council Resolution 48/14, Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, A/HRC/RES/48/14 (8 October 2021) are…
Securing the Future: Building the US Nuclear Security Workforce Pipeline
…the Duty to Change: Recommendations from the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military,” (Washington, DC: DOD, July, 2021): 10-12, https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/02/2002755437/-1/-1/0/IRC-FULL-REPORT-FINAL-1923-7-1-21.PDF/IRC-FULL-REPORT-FINAL-1923-7-1-21.PDF; David Roza, “Sexual Assaults in Air Force…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, December 2025
…Monterey, CA The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies is seeking fellows to work alongside experts and contribute to ongoing research while also pursuing an independent research project designed to…
Op-ed by Michael Krepon in Kashmire Images on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
As numbers-based arms control wanes, norms become even more important. Norms can be clarified in Codes of Conduct or established by customary practice. The most important norm in our field…