Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, June 2025
…its more immediate plans rely on natural gas. Entergy, one of the nation’s largest utility providers, has been fast-tracking plans to build gas-fired power plants in Louisiana to prepare for…
There’s more to Japan–Australia security ties than submarines
…— remains critical. With critical bilateral defence cooperation agreements — including the Acquisition and Cross-Service Agreement (ACSA), the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) and the Defence Equipment and…
Using the World Cup to Put a Spotlight On Qatar’s Abuses
This month, the World Cup will kick off in Qatar, the first Middle Eastern country to host the event. This is a historic moment of pride for both Qatar and the Middle East,…
2010 Stimson Spotlight by Andrew Houk cited in The Washington Institute on Afghan militants in Syria
Iran’s Afghan Shiite Fighters in Syria On May 22, the Wall Street Journal reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was recruiting Afghan Shiite refugees to fight in Syria,…
Spotlight on Japan’s seventy-year old constitution
There is more than the usual interest in the seventieth birthday of Japan’s constitution, importantly because of a move to revision of its most unusual and distinguishing feature — Article…
Myanmar: An Enduring Intelligence State, or a State Enduring Intelligence?
…elements of which were still answerable, directly or indirectly, to the commander-in-chief of Defence Services. Under the 2008 constitution, he appointed the ministers for Defence and Home Affairs, under whose…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, January 2023
…air defence systems and artillery ammunition had been delivered to the Rivne nuclear power station in northwest Ukraine…Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said his country has…
Ending Violence Against Women & Girls: Bridging the Gap Between Multilateral Aspiration & State Practice
…time-bound measurable targets; and accelerating the implementation of existing national action plans. UN Women’s Handbook on National Action Plans for Violence against Women may represent a kind of impact translation if used…