Aditi Gorur & Lisa Sharland’s Op-ed in The National Interest on Central African Republic Crisis
…November. This is at a time when the transitional government and the UN’s newest peacekeeping mission, known as MINUSCA, are still struggling to address the consequences of September’s political and…
What India Loses by Pushing Nepal into Crisis
In 2006, a peace accord ended a civil war and Nepal began a new era as a secular, democratic republic. After eight years of political negotiation, over two weeks ago,…
Rajesh Kumar: Indian Nuclear Strategy and Lessons from the May Crisis

The Fragile Balance Between Israel’s Domestic Crisis and Its Nuclear Status

In a recent interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Ze’ev Snir, the former head of Israel’s Atomic Energy Committee, repeatedly emphasized that the “survival” of his country is extremely…
Mona Yacoubian is quoted on Reuters on crisis in Syria
In the video, a child’s arm violently twitches, an image that left the U.S. Senate Democratic leader struggling to comprehend a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that left an estimated 426 children…
Prioritizing and Sequencing Security Council Mandates in 2023: The Case of MONUSCO

…of the Congo: Presidential Statement, UN Doc. S/PRST/2023/5, October 16, 2023. 10 Note: UN Doc. S/2023/904. 11 UN Doc. PR/OSMR/2023. 12 CIVIC, “Integrated UN Approaches to Protecting During Peacekeeping Transitions:…
Brian Finlay is quoted in Foreign Policy on crisis in Syria
…the weapons anyway. On its face, the decades-old Chemical Weapons Convention seems fairly straightforward. Signatories agree to halt the production of new chemical weapons, allow international inspectors to visit all…
Escalation Control and the Nuclear Option in South Asia
…new ventures are not foreclosed. Until a process of reconciliation is underway, the next crisis always waits in the wings. Despite – or perhaps because of – the inconclusive resolution…