In Defense of Reformed Multilateralism
In recent weeks, the United Nations’ longstanding financial crisis has suddenly morphed into an extreme liquidity crisis. Annual budget shortfalls could run as high as 30 to 40 percent in humanitarian…
Deterrence Stability Is a Hoax. The Delicate Balance of Terror Is, Too.
…arms controllers—aside from figuring out what we now call ourselves—is to craft new terms of debate and new imagery to build popular support for our work. I’m not convinced that…
Top Ten Global Risks for 2026
…Great-power competition is driving new nuclear risks, as existing powers such as the United States, Russia, and China seek to increase their stockpiles or carry out new tests, while at…
Looking Back at 2021: SAV’s Top Reads
2021 marked significant developments for South Asia. Governments contended with challenges on both domestic and geopolitical fronts: from mass COVID-19 outbreaks created by new variants to heightened great-power competition between…
Anastasia Likhacheva: Surviving “Sanctions from Hell”
…when, like, we just started to rearrange something and then in, like, seven years of new Russia, we have a default and financial crisis… Peter Slezkine: Well, give us specific…
Sustaining Communication Lines, De-escalating the Conflict
…sides and explored potential ways to mitigate the crisis and avoid escalation of military hostilities beyond their current geographic boundaries. Although the participants expressed disagreements on a range of issues,…
Climate Stress and Civilian Targeting in the Sahel: Between Violence and Opportunity
…Justin Schon and Ore Koren, “Introducing AfroGrid, a Unified Framework for Environmental Conflict Research in Africa,” Scientific Data 9, no. 1 (2022): 116, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01198-5. 3 Nina Græger, “Environmental Security?,” Journal of Peace Research 33, no. 1 (1996): 109–116….
Climate, Water, and Conflict in Pakistan
…help provide Pakistan’s population an equitable access to water and prevent a water crisis. Legal Frameworks for Water Resources Article 9 of the Constitution of Pakistan enshrines the fundamental right…