Kashmir: A Trip Report
…progress look better than in decades. Both countries seem ready to take a breather from the succession of intense crises they have lived through since acquiring nuclear weapons 15 years…
The Karen National Union in Post-Coup Myanmar
…lack weapons and resources. “‘How Can We Fight Without Weapons?’,” Frontier Myanmar, January 6, 2022. Since the December 2021 clashes in Lay Kay Kaw, the KNLA has also launched joint…
North Africa Regional Outlook: February 18, 2026
…AU-level debate on democratic backsliding and coups, spotlighting institutional constraints and member-state politics. REUTERS Italy’s Meloni Offers Climate-Shock Debt Suspension for African States Reports an Italian proposal linking climate shocks…
The Changing Middle East: Updating the Security Agenda
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s travels across the Middle East this week put the spotlight on a daunting and dynamic list of security challenges for the states of the region,…
Cindy Vestergaard Analysis: Progress Made as Russia Appears Poised to Eliminate Chemical Weapons Stockpile
In light of reports that a top Russian military official declared that Russia’s remaining chemical weapons will be eliminated by December 2017, Cindy Vestergaard, Senior Associate with the Nuclear Safeguards…
Is There A Space Skeleton Key for Unlocking Accountability in Cyberspace?
…need for further review of the relationship between cyber- and outer space. There has also been a growing use of cyber and electronic “counter space weapons.” Cyber counter space weapons…
Build a More Effective Military Force
…Pentagon relies to manufacture weapons and military equipment. Herein lies the threat of the defense death spiral: a trend in which the unit cost of new weapons increases at a…
Rachel Stohl cited in article about the US’s move closer relaxing regulatory arms trade law, allowing American assault weapons to be sold internationally
…business for gun makers such as American Outdoor Brands (AOBC.O) and Sturm Ruger & Company (RGR.N) while increasing the sale of deadly weapons abroad. A relaxing of rules could increase…