CORVI Assessment Underway in World’s Second-Largest Island Nation
…build greater resilience for Madagascar. This CORVI assessment will help to plan for the future of Toamasina and assist local officials in meeting the growing challenges of unchecked climate change.”…
Sharing the Burden of Securing Haiti
…members,” and most drugs from Haiti are “shipped onward to the Dominican Republic, Western Europe, and primarily, the U.S.” Haitian criminality, if left unchecked, could create more opportunities for illicit…
Reflections on the ATT at 10 Years and Hopes for the Next Decade
…this obligation. Consequently arms have continued to flow unchecked into conflict and human rights crisis zones, with the harrowing consequences in daily evidence on our television screens and on social…
How to Prevent a Nuclear Crisis with Iran
…that once galvanized the international community has receded into the background. Yet Iran’s nuclear program is advancing largely unchecked, posing an additional potential flashpoint for a world already overloaded with…
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly About Indonesia’s Palm Oil Boom
…palm oil production. Looking forward, various estimates suggest that about 600,000 hectares of land are cleared each year for palm plantations throughout Indonesia, with little end in sight. Left unchecked,…
Arms, Wildlife and Disease: The Need for Integrated Responses to Complex Transnational Challenges
The proliferation of conventional weapons, wildlife trafficking and the spread of disease profoundly affects many African countries. The unchecked flow of arms, for example, fuels armed conflict and violence throughout…
A Pipeline for Peace?
…significant hurdles. Tehran needs to offer New Delhi a reasonable price for natural gas. Washington opposes any project that would benefit Iran as long as Tehran’s nuclear ambitions remain unchecked….
Preventing Pandemics: Ebola and the Global Health Supply Chain
…improvements in the timeliness of diagnostic testing in both countries hints at our growing capacity to head off the sort of unchecked outbreaks that prompted (perhaps unreasonable) fears of a…