Peacekeeping Dues and Don’ts: A Checklist for the Next President
…requests further, making it up later with “supplemental” requests. Indeed, day-to-day US-UN relations on matters of peace and security are driven more by cost considerations than they are by US…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, January 2025
…record that Atos supported Sellafield to identify security issues.’” NNSA Issues Notice of Intent to Prepare for Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Stockpile Stewardship Program: “The Department of Energy’s National…
A Credible Grand Strategy: The Urgent Need to Set Priorities
…Develop,” New York Times, March 8, 1992. See also “Excerpts from Pentagon’s Plan: ‘Prevent the Re-Emergence of a New Rival,’” New York Times, March 8, 1992; on the debate over…
Recognizing Reality: A Case for Nationalizing the US Arms Industry
…about 54% of the Pentagon’s annual discretionary budget — $2.4 trillion.9Bill D. Hartung and Stephen N. Semler “Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending, 2020-2024,” (Providence, RI: Brown University,…
Reverse Sputnik: Is the US Squandering its Future in Science and Technology?
…its spending plan $246 million short of the funds appropriated by Congress. Despite receiving the same appropriations as 2024, NOAA spent $53 million less in 2025 on climate research, representing…
Youth E-Consult: Engaging the Minds of tomorrow with the global governance challenges of today
…different climate regime would only be attainable through cultural change, and by educating and empowering of the youth. The Google project ‘Impactful Friday’ in schools, which gave opportunity to children…
There is More to NATO Burden Sharing Than the 2% Spending Dogma
…defense spending at 1.4% of GDP as of 2022. But this fails to account for the geographic distribution of such spending. In one analysis, about 25% of U.S. military spending…
Disinformation and Democratic Transition: A Kenyan Case Study
…is just the latest vehicle by which such disinformation can be shared unchecked, and the nature of these platforms means that this information can spread further and faster than was…