Environmental Security March News Update
…wildlife trade and consumption. Climate change-driven rains and flooding lead to a huge locust outbreak in the Horn of Africa Unusually heavy rains in East Africa have resulted in vast…
Testimony of Stimson Center Southeast Asia Program Director, Mr. Brian Eyler
…freshwater fish catch. A changing climate, upstream dams, and IUU fishing on the lake put its fish population gravely at risk. If it collapses, I and many other Mekong researchers…
Richard Cronin and Brian Eyler cited in Talk Vietnam on Climate Change and Water Management in Mekong Delta
How climate change and water management are becoming issues of national security in Vietnam and solutions for the country were the topic at a panel discussion held by the Stimson Center in…
“Water, Security, and US Policy” – Iran’s Impending Water Crisis
…from water scarcity, extreme weather events and water-driven ecological change in key geographies of strategic interest to the U.S. Those water-driven stresses are undermining economic productivity, weakening governance systems and…
Impacts of Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal and Implications for Mekong Cooperation
…the mainstream because they both carry the mainstream’s water. By definition, a tributary cannot carry mainstream water. Yet, even former Prime Minister Hun Sen has publicly stated that the canal…
Future of International Cooperation Report 2025
…and domestic action. Establish a United Nations Climate Change Council The world continues to face the existential triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. While key agreements…
US-Taiwan-Japan Maritime Safety Working Group Report
…incursions into Japan and Taiwan’s waters, to provoking encounters that could potentially escalate. With the chilly political climate in cross-Strait and China-Japan relations, and especially a lack of high-level dialogue…
Prioritizing the Indian Ocean in US Indo-Pacific Strategy
…Sea.24 Note: “Navy Drives Away Chinese Ship from Indian Waters in Andaman Sea,” The Indian Express, December 3, 2019, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/navy-drives-away-chinese-vessel-from-indian-waters-in-andaman-sea-6148685/. China has been bolstering its fishing presence in areas like…