Pakistan’s Energy Crisis: Beyond Hydroelectricity
…shortages. However, competing demands for scarce water resources complicate the solution. A water shortage in the Punjab and Sindh provinces is necessitating the release of any stored water for crop…
Negotiating the Nile: The NBI Impasse and Possible Ways Forward
…Nile waters.[1] Environmental mismanagement, population growth, and climate change all threaten the quality and quantity of Nile waters and, consequently, threaten to exacerbate political tensions. As these pressures increase, it…
An Assessment of the Risk of Mass Atrocities in Uganda
…region contains many of the potential conflict triggers that Uganda as a whole and many similar medium-risk countries face: porous borders; refugee communities; food, water, and energy resource pressures; poverty;…
Modernize the South Asia Nuclear Facility “Non-Attack” Agreement
…death of nuclear energy production also would have tertiary effects on economic development and climate-change-mitigation plans, with both states inevitably having to invest greater resources in more carbon-intensive sources of…
The North Korean Economy, October 2019: Are Sanctions Causing a More Volatile Exchange Rate?
Introduction The stability of North Korean exchange rates has been a longstanding puzzle for economic experts on the DPRK. Even with harsh sanctions and “maximum pressure” in place, market exchange…
Syria/Lebanon Analysis
…Syria’s Role in Lebanon, November 2006 By Mona Yacoubian Syria and Political Change II, March 2006 By Mona Yacoubian Syria and Political Change I, December 2005 By Mona Yacoubian …
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, June 2024
…disinfect medical equipment, to inspect gas and water pipelines for cracks and flaws, to make food safe to eat and in environmental applications to assess contamination in earth, water and…
The Strategic Impact of a Shifting Nuclear Security Consciousness in Japan
…(April 11, 2012) Analyses & Commentaries Yuki Tatsumi wrote a Spotlight Analysis article, entitled One Year After 3-11: ‘Lessons Learned’ for Japan (March 13, 2012) Yuki Tatsumi wrote a post…