Category: Environment and Biosecurity
30 Articles
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Middle East & North Africa
Captivated by Narcotics: How Captagon Undermines Syria’s Reconstruction Efforts
On December 8, 2024, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist militant group, captured Damascus after an eleven-day offensive against the incumbent regime. Former leader Bashar al…
June 24, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
It’s Getting Hot in Here: Climate Change as a Catalyst for Nuclear Proliferation
As the international community grapples with the intensification of extreme weather events caused by climate change, and efforts to curb global emissions have fallen…
June 10, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
Pandemic Roulette: Risks and Rewards of Virological Gain-of-Function Research
It all starts with a handful of unexplained fevers. A lab technician in a high-security research facility begins feeling ill but dismisses it as a mild case of the flu.…
March 31, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Middle East & North Africa
Drought in the Land of Plenty: The Impacts of Climate Change on Iraqi Security
Historically known as the land of the two rivers—the Tigris and the Euphrates, modern-day Iraq was the cradle of human civilization. The fertile soils of its rivers were where…
January 18, 2025
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Environment and Biosecurity
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Future of Indonesia’s Climate Security
Indonesia ranks among the world’s top carbon emitters, contributing significantly to global emissions. Simultaneously, Indonesia is among the countries most susceptible to the…
December 6, 2024
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Technology
The Double-Edged Sword: Opportunities and Risks of AI in Biosecurity
Biosecurity has an AI problem. And AI has a biosecurity problem. According to some scientists, engineers, and AI specialists, the use of artificial intelligence in the…
November 15, 2024
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Violent Extremism in the Shadows of Climate Change: The Case of Lake Chad and Boko Haram
Resource scarcity, instability, and violent extremist groups are becoming undeniably–yet indirectly–linked and have significant implications for West Africa. Research…
October 17, 2024
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Technology
Not Just (Computer) Viruses: What AI Policy Can Learn from Pandemic Preparedness
U.S. policymakers are sprinting to bolster the federal government’s capabilities to detect and counter AI-related national security threats. As…
June 7, 2024
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
Blister in the Sun: Pursuing Climate Goals in a Chinese-Dominated Solar Industry
After her bilateral summit with China in April 2024, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen returned home reporting an agenda that spanned critical topics across the economic…
June 4, 2024
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Environment and Biosecurity
A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Afghanistan
The unrecognized Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is experiencing its first period of peace in nearly fifty years. The Taliban-run state now must balance its desire for good…
April 30, 2024