Category: Environment and Biosecurity
36 Articles
- Environment and Biosecurity
The Pipeline That Fuels Myanmar’s War
An oil and gas pipeline owned by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a strategic focal point in Myanmar’s ongoing civil war. The PRC built a natural gas pipeline from the…
July 12, 2026
- Environment and Biosecurity
How Would an AI Verification System Work in the Biological Weapons Convention?
The U.S. proposal to introduce an AI verification system for the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) cannot create a verification regime that the convention has not yet agreed, …
January 19, 2026
- Environment and Biosecurity
The Climate Cost of the Russo-Ukraine War and the Case for Russian Reparations
Armed conflict, and military activity generally, is one of the largest institutional contributors to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Russia’s war in Ukraine is no.…
January 13, 2026
- Environment and Biosecurity
The Green Industrial Divide: A Race America Keeps Re-Starting
A fault line of U.S. industrial policy runs through the intersection of national security, climate ambition, and critical infrastructure. The Trump Administration’s industrial…
December 18, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
A Biotech Blind Spot: If Both Eyes are on the Competition, None are at Home
The United States’ current approach to biotechnology investment and innovation is fragmented and focused on competing with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) thereby relegating…
November 28, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
Beijing’s Strategic Window in the Russian Arctic
Climate change will radically alter the Arctic landscape, creating new opportunities and liabilities for every Arctic state. Moscow, in particular, views less ice coverage as an…
October 27, 2025
- 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