Publications

New customers, suppliers and technologies are entering the uranium market at a time when established consumers are scaling back their reliance on nuclear power. Today, Cindy Vestergaard and Mette Hendriksen outline how the IAEA and others should manage this potentially troublesome trend.chevron_right

This brief uses field research from Uganda to discuss some of the issues surrounding the marginalization of the Karamoja pastoral group by the Ugandan government. In particular, the author discusses 1...chevron_right

This paper examines the history of Pakistan's civilian nuclear activities, its nuclear weapons program and uranium mining in the country. More specifically, it traces these three issues, along with th...chevron_right

This factsheet contains information on a number of areas pertinent to US-China relations over the course of June, 2015. These include the results of the seventh meeting of the Strategic and Economic D...chevron_right

This paper reviews the results of a 2015 public opinion survey on how people in Japan and South Korea perceive one another and how this perception has changed since 2013. In general, the results show ...chevron_right

This brief reviews the attempts in 2014 and early 2015 by pro-Russian activists and others to promote separatism in certain parts of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The brief’s authors contend that al...chevron_right

This paper addresses EU relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and argues that the Union has failed to give sufficient attention to these countries despite their increasing importanc...chevron_right

This policy brief addresses the inner workings of the UN Security Council and contends that Russia, often assisted by the passive attitude of China, has developed an effective set of tactics to constr...chevron_right

This paper argues that the EU's European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) needs drastic reform if it is to deal with the conflict, counter-revolution and extremism that exist in the Union's vicinity. The au...chevron_right

This brief evaluates how Russia's economy has been run under “Putinomics,” which relies heavily on oil and gas for revenue. The text's author also discusses how international sanctions and a huge fall in oil prices in 2014 are likely to...chevron_right

This paper takes stock of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and proposes different ways to both update and improve it. In particular, the paper's author 1) considers whether the EU needs to rede...chevron_right

This paper contains a set of articles which discuss urban development policies and social inclusion in the Mediterranean region. More specifically, these look at 1) why improved urban infrastructure a...chevron_right

This article discusses how the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) uses the Deep Web - which consists of online content not indexed by search engines such as Google - and the counter-terrorist...chevron_right

This paper discusses the migration by sea of the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority from Myanmar, to Malaysia and Indonesia. The author looks at the causes of this migration, the main one being gro...chevron_right

This issue looks at counterinsurgency campaigns in Iraq, Yemen, Egypt and Algeria to examine the difficulties that governments in the Middle East and North Africa face when trying to eliminate insurge...chevron_right