Imposing a Maritime Quarantine to Enforce the Houthi Arms Embargo

Imposing a Maritime Quarantine to Enforce the Houthi Arms Embargo

Imposing a Maritime Quarantine to Enforce the Houthi Arms Embargo This post suggests that the United States and its allies should implement a naval quarantine to restrict the flow of Iranian weapons into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. A quarantine, unlike a...
An Assessment of Russia’s Withdrawal from the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

An Assessment of Russia’s Withdrawal from the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

An Assessment of Russia’s Withdrawal from the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty On November 2, 2023, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing the country’s ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This multilateral treaty prohibits...
Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Attacking Big Data: Strategic Competition, the Race for AI, and Cyber Sabotage

Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Attacking Big Data: Strategic Competition, the Race for AI, and Cyber Sabotage

Lieber Studies Big Data Volume – Attacking Big Data: Strategic Competition, the Race for AI, and Cyber Sabotage Editors’ note: This post is based on the authors’ chapter in Big Data and Armed Conflict (Laura Dickinson and Ed Berg eds. 2024), the ninth volume of...
Ukraine Symposium – The Impact of Sanctions on Humanitarian Aid

Ukraine Symposium – The Impact of Sanctions on Humanitarian Aid

Ukraine Symposium – The Impact of Sanctions on Humanitarian Aid The war in Ukraine highlights how humanitarian need and restrictive trade measures typically emerge simultaneously in times of conflict—and how the latter can interfere with the ability of humanitarian...
The Defense Production Act: Assessing the Ukraine Arms Shortage

The Defense Production Act: Assessing the Ukraine Arms Shortage

The Defense Production Act: Assessing the Ukraine Arms Shortage As Ukraine continues to defy early predictions of how long it can resist Russia’s invading forces, Ukraine’s partners are facing a growing dilemma. Supplies of arms and munitions critical to Ukraine’s...