Publications

U.S., Allies Too Eager to Resume Nuclear Deal with Iran

June 19, 2021 Lawrence J. Haas The National Interest

With Tehran making significant progress on the nuclear front, Washington and its European allies seem engaged in an increasingly desperate effort to revive the 2015 global nuclear agreement with Iran, mirroring the earlier eagerness that helped produce the problematic agreement in the first place.

China Reform Monitor No. 1467

June 16, 2021 Joshua Eisenman

White House: Engagement with China "has come to an end";
China allows three children amid fall in birth;
Fake COVID-19 vaccines pose new threat in Africa;
Arab countries are deporting Uyghurs to China;
Bush China Foundation takes $5 million from the CPC

Clarifying the Planetary Defense Mission

June 15, 2021 Peter Garretson Defense Technology Program Brief

Since 2005, Congress has recognized that an asteroid impact represents a serious threat to national security. Though Congress tasked NASA to survey hazardous asteroids larger than 140m by 2020, sixteen years later it remains incomplete.