As harrowing new investigations point to the suspected use of chemical weapons in Sudan, international monitors are once again running into a familiar, paralyzing roadblock—data secrecy. Imagine a team of …
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On September 9, 2026, Evan Hubinger, Anthropic’s alignment science lead, said on social media that he personally believed there was a greater than 10% chance that artificial intelligence could kill …
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Cybersecurity is often treated as a problem for computer experts. That understanding is becoming outdated. A cyberattack can now affect a government ministry, expose sensitive information, disrupt critical infrastructure or …
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Pakistan’s Role in Revitalizing the Conference on Disarmament
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhPakistan’s leadership, under Ambassador Tahir Hussain Andrabi, at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) achieved a major diplomatic result at a time when international efforts to control nuclear weapons …
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Pakistan’s Constructive Role in Multilateral Export Controls
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhWhile allowing legitimate peaceful trade and technological cooperation, multilateral export-control regimes seek to prevent proliferation by regulating the transfer of sensitive nuclear, missile, chemical, biological, and dual-use technologies. In the …
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The NPT’s Broken Promise: Why the World’s Most Important Nuclear Treaty Is Failing the Countries That Need It Most
by Hira Bashirby Hira BashirThe Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty was meant to guarantee every country access to peaceful nuclear technology. More than fifty years later, that promise has not fulfilled and now the consequences are …
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A “negative security assurance” is a pledge(Opens in new window) by a nuclear-armed state not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against a state that has none. Its counterpart, the positive …
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Biological science is adopting pace quicker than the regulations that were to have governed it. That can be one of the foremost challenges of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in the future. …
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In order to dramatically expand nuclear power, India is bringing the private sector into a nuclear legal framework traditionally dominated by the state. In this regard, India passed the Sustainable …
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Key Takeaways: On 14 Aug 2026 Pakistan opened a National Cyber Security Operations Centre under National CERT to monitor and respond on government and critical systems—the piece treats cyber as …