Illicit Trafficking

We explore the nexus between illicit trafficking and conflict dynamics, using an interdisciplinary approach to uncover the links between arms, drugs, human trafficking, and conflict financing.

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A set of NanoRacks CubeSats is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member after the deployment by the Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD).

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Small Satellites, Big Data: Uncovering the Invisible in Maritime Security

Fall 2022 by Saadia Pekkanen, Setsuko Aoki and John Mittleman

From International Security Program

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The White Power Music Scene — Funding the Extreme Right

Sep. 29, 2021 by Augusta Dell’Omo and Maximilian Kreter
Policy Briefs

Iranian Membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Motivations and Implications

Sep. 15, 2021 by Nicole Grajewski
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Going it Alone: The Causes and Consequences of U.S. Extraterritorial Counterproliferation Enforcement

Mar. 25, 2019 by Aaron Arnold and Daniel Salisbury

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Small Satellites, Big Data: Uncovering the Invisible in Maritime Security

Fall 2022 by Saadia Pekkanen, Setsuko Aoki and John Mittleman

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from International Security

The White Power Music Scene — Funding the Extreme Right

Sep. 29, 2021 by Augusta Dell’Omo and Maximilian Kreter

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from Right Rising

Iranian Membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Motivations and Implications

Sep. 15, 2021 by Nicole Grajewski

Policy Briefs

from Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Map of Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries in 2017

Going it Alone: The Causes and Consequences of U.S. Extraterritorial Counterproliferation Enforcement

Mar. 25, 2019 by Aaron Arnold and Daniel Salisbury

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from Contemporary Security Policy

North Korea’s Missile Programme and Supply-Side Controls: Lessons for Countering Illicit Procurement

Oct. 17, 2018 by Daniel Salisbury

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from The RUSI Journal

People at Seoul Train Station watch a a local news program reporting about a North Korean missile launch. Aug. 30, 2017 (Lee Jin-man/Associated Press).

Solving the Jurisdictional Conundrum: How U.S. Enforcement Agencies Target Overseas Illicit Procurement Networks Using Civil Courts

September 2018 by Aaron Arnold

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from Nonproliferation Review

Exploring the Use of 'Third Countries' in Proliferation Networks: The Case of Malaysia

Aug. 10, 2018 by Daniel Salisbury

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from European Journal of International Security

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Azharsofii/Wikimedia).

New Ways to Detect Nuclear Misbehavior

Jan. 8, 2018 by Katlyn Turner

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from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists