Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

10/20/2026

U.S. Policy Haunted the Cluster Mu****on Convention Review Conference

Via Center for International Policy by Scoville Fellow '26 Allie Hansen of Win Without War Education Fund.

In Laos, U.S. policy was omnipresent in both history of and as a hurdle for the movement to ban Cluster Mu****ons.

10/19/2026

ICYMI Excessive Military Secrecy On Google Earth

Via Federation of American Scientists by Scoville Fellow '26 Sachi Barnaby.

This is not the first time Google has agreed to censor imagery at the behest of governments, but be warned: obfuscation at this broad level poses a direct threat to the public’s ability to monitor and scrutinize government operations.

10/15/2026

ICYMI Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy

Scoville Fellow '11 Kelsey Davenport of the Arms Control Association comments in The New Yorker article by Dexter Filkins.

Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.

10/14/2026

WILIG Career Roundtable: Advancing International Law Careers at Home and Abroad

October 15 American Society of International Law event will be moderated by Scoville Fellow '97 Elise Keppler.

This annual roundtable conversation, sponsored by the ASIL Women in International Law Interest Group (WILIG), will feature accomplished professionals across the international law sphere, including in academia, government, international organizations, and law firms. Panelists will discuss their caree...

10/13/2026

Indian nuclear weapons, 2026

Via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, and Scoville Fellow '23 Mackenzie Knight-Boyle of the Federation of American Scientists.

As India expands its nuclear stockpile to an estimated 190 warheads and ramps up plutonium production with its new fast breeder reactor, major technological strides in MIRV-equipped Agni-V missiles, rail-mobile launchers, and a growing SSBN fleet mark a decisive maturation of its nuclear triad—piv...

10/09/2026

This week current and recent Scoville Fellows gathered to welcome the fall cohort.

10/07/2026

Judges Keep Striking Down Climate Laws. Some States Are Fighting Back.

Via Mother Jones by Scoville Fellow '22 Rachel Santarsiero of the National Security Archive.

Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.

10/06/2026

5 Data Points You Should Know from the 2026 NTI Index

Via Nuclear Threat Initiative Risky Business blog by Scoville Fellow '26 Simon Thorpe.

The NTI Index team spent months poring over thousands of data points. Here are five especially worth knowing.

10/05/2026

Better know a treaty: The UN Charter

Arms Control Primer podcast from The International Institute for Strategic Studies featuring Dr. Erin Pobjie and Dr. Benjamin Kienzle and hosted by Scoville Fellow '07 Alex Bollfrass.

It outlawed war, created collective security and has outlasted the Cold War. But with great powers breaking the rules and the Security Council divided, can an 80-year-old rulebook still keep the peace?

10/02/2026

Scoville Fellow '26 Allie Hansen of Win Without War Education Fund attended the 3rd Review Conference for the Convention on Cluster Mu****ons in Vientiane, Laos, with Mines Action Canada and Legacies of War.