Brian Eyler

Toxic pollution from unregulated Chinese mines in Myanmar is killing the Mekong.

Here my teammate @regankwan and I share some of our observations on this looming health and environmental crisis.

www.stimson.org/2025/toxic-r...

YouTube video by SBS News Skin rashes and deformed fish: How rare earth mining is destroying vital Thai rivers

This is the best explainer I’ve seen so far of the rare earth mining pollution issue in the Mekong. @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social @cnn.com @channelnewsasia.bsky.social it’s time for you to cover this story. This is the absolute worst thing to happen to the the Mekong.

youtu.be/V1gwQ_CDRMk?...

香港電台第三台 Trending China - Mega dam construction This week, we explore the mainland’s hydropower project on Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo River—hailed by Premier Li Qiang as the “project of the century”. Set to become the world’s largest hydropower source...

I gave an interview to Chinese state media (Hong Kong Radio) on the Super Dam in Tibet on the Brahamaputra. I’m surprised they ran it uncensored given my concerns.

Didn’t talk about impacts to Tibetans though - stay tuned for a new podcast abt that.

www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3...

香港電台第三台 Trending China - Mega dam construction This week, we explore the mainland’s hydropower project on Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo River—hailed by Premier Li Qiang as the “project of the century”. Set to become the world’s largest hydropower source...

I gave an interview to Chinese state media (Hong Kong Radio) on the Super Dam in Tibet on the Brahamaputra. I’m surprised they ran it uncensored given my concerns.

Didn’t talk about impacts to Tibetans though - stay tuned for a new podcast abt that.

www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3...

To Protect Americans, Prioritize Countering Cyber Scam Operations in the Indo-Pacific • Stimson Center Cyber scams targeting Americans are a national security threat requiring a unified government response and coordination with allies facing similar risks.

The biggest foreign policy issue directly affecting Americans that we aren’t paying enough attention to.

www.stimson.org/2024/to-prot...

NASA satellites reveal abrupt drop in global freshwater levels An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low eve...

We’ve seen the same trend play out in the Mekong over the last decade.

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