Blogs & Opinions
Gender, Climate Change, and Security: Making the Connections
Jan 25, 2021
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Chantal de Jonge Oudraat & Michael E. Brown
Gender issues, climate change, and security problems are interconnected in complex and powerful ways. Unfortunately, some of these connections have not received enough attention from…
How We Misunderstand the Magnitude of Climate Risks – and Why That Contributes to Controversy
Jan 24, 2021
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Peter Schwartzstein
The Syrian civil war has raged for almost a decade now, and in the climate security community it can feel as if we’ve spent at…
Good Reads: Rare Earths and Conflict Across Scale
Jan 24, 2021
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Stacy D. VanDeveer
Rare earths metals made a lot of news over the last decade, after most of us spent years forgetting what we once learned their names on…
Report Finds that Russia Securitises the Environment – but on Its Terms
Jan 24, 2021
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Nina Lesikhina and Doug Weir
International attention on environmental security has increased markedly during the last decade, especially within the UN’s Security Council, General Assembly and its Environment Assembly. Yet…
Negotiating Peace in Iraq’s Disputed Territories: Modifying the Sinjar Agreement
Jan 24, 2021
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Shamiran Mako
On Oct. 9, the federal government in Baghdad signed the Agreement on the Restoration of Stability and Normalization of the Situation in the District of…
Report Finds That Russia Securitises the Environment – But on Its Terms
Jan 20, 2021
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Nina Lesikhina
Our new report seeks to understand why Russia opposes measures to more effectively integrate the environment into international policymaking on peace and security. To do…
New Day for the US Conflict Minerals Rule
Jan 20, 2021
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Dynda A. Thomas
It’s Inauguration Day in the US, and it’s likely to be a new day for the US conflict minerals rule. Where have we been and…
Ensuring Women’s Participation in Land Governance: “Bringing the Law Home” in Tanzania
Jan 20, 2021
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Isabella Nchimbi
Despite Tanzania’s progressive legal framework on land rights and governance, many women are often left out of community decision-making due to social and cultural norms…
Indigenous Women Are Championing Climate Justice
Jan 19, 2021
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Kavita Ramdas and Laura Garcia
For Indigenous Mollo people on Indonesia’s Timor Island, the forests, mountains, and water are not just their surroundings; they are as essential to their lives as food…
Climatizing Security: Protecting Americans in the Age of Climate Change
Jan 18, 2021
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Sherri Goodman and Kate Guy
Beyond the recent attack on the U.S. Capitol and the coronavirus looms the climate crisis. The Trump-fueled mob attack and climate change have one thing in common in America today: they…
Canada Must Clarify Its Policies on Conflict and the Environment
Jan 18, 2021
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Conflict and Environment Observatory
Our study into Canada’s practice used the draft legal principles developed by the UN’s International Law Commission (ILC) on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts (PERAC) as…
From Rhetoric to Reality: Advancing Women’s Participation in Peace Processes
Jan 15, 2021
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Marlene Spoerri
As President-elect Biden prepares to tackle global challenges, there is a concrete way to increase the odds of success: involve more women in high-level decision-making.…
Canada Must Clarify Its Policies on Conflict and the Environment
Jan 14, 2021
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Stavros Pantazopoulos
Our newly published study of Canada’s practice on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts finds some progressive policies but these are…
Conflict Cycles and the Management of Protected Areas in South Sudan
Jan 7, 2021
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Adrian Garside
The International Law Commission’s draft principles on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts use a temporal framing of ‘before, during and…
Conflict Cycles and the Management of Protected Areas in South Sudan
Jan 7, 2021
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Adrian Garside
South Sudan, and southern Sudan prior to its independence, has been in a cycle of conflicts for more than 65 years, spanning three civil wars…
Weapon Proliferation Challenges Biodiversity Protection in South Sudan
Jan 7, 2021
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Adrian Garside
The availability of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) is a factor in the decline of wildlife numbers due to their use in poaching and…
Gender Equality and Food Security in Rural South Asia
Jan 6, 2021
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Cindy Zhou
Globally, nearly 690 million people were hungry in 2019. Though the number of people who experience hunger in Asia has declined since 2015, the continent still…
Congress Continues to Affirm that Climate Security Is National Security
Jan 5, 2021
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Shana Udvardy
Last week Congress voted to override the president’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), enacting H.R. 6395, the “William M. (Mac) Thornberry” NDAA…
Gender Equality and Food Security in Rural South Asia: A Holistic Approach to the SDGs
Jan 4, 2021
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Cindy Zhou
Globally, nearly 690 million people were hungry in 2019. Though the number of people who experience hunger in Asia has declined since 2015, the continent still…
Women and Peacebuilding Can Help Reduce Poverty
Jan 3, 2021
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Kylar Cade
Violent conflict had been on the rise even before the onset of the pandemic. Fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) have already caused much suffering and…
Biden's Climate Plan Will Not Address Gender and Racial Inequality
Dec 28, 2020
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Greer Gosnell and Sara Hastings-Simon
Women and minorities have suffered disproportionately from the pandemic recession and must be part of any comprehensive recovery program. The Biden administration’s quest to green the…
Terror in a Renewed Era of Interstate Conflict — Bringing Climate Change Center Stage
Dec 28, 2020
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Mohammed Sinan Siyech
The year 2020 has been marked by COVID-19, a pandemic that took over the world and complicated the security landscape in various nations of South…
Women Working on the Front Line
Dec 23, 2020
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a crisis reaching far beyond health, challenging fundamental aspects of the ways we have previously arranged our social and economic…
Climate Change in the US Arctic: A Growing Concern for Homeland Defense?
Dec 21, 2020
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Agata Lavorio
Is climate change shaping U.S. Arctic posture? For much of its modern history, the U.S. has been considered a reluctant Arctic state, given its limited…
Tackling Gender Inequality Is ‘Crucial’ for Climate Adaptation
Dec 15, 2020
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Ayesha Tandon
Efforts to tackle gender inequality can play a key role in how countries adapt to the growing risks posed by climate change, a new study…
What Afghan Women Leaders Want You to Know about the Peace Talks
Dec 14, 2020
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The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban officially began in October of 2020, opening the possibility for ending to decades of violence through…
Visions Toward a Federal Land Governance System in Myanmar
Dec 11, 2020
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Transnational Institute
In Myanmar’s evolving transitional context, the land sector is particularly important and strategic: what happens here will have wide effects and long-term consequences. The country’s…
To Raise Ambition at the Climate Summit, Let’s Promote Quality Education - Especially for Girls
Dec 10, 2020
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Christina Kwauk and Lucia Fry
Last month, over 330 youth delegates to the Mock COP26 from over 140 countries signed a treaty of demands aimed at world leaders to address the greatest intergenerational equity…
Peacebuilding without Protection: Yemeni Women’s Barriers to Peace
Dec 10, 2020
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Nadia Ebrahim, Aïcha Madi, and Nesmah Mansoor
Women peacebuilders at the frontlines face multidimensional threats and violence in Yemen. The Peace Track Initiative’s staff can only deplore a lack of international awareness…
The Taliban Are Megarich – Here’s Where They Get the Money They Use to Wage War in Afghanistan
Dec 8, 2020
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Hanif Sufizada
The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001. In the…