Blogs & Opinions
These 550 Kenyan Women Are Saving a Forest
Jul 30, 2021
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Peyton Fleming
One of around a half-dozen semi-nomadic tribes in the vast drylands of northern Kenya, the family spent years shifting locations to find water and grazing…
Water Disputes Will Compound Instability in the Middle East
Jul 28, 2021
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Amin Saikal
The Middle East is one of the driest regions in the world. The scarcity of water has often been touted as a source of national…
Don’t Blame Men for the Climate Crisis – We Should Point the Finger at Corporations
Jul 27, 2021
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Arwa Mahdawi
Sorry, boys, but it’s all your fault. Melting ice caps, flash floods, rising sea levels: men are to blame for the lot of it. Please don’t drown the…
US and Australia Must Deepen Defence Cooperation on Climate Security
Jul 27, 2021
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Robert Glasser and Erin Sikorsky
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has just arrived in Singapore, where he’ll deliver a major address on Indo-Pacific security. He’s the first member of…
Deadly Water Conflict a Warning for the World
Jul 26, 2021
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Donna Miles
For thousands of years, Iran, which lies in a semi-arid part of the world, had remarkable success in sustainable water management. Ancient Iranians devised innovative…
A Water Crisis Is Creating Nightmare Conditions across the Middle East
Jul 25, 2021
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Bel Trew
That the wars of the future will be fought over water rather than oil is an adage that feels like an increasingly terrifyingly reality as…
Climate and Conflict: A Look at Environmental Peacebuilding
Jul 25, 2021
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Laureen Fagan
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has focused on global conflict and peacemaking strategies for more than 50 years, but over time the focus…
Conflict Brews over the Nile
Jul 24, 2021
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Deepak Vohra
Sudan and Egypt are extremely wary of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which, they believe, will limit their access to the life-giving waters of the…
Women, Peace, and Security: Moving Implementation Forward
Jul 23, 2021
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War on the Rocks
What will it take for the key national security agencies in Washington to prioritize the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, rather than just pay…
Women, Peace, and Security: Moving Implementation Forward
Jul 23, 2021
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Joan Johnson-Freese
What will it take for the key national security agencies in Washington to prioritize the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, rather than just pay…
The UK Has Been Linked to Congo’s ‘Conflict Minerals’ – Where Are the Criminal Charges?
Jul 21, 2021
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Vava Tampa
According to the Swiss federal criminal court last week, the corruption destroying the Democratic Republic of the Congo – where devastating conflicts over minerals used…
Reconciliation through Ecological Collaboration
Jul 14, 2021
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William F. Laurance
Last fall, Azerbaijan and Armenia fought the Nagorno-Karabakh war, which claimed several thousand lives in an escalation of a long-running territorial conflict between the two…
Explaining the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Clash: Hypotheses in Search of Corroboration
Jul 14, 2021
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Richard Weitz
In late April 2021, fighting broke out along the frontier between Kyrgyzstan’s Batken province and Tajikistan’s Sughd province. The immediate dispute arose over management of…
At the UN, Climate Change & Security Must Be Tackled Together
Jul 13, 2021
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Beatrice Mosello and Adam Day
Could the next wars be triggered by climate change?
Until recently, the question might have seemed like science fiction, but now it is very real. Ethiopia…
Taking Action to Address Wildlife Crime’s Environmental, Health, and Security Risks
Jul 12, 2021
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Alice Chang
“This COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us, albeit in a devastating way, of the interconnected nature of things, most particularly between economies, the environment, human and…
The Climate Crisis Is Driving Global Conflict – Cop26 Is a Chance for Leaders to Rethink Security Threats
Jul 7, 2021
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Peter Laederach
It’s now established that one of the triggers of the Syrian conflict is related to the scarcity of natural resources, primarily pastoral land. New research…
The Irrefutable Link Between Climate Change and Conflict
Jul 7, 2021
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Global Risk Insights
The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative Index measures a country’s climate change vulnerability against its capacity for resilience. War-torn states like Yemen, Mali, the Central…
One of Libya’s Power and Desalination Plants Keeps Leaking Oil into the Sea
Jul 7, 2021
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Eoghan Darbyshire
Following recent reports of coastal oil spills near the city of Derna in eastern Libya, Eoghan Darbyshire identifies the timeline and scale of the spills,…
At the Nexus of Participation and Protection: Risks and Barriers to Women’s Participation in Northern Ireland
Jun 28, 2021
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Aisling Swaine and Catherine Turner
Of its four pillars, participation and protection arguably predominate the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. Growing gaps in women’s leadership across all spheres, exacerbated by…
Local Environmental Governance to Reduce Conflict and Deforestation in Afghanistan
Jun 28, 2021
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Mishkat Al Moumin and Anna Kasradze
How should the international community support the stabilization of Afghanistan after U.S. and NATO troops withdraw? Answers from President Biden, high ranking U.S. administration officials,…
The National Security Risks of the US Drought
Jun 26, 2021
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Erin Sikorsky
Each new report about this year’s western drought reveals another record-breaking development: Hoover Dam’s Lake Mead is at its lowest level ever. More acres have already…
Cultivating Cronyism: The Collapse of Agriculture in Post-War Iraq and Syria
Jun 24, 2021
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Chloé Bernadaux
Historically, Iraq enjoyed some of the world’s most productive soils. Agriculture represented more than 18 percent of the country’s economic output in 1995, but over the last…
Opinion: Perilous Future for Myanmar’s Pristine Forests after Coup
Jun 21, 2021
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Faith Doherty
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s armed forces launched a coup d’état. The country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested, along with senior members…
Peace Agreements with a Gender Perspective Are Still an Exception, Not the Rule
Jun 18, 2021
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Laura Wise
At the Political Settlements Research Programme, we track the frequency and detail of how peace agreements include references to women, girls and gender, and our…
Climate Security and the US-Russia Summit
Jun 18, 2021
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Steve Brock and Roger Ullman
When Presidents Biden and Putin meet today on the shores of Lake Geneva they won’t be short of contentious topics to discuss. With the bilateral…
Myanmar Junta Sells Resources to Neighbors in Exchange for ‘Legitimacy’
Jun 15, 2021
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Lin Htet Myat
The Myanmar military (also known as the Tatmadaw), since staging a coup on Feb. 1 against the elected National League for Democracy (NLD) government, has…
How Does War Contribute to Climate Change?
Jun 14, 2021
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Eoghan Darbyshire and Doug Weir
Armed conflicts often halt or reverse economic development. Because of this, it is generally assumed that they lead to reductions in the emissions that contribute…
Stronger Together
Jun 14, 2021
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Hannah Elisabeth Kurnoth, Beatrice Mosello, and Janna Greve
What can climate security learn from the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda? The two agendas share the need for urgent, context-specific, interdisciplinary responses, suggesting…
Sustaining a Climate for Peace
Jun 14, 2021
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Wilson Center
After years of derision under the Trump administration, NATO members are no doubt looking forward to the summit today as a harbinger of closer and…
From Rhetoric to Response: Addressing Climate Security with International Development
Jun 14, 2021
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Daniel Abrahams
Over the past decade, our understanding of how climate change affects conflict and security has advanced considerably. Yet, how to best address the overlapping challenges of climate…