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Visiting Assistant Professor - MA Program in Conflict Resolution

Apr 3, 2014 | Georgetown University

Georgetown University’s M.A. Program in Conflict Resolution invites applications for a one-year (10 month) full-time contract appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2014-2015 academic…

PATRIR and CPAU Joint Project Achieving the MDGs through Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

Apr 3, 2014 | The Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR), and Peace and Unity Afghanistan (CPAU)

The objective of the project is to strengthen state, civil society and UN capacity for peacebuilding, peace consolidation and violence prevention in Afghanistan in the…

M&E Coordinator - Resilience in Somalia Enhancement (RISE) Program

Apr 3, 2014 | Mercy Corps

The M&E Coordinator will support the management and implementation of the RISE program activities including the monitoring and evaluation plan, monitoring the impact of interventions,…

Program Manager – Strengthening RCAP Program Capacity

Apr 3, 2014 | Mercy Corps

The Program Manager (PM) will have overall responsibility for the achievement of Mercy Corps’ EU-funded Strengthening the Capacity of Women’s Associations & Youth to Promote…

Co-Coordinator - Camp Coordination & Camp Management Cluster

Apr 3, 2014 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

As the focal point for the cluster, CCCM Co-coordinator is accountable for the CCCM response to the humanitarian crisis. The cluster co-coordinators must ensure the…

Livelihoods Officer

Apr 3, 2014 | UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Under the direct supervision of Senior Programme Officer and in collaboration with the Senior Project Coordinator, the Livelihood Officer will supervise livelihood activities in two…

Call for Papers: Towards International Resource Fairness - Theories, Conflicts and Policies

Apr 3, 2014 | Vienna University

Natural resources, be they agrarian or mineral, have become a key issue in international politics in recent years. This is due to a number of…

Summer Course: Socially Sustainable Degrowth

Apr 3, 2014 | Centro de Estudos Sociais Universidade de Coimbra

The Summer School on Degrowth will offer a range of perspectives located at the core of the concept, looking at its sources, dimensions and policy…

Japanese Investments are Driving Human Rights Abuses in Myanmar

Apr 3, 2014 | Rachel Wagley, Global Post

WASHINGTON — Japan’s development aid is driving Myanmar families into deeper poverty.

The Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) outside Rangoon, funded by the Japanese government through…

South Sudan: At Quiet Rebel Base, Plotting an Assault on South Sudan’s Oil Fields

Apr 3, 2014 | Jacey Fortin, The New York Times

NASIR, South Sudan — There are only four bullets in the rifle that Liep Wiyual plans to use against government troops on the front lines…

World: Climate Change Will 'Lead to Battles for Food', says Head of World Bank

Apr 3, 2014 | Larry Elliott, The Guardian

Battles over water and food will erupt within the next five to 10 years as a result of climate change, the president of the World…

Sierra Leone: Mining spurs Sierra Leone to 20 pct GDP Growth in 2013 - IMF

Apr 3, 2014 | Umaru Fofana, Reuters

The rapid expansion of Sierra Leone’s nascent iron ore mining industry fuelled economic growth of 20 percent last year, according to IMF data, but prices…

Myanmar: Will Burma’s Timber Ban Curb or Entrench Corruption?

Apr 2, 2014 | Feliz Solomon, Democratic Voice of Burma

A ban on all raw timber exports from Burma came into effect on Tuesday, in an attempt to rein in one of the country’s highly…

Myanmar: Displaced Villagers in Transit to DKBA Territory Held by Karen State Officials

Apr 2, 2014 | Naw Noreen, Democratic Voice of Burma

More than 200 villagers displaced from Rangoon’s Hlegu Township in February are stuck in limbo at the border between Karen and Mon states as of Wednesday afternoon.

After…

Myanmar: Meeting About Salween Dams Troubles Shan Communities

Apr 2, 2014 | Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy

Communities in northern Shan State have grown worried over two large hydropower dams planned on the Salween River and its tributary, after government officials and…

Afghanistan: WCS Applauds Afghanistan's Declaration Establishing Entire Wakhan District as the Country's Second National Park

Apr 2, 2014 | Newswise

Newswise — The Wildlife Conservation Society applauds the Afghanistan Government’s recent declaration establishing the entire Wakhan District, one of the most remote areas of Afghanistan,…

Myanmar: Electricity Hike Opponents Face Charges for Illegal Mandalay Protest

Apr 1, 2014 | Zarni Mann, The Irrawaddy

MANDALAY — Four activists here who oppose a government electricity rate hike are facing criminal charges after staging an unauthorized protest last week, while other…

China: A Merkel, a Map, a Message to China?

Apr 1, 2014 | Rachel Lu, Foreign Policy

On March 28, German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping at a dinner where they exchanged gifts. Merkel presented to Xi a…

Summer Course: The Center for World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution

Mar 31, 2014 | George Mason University

This program is designed to provide graduate students with intensive training and practice in field research methods, as well as insight into the complex local dynamics of…

MSc Water Security and International Development Program

Mar 31, 2014 | University of East Anglia

The MSc Water Security and International Development degree interprets 'water security' in its broad political ecology and political economy sense. We believe that the hydrological cycle is intimately connected…

Call for Papers: The Extractive Industries and Post-conflict Reconstruction in Developing Countries

Mar 31, 2014 | The Extractive Industries and Society (Elsevier Journals)

Since the 1990s, scholarship and policy have drawn considerable attention to the economic dimensions of contemporary armed conflicts.  Recent interest in the ‘resource curse’ has…

Myanmar: Myanmar Imposes Export Ban To Stop Its Timber From Foreign Exploitation, Goal Is To Establish Domestic Wood-Processing Industry

Mar 31, 2014 | Sophie Song, International Business Times

Myanmar is a classic case of a country rich in natural resources but poor in income. Timber, along with oil and gems, sit at the…

Myanmar: Burma’s Logging Ban Is Great for Forests, but a Disaster for Its Working Elephants

Mar 31, 2014 | Charlie Campbell, Time

Modern Burmese history was built on teak, which is to say it was built on the backs of elephants. The British quickly saw teak’s potential…

Myanmar: Rangoon Land Protesters Undeterred by Late-Night Eviction

Mar 31, 2014 | Kyaw Hsu Mon, The Irrawaddy

RANGOON — Evicted former residents of Thingangyun Township have vowed to continue their sit-in protest in central Rangoon, despite an attempted forced eviction in the…

South Sudan: Egypt Tries to Woo South Sudan in Nile Water Dispute

Mar 31, 2014 | Ayah Aman, Al-Monitor

CAIRO — Egypt is continuing to develop relations with South Sudan in an effort to protect Egyptian water interests within its borders, through which the White Nile flows.…

China/Philippines: Philippines and China in Dispute Over Reef

Mar 31, 2014 | Jane Perlez, The New York Times

BEIJING — China accused the Philippines on Monday of illegally occupying Chinese territory after a Philippine vessel outmaneuvered the Chinese Coast Guard and resupplied a…

North Korea/South Korea: North and South Korea Trade Fire Across Disputed Sea Border

Mar 31, 2014 | Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea and South Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells across their disputed western sea border on Monday, escalating military tensions…

Myanmar: Myanmar’s Oil and Gas: Drilling in the Dark

Mar 29, 2014 | The Economist

Companies will soon find out how much oil and gas there really is offshore.After a long wait, and several delays, Myanmar’s government will soon announce…

Myanmar: Japan plans to import organic produce from Myanmar

Mar 29, 2014 | The New Light of Myanmar

Japanese firms are planning to import organic rice, crops and vegetables from Myanmar, officials said Friday.

During a meeting with U Myint Hlaing, Union Minister for…

Myanmar: Hundreds of Villages in Central Burma Suffer Acute Water Shortage

Mar 29, 2014 | ReliefWeb

Nearly 200 villages in central Burma are suffering from acute water shortages, according to the Civil Society Network, an NGO that has begun an emergency…