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  • Fire and Oil: The Collateral Environmental Damage of Airstrikes on ISIS Oil Facilities

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    Guest Contributor  //  January 13, 2016  //  By Wim Zwijnenburg & Annica Waleij

    As the United States, Russia, and others step up attacks on the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), there is concern over their direct and long-term environmental and public health impacts. Many air strikes have targeted lucrative oil installations under the control of ISIS, and these could have severe detrimental effects for Syria’s future, both environmentally and socio-economically. Questions around the effectiveness of these strikes, both from a military and political perspective, seem to be missing in the wider debate.

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  • The Outcast Majority: War, Development, and Youth in Africa (Book Preview)

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    Guest Contributor  //  January 12, 2016  //  By Marc Sommers
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    The Outcast Majority: War, Development, and Youth in Africa is born of a growing sense that the status quo won’t work, in Africa or elsewhere. Enormous youth cohorts, containing many who feel socially sidelined, call for a response that, at best, is sporadically seen.

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  • New Research Reveals Climate-Food-Conflict Connection Via Nighttime Temperatures

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    Guest Contributor  //  January 11, 2016  //  By Raul Caruso & Roberto Ricciuti
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    The effect of climate change on the emergence of violent conflict has become one of the more lively academic debates and is even bleeding over into the mainstream. Despite a substantial number of studies, results are contradictory and somewhat inconclusive.

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  • Missing the Big Picture in Challenging Africa’s “Land Grab” Narrative

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    Guest Contributor  //  January 4, 2016  //  By Chris Jochnick
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    Who walks away from fertile agricultural land available to lease for as little as $1 per year per hectare? Recent reports indicate international investors are doing just that across sub-Saharan Africa.

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  • Modi’s Grand Plan to Divert Himalayan Rivers Faces Obstacles

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    Guest Contributor  //  December 22, 2015  //  By Ashok Swain
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    One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first priorities after winning an overwhelming victory last year on a platform of development and growth is to fast-track a decades-old plan to link India’s rivers.

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  • Tracking National Security in the Paris Outcome

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    Guest Contributor  //  December 16, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara
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    Security was inseparable from the climate talks in Paris, from the safety of conference participants to how climate change impacts the stability of nations.

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  • Ethiopia Makes Progress Toward a Demographic Dividend

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    Guest Contributor  //  December 15, 2015  //  By Assefa Admassie & Shelley Megquier
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    Inspired by the success of East Asian economies, the demographic dividend framework is taking off in sub-Saharan Africa, where many are yearning for workable solutions to the region’s ongoing development challenges.

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  • As Ebola Lingers in Liberia, What Have We Learned?

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    Guest Contributor  //  December 14, 2015  //  By Wade C. L. Williams
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    The deadly West African Ebola epidemic has largely faded from headlines, replaced by mounting concern over conflict in the Middle East, terrorism, and refugees streaming into Europe. But while Guinea and Sierra Leone were declared free of the disease in November, Monrovia saw three new cases two weeks later. At least 149 individuals who came into contact with the infected have been identified thus far, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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