Blogs & Opinions
Ukraine War: After the Shooting Stops Landmines Will Keep Killing – as We’ve Seen in Too Many Countries
Aug 30, 2023
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Sarah Njeri
By the time the shooting stops the UN predicts that Ukraine will be one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world. Deaths caused by…
The Space for Iraqi Climate Activism Is Dangerously Small, and Shrinking
Aug 30, 2023
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Maha Yassin
Iraq is at the deadly intersection of multiple major climate and environmental crises. The government’s attempts to mitigate the impact of climate change are too…
The Arms Trade and the Climate Crisis
Aug 30, 2023
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Rhun Dafydd
Remarkably, there is limited research and publicly available information about the connection between climate change and militarism, but the impact of war and the arms…
Gendering the Climate-Conflict Nexus
Aug 29, 2023
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Tobias Ide
The security implications of climate change have been high up on the political agenda for several years now. The UN Security Council, for instance, discussed…
How Iran's 'Miscalculation' Opened the Way for Taliban's Territorial Claims
Aug 29, 2023
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New Arab
In August 2021, the Taliban fighters seized control of the entire country through a rapid military campaign after a two-decade war. As the Taliban marched…
Mineral Wealth: An Important Factor in the Afghanistan Crisis
Aug 26, 2023
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Rakesh Giri Goswami
World history is full of evidence that says that wars over centuries were not fought only for prestige, but to show valour. The purpose was…
The Future of Development in the MENA Region Rests on Climate Security
Aug 23, 2023
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Kishan Khoday
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced, posing an existential threat to the future of civilization. At 1.2°C of warming, we…
Climate Change Is an Ally of Jihadists in Africa
Aug 21, 2023
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Abdoulie Ceesay
The coup in Niger is just the latest, and probably not the last. Across the Sahel, African nations are falling to military dictatorships. Are these…
Reflections on the UK Defence and Climate Change Report
Aug 18, 2023
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Linsey Cottrell
The UK House of Commons Defence Committee has released the Defence and Climate Change report, following their inquiry launched in May 2022. The report found…
What Ghana Teaches Us about the Intersection of Climate and Conflict
Aug 18, 2023
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Alex Gibson and Madeline Anderson
Climate change is shifting community dynamics, but supporting local peace committees and institutionalizing climate-responsive technologies and techniques are effective methods of fostering resiliency. Ghana has…
Russia Is Committing Grave Acts of Ecocide in Ukraine – and the Results Will Harm the Whole World
Aug 16, 2023
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Andriy Yermak and Margot Wallström
The people of Ukraine have grown cruelly familiar with war and death, inflicted on them by a nation state with vastly superior resources: they will…
Climate Change and National Security Strategies: Assessing a Growing Trend
Aug 15, 2023
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Anselm Vogler
The multifaceted and cross-sectoral nature of climate security issues connects virtually all fields of governance, and evokes a considerable variety of possible responses. These options…
How the Climate Crisis is Linked to Rising Domestic Violence in Lebanon
Aug 11, 2023
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Clara Diba
With rising temperatures there has also been a rise in domestic violence in Lebanon, but amidst an ongoing economic crisis & distrust in the justice…
Unlocking the Power of Education for Feminist Action in Climate Justice - Part 1
Aug 10, 2023
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Aashraya Seth
Climate change is an urgent global crisis that affects every aspect of our lives, from the economy to the environment. It is also a deeply…
Women This Week: Climate Change Perpetuates Inequality for Women
Aug 3, 2023
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Noël James
A new report by the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council (Arsht-Rock) has illustrated the disproportionate impact that extreme heat is having on women…
How a Gaza Marine Deal Could Benefit Palestinians, Israelis and the Region
Aug 3, 2023
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Ambassador Hesham Youssef
Amid today’s dismal Israeli-Palestinian context, positive developments have been in short supply. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s June announcement of preliminary approval for the development…
Who Will Solve the Water Conflict between Iran and Afghanistan
Aug 1, 2023
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James Durso
In late May, shots were exchanged by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Taliban near a border post in Iran’s Southwest Nimroz province. Disputes over Helmand…
GERD Conflict: Ethiopia and Egypt Try Compromise
Jul 26, 2023
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Arman Sidhu
The controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in the Horn of Africa remains a significant source of regional tension.
Arctic Security Is Increasingly under Threat. Drones Can Help.
Jul 26, 2023
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Kirk Allen
As the Arctic continues to be fundamentally reshaped, the United States and its allies in the region will need to quickly adapt by strengthening their…
GAO Reports on Conflict Minerals Compliance in 2022
Jul 24, 2023
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Cooley LLP
The GAO has just issued its 2022 Report on Conflict Minerals, which examines companies’ conflict minerals compliance in 2022. As you probably know, the SEC’s…
Environmental Peacebuilding and Sustainable Peace
Jul 20, 2023
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Farah Hegazi
Environmental peacebuilding offers another entry point for building and sustaining peace. Natural resources and the environment are central to many people’s livelihoods in fragile and…
A Just Energy Transition Requires Better Governance & Equity in the DRC
Jul 19, 2023
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Mike DiGirolamo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) produces around 70% of the global supply of cobalt and it is also Africa’s leading producer of copper. Despite…
NATO’s Emissions Tracking Methodology – as Important for What It Includes as for What It Omits
Jul 18, 2023
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Ellie Kinney
At last week’s NATO summit in Vilnius, Ukraine was the main focus of attention, with the announcement of a new military package, the establishment of…
Opinion – The Sudanese Conflict and the Abyei Dispute
Jul 18, 2023
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Ben Jackson
Despite the arbitrary nature of the colonial carving up of Africa, the borders of African states have rarely changed over the preceding decades. Since African…
Opinion: Addressing the Toll of Climate Change on Women’s Health
Jul 17, 2023
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Natasha Sunderji, Ragini Ahluwalia, and Latika Khurana
In 2022, altered weather and rain patterns pushed Kenya into its worst drought in 40 years. Crop and livestock losses greatly restricted income and food access…
5 Ways the US, Europe Can Push for Israel-Arab Environmental Cooperation
Jul 17, 2023
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Nimrom Goren, Maya Negev, and Ofir Winter
Environmental challenges are creating new priorities for countries in the Middle East and the Mediterranean and increasing cross-border cooperation – including between Israel and Arab…
Navigating The Complexities of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Jul 16, 2023
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Muhammad Adam Khan
The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the long-standing disputes between Israelis and Palestinians over land, self-determination, and security in the region.
It’s Not Just Iran: Conflict over Water Resources Is on the Rise
Jul 8, 2023
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Laureen Fagan
The clash over water rights led to fighting between Iran and Afghanistan at the weekend, in the latest battle over water resources among neighboring nations—clashes…
Gender-Smart Climate Finance is Critical for Progress, Results, and Impact
Jul 7, 2023
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Franziska Deininger and Sudharshan Canagarajah
We know all too well that the multiple crises facing the world – food insecurity, energy access, global health, conflict and climate change – have…
The Environmental Impacts of War
Jul 7, 2023
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Tara D. Sonenshine
War is hazardous to your health. What we know from past conflicts is that war has a serious impact on things like carbon emissions, pollution,…