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Water Wars: The Growing Potential for Water Wars

Apr 12, 2015 | Richard Rousseau, International Policy Digest

Tensions over water are nothing new and will increase as shortages mount. However, it is possible to avoid violent conflicts over this fundamental resource for…

China/South China Sea: China’s Reclamations Roil South China Sea

Apr 11, 2015 | James Borton, International Policy Digest

The South China Sea remains at the epicenter of one of the most volatile maritime areas in the world with little or no agreement on…

Apply Now! Practicum on Experiential Peacebuilding: The Environment

Apr 10, 2015 | Outward Bound Peacebuilding

Join an extraordinary journey in the Costa Rican cloud forest that integrates conflict resolution and leadership training in the context of natural resources via a…

Conflict Minerals: European Parliament Debates the Proposed Conflict Minerals Regulation

Apr 10, 2015 | National Law Review

On March 19, the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament (INTA) met to debate the amendments to the conflict minerals regulation that were proposed…

President Obama’s Visit to Jamaica: Doubling down on Climate Security Collaboration

Apr 9, 2015 | Oliver-Leighton Barrett

President Obama is making a short but historic trip to Kingston, Jamaica, on the eve of the Summit of the Americas to be held in…

Afghanistan: UN Reports Partisan Free State Land Distribution, Land Grabbing in Afghanistan

Apr 9, 2015 | RTT News

A new UN report on land use in Afghanistan shows that there are significant vulnerabilities in the country's land distribution system that provide an opportunity…

Liberia: Liberian President Instructed ‘Lobbying Fees’ to Lawmaker

Apr 9, 2015 | Kennedy L. Yangian, Front Page Africa

Barely two weeks after losing a motion to dismiss the indictment that charged him with multiple criminal offences, Clemenceau Urey former Board Chair of the…

South Sudan: South Sudan Conflict Placing Wildlife at Risk

Apr 9, 2015 | Sudan Tribune

Millions of species of wildlife are said to be at risk in South Sudan, especially in its Jonglei state where poaching is rampantly carried out…

Science and Geopolitics Converging in the Troubled Waters of the South China Sea

Apr 8, 2015 | James Borton

The South China Sea remains at the epicenter of one of the most volatile maritime areas in the world, with little or no agreement on…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Wants Appeal Over Disputed Kurdistan Oil Tossed

Apr 8, 2015 | Lance Duroni, Law 360

Kurdistan’s bid to escape the Iraqi government’s lawsuit to recover more than 1 million barrels of crude oil stranded off the Texas coast should be…

Iraq: Islamic State Revenues Hit by Lost Iraqi Oil Fields: Report

Apr 8, 2015 | AFP

The Islamic State group has lost control of "at least three large oil fields" in Iraq, depriving the jihadists of a crucial source of income,…

Liberia: Ex-NOCAL Official: Legislature Demanded ‘Lobbying Fees’

Apr 8, 2015 | Bettie Johnson, Front Page Africa

The bribery case involving ex officials of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NCAL) continues to bring some internal dealings to the surface. Statements from…

Liberia: ArcelorMittal Liberia’s Resettlement Program and Its Impact on Affected Communities

Apr 8, 2015 | TLC Africa

According to the World Bank, involuntary resettlement is a process by which people adversely affected by development projects (physical dislocation, loss of income, or access…

South China Sea: Science and Geopolitics Converging in the Troubled Waters of the South China Sea

Apr 8, 2015 | James Borton, Geopolitical Monitor

The South China Sea remains at the epicenter of one of the most volatile maritime areas in the world, with little or no agreement on…

Collapse War in the Middle East?

Apr 7, 2015 | Jean-Michel Valantin

The current war raging throughout Syria and Iraq is profoundly singular, because it combines itself with the social and environmental collapse, combined with the severe…

China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Officials Visit China to Mend Ties After Rig Spat

Apr 7, 2015 | Tran Van Minh, Associated Press

Vietnam sent a high-ranking delegation of Communist Party officials and Cabinet ministers to China on Tuesday as the countries seek to mend relations strained by…

Liberia: FDA, Lands & Mines Connived

Apr 7, 2015 | The New Dawn Liberia

The head of Liberia's Public Procurement and Concession Commission, James Dorber Jallah, says the management of the Forestry Development Authority colluded with some officials of…

Iraq: Iraq Starts Campaign to Clear Southern Oilfields of Landmines

Apr 7, 2015 | NRT

BASRA -- In Iraq's vast southern desert, de-mining teams are working to remove millions of Saddam-era landmines and explosive ordnance that litter Iraq's giant oil…

China/South China Sea: South China Sea Territorial Clashes Threaten Environmental Catastrophe

Apr 7, 2015 | James Borton, The Washington Times

China’s mounting clashes with its neighbors over control of the South China Sea also could be fueling a major environmental catastrophe, endangering fishing stocks, threatening…

USA: Operations Associate

Apr 6, 2015 | Enough Project

Under the direction of the Managing Director—and working closely with the Special Assistant to the Co-Founder and Operations Coordinator—the Operations Associate will support and coordinate…

Central African Republic: Policy Analyst

Apr 6, 2015 | Enough Project

Reporting to the Director of Research and Editorial and working in collaboration with staff and contractors working on the Central African Republic, the Policy Analyst…

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Senior Policy Analyst

Apr 6, 2015 | Enough Project

The Senior Policy Analyst on the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes Region will be responsible for researching and writing about the drivers…

Laos: One Woman’s Mission to Free Laos From Millions of Unexploded Bombs

Apr 5, 2015 | Thomas Fuller, New York Times

Thao Kae and his friends were foraging for their dinner, collecting the bamboo shoots that grow in the jungle a half-hour’s walk from their remote…

Libya: One of Libya’s Rival Governments Moves to Control Oil Revenue

Apr 5, 2015 | David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times

One of the two factions battling for control of Libya took steps on Sunday to divert incoming oil revenue away from the central bank and…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Sales of Kurdish Oil Point to Beneficiaries Close to Erdoğan

Apr 4, 2015 | Today's Zaman

People close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are the beneficiaries of a lucrative oil deal signed between Ankara and Arbil that has laid the framework…

Livelihoods Development Critical to Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Economic Recovery – New Study

Apr 3, 2015 | ELI & UNEP

In the wake of armed conflict, rebuilding livelihoods is critical to peacebuilding and economic redevelopment, according to a new study launched today by the Environmental…

Iraq/Kurdistan: Kurdistan Passes Oil Accounting Law

Apr 3, 2015 | Patrick Osgood and Rawaz Tahir, Iraq Oil Report

Kurdistan’s Parliament passed a law establishing an oil revenue accounting body on Wednesday, a partial step in providing oversight of the region’s future oil revenue.The…

China/India: Water Wars: China, India and the Great Dam Rush

Apr 3, 2015 | Sudha Ramachandran, The Diplomat

China’s grand plans to harness the waters of the Brahmaputra River have set off ripples of anxiety in the two lower riparian states: India and…

Baghdad Scores a Goal in its Oil Dispute with Kurdistan

Apr 2, 2015 | David Romano

Last September, the federal government in Baghdad filed a $300 million lawsuit against the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) most important oil tanker shipping partner, Greece’s…

Sand Pebbles: Why are Superpowers Squabbling over Rocks?

Apr 2, 2015 | Keith Johnson

China’s aggressive behavior in the South China Sea is alarming the Navy and prompting calls for a more vigorous U.S. response. Over the past year,…