Climate conflict: how global warming threatens security and what to do about it
Issue:Climate change
'In this excellent Adelphi, Jeffrey Mazo sheds revealing analytical light on the consequences of climate change for international security. Impressive in scope, and admirably measured, Mazo’s forensic examination of the science, history and likely strategic impact of climate change is required reading for national-security policymakers and practitioners and will have broader appeal for all those interested in understanding one of the great challenges of our time.' Professor Alan Dupont, Director of the Centre for International Security Studies, Sydney University
Read more »Posted on 30/03/10
Building peace, states and hybrids
International missions in crisis areas are often unsure of how to move forward. In an article published in the Broker, Mariano Aguirre and Chris van der Borgh provide an overview of current debate in which the idea of “revisioning” such interventions is gaining ground.
Read more »Posted on 25/03/10
Yemen: state fragility, piety, and the problems with intervention
Issue:Global militarisation
In this recent publication from the Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre (NOREF), Lisa Wedeen argues that "The seemingly neutral category of “failed states,” as applied to Yemen, constructs the country as a place in need of intervention. In obscuring more than it reveals about local realities, outside interference runs the risk of being counterproductive."
Read more »Posted on 25/03/10
How small arms and light weapons proliferation undermines security and development
Issues:Global militarisation, Marginalisation
The proliferation of small arms and light weapons is an immediate security challenge to individuals, societies, and states around the world and an enormous hurdle to sustainable security and development.
Read more »Posted on 25/03/10
Elaborating on the Nexus Between Energy and Water
Issue:Competition over resources
During the past hundred years the world's population has tripled and the use of water has increased six fold during the same time. Recent data indicates that a global 40% water supply gap of accessible and reliable water supply for economic development is expected by 2030. Against this background, it comes as no surprise that the political economy behind the allocation of scarce water resources for different purposes, including for vital ecosystem functions, is beginning to shape public policy writes Jakob Granit.
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Posted on 25/03/10
America and Israel: a historic choice
Issue:Global militarisation
Pictured to the left, past construction in Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem (courtesy of activestills); yet as Paul Rogers argues 'The serious row between Washington and Tel Aviv is about far more than the construction of homes in east Jerusalem; it goes to the heart of the close military alliance between the two states.'
Read more »Posted on 23/03/10
