Environmental Security

Program Publications

• April 02, 2013 / By Russell Sticklor, Brendan McGovern
  Eyes on Yet Another Prize in the Arctic Ocean: Fisheries at the Top of the World
  

  For thousands of years it has been a desolate land of extremes ringing the world's fourth largest ocean - bitterly cold and dark for much of the year, populated primarily by fish and

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• March 19, 2013 / By David Michel, Russell Sticklor
  Toxic Brew: Water Quality, Public Health, and Human Welfare in the Indus Basin
  

  Recurring tensions have long set India and Pakistan at odds over the Indus River system they both share. As the downstream neighbor, Pakistan fears that Indian infrastructure or

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• February 28, 2013 / By David Michel, Mona Yacoubian
  The Arab Spring and Climate Change
  

  “The Arab Spring and Climate Change” does not argue that climate change caused the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world over the past two years. But the essays collected in this

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• February 26, 2013 / By Russell Sticklor, David Michel
  Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research and Policy Coordination
  

  Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research, Data Sharing, and Policy Coordination seeks to build mutual understanding between Indian and Pakistani

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• January 02, 2013 / By Russell Sticklor, David Michel
  Presidential Inbox 2013: Strengthen Water Security at Home and Abroad
  

  Click here to view the complete Presidential Inbox series.

  The Challenge:

  Soaring demand, unsustainable consumption patterns, ineffective management, insufficient investment, and

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• November 15, 2012 / By David Michel, Russell Sticklor, Amit Pandya, Syed Iqbal Hasnain
  Water Challenges and Cooperative Response in the Middle East and North Africa
  

  Societies across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have long balanced the competing water demands of households, industry, and agriculture. Careful management of water resources

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• October 04, 2012 / By Russell Sticklor
  The Race to Harness Himalayan Hydropower
  

  Spend a day in Kathmandu, Nepal's sprawling capital of 4-million people, and you'll quickly notice what has long been a fact of life in this landlocked Himalayan country, and many other

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• August 30, 2012
  The Security of Cities: Development, Environment, and Conflict on an Urbanizing Planet
  

  Humankind recently crossed an important threshold: over half of all people now live in cities. In contrast to most of human history, cities have become the default condition for human

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• August 16, 2012 / By Zachary Weiss
  Environmental Factors Driving Migrants into Afghanistan’s Cities
  

  Each day, 400 people are displaced within Afghanistan, and the total number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) within the country recently exceeded 500,000. Drawn by the perceived

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• August 06, 2012 / By Mona Yacoubian, David Michel
  Arab Spring Must Also Weather Environmental Threats
  

  The Arab uprisings mark a watershed moment for the region as it embarks on an era of historic change. Yet the euphoria that first accompanied the popular revolts has yielded to more

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• July 30, 2012 / By Zachary Weiss
  Pakistan’s Energy Crisis: Beyond Hydroelectricity
  

  This spring, public demonstrations occurred daily across Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, as power cuts, rising temperatures, and water shortages combined to frustrate residents.

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• July 17, 2012 / By David Michel
  Acid Test: Global Greenhouse Emissions and Indian Ocean Ecosystems
  

  This spotlight highlights Chapter 8, "Environmental Pressures in the Indian Ocean," in the newly-published Indian Ocean Rising: Maritime Security and Policy Challenges.

  The Indian Ocean

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• June 14, 2012 / By Rupert Herbert-Burns
  Stimson Analysis: Indian Ocean Naval Activity
  

  This brief offers a review of key naval developments in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) during the first quarter of 2012. Events have been dominated by extensive Iranian naval manoeuvres

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• June 11, 2012 / By Amit Pandya, David Michel, Syed Iqbal Hasnain, Russell Sticklor
  Water Challenges and Cooperative Response in the Middle East and North Africa
  

  The following working paper on current and future water management challenges and opportunities in North Africa and the Middle East was prepared for the US-Islamic World Forum, held in

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• May 24, 2012
  The Security of Cities: Development, Environment, and Conflict on an Urbanizing Planet
  

  Humankind recently crossed an important threshold: over half of all people now live in cities. In contrast to most of human history, cities have become the default condition for human

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• May 15, 2012 / By Rupert Herbert-Burns
  Stimson Analysis: Indian Ocean Piracy Developments
  

  The following is an excerpt from Rupert Herbert-Burns' analysis of Piracy and Hijacking Developments in the Indian Ocean, part one of Stimson's ongoing Maritime Security

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• April 30, 2012 / By Rupert Herbert-Burns
  Countering Piracy, Trafficking, and Terrorism: Ensuring Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean
  

  This paper is part of a forthcoming series exploring maritime and security policy issues in the Indian Ocean, to be released in the summer of 2012.  Together, the papers will examine

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• April 20, 2012 / By Rupert Herbert-Burns
  Stimson Center Maritime Security Briefing #2 | Indian Ocean Naval Activity | Spring 2012
  

  This brief offers a review of key naval developments in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) during the first quarter of 2012. Events have been dominated by extensive Iranian naval manoeuvres

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• April 10, 2012 / By Sreya Panuganti
  Desert Solitaire: Why India and Pakistan Should Collaborate to Combat Desertification
  

  Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sat down in early April - their first meeting in three years - to discuss regional and security issues,

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• March 30, 2012 / By Rupert Herbert-Burns
  Stimson Center Maritime Security Briefing #1 | Indian Ocean Piracy Developments | Spring 2012
  

  The first quarter of 2012 paints a somewhat confusing picture with regard to the state of piracy threat in the high risk areas (HRA) of the Indian Ocean. Initially, given the low level

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• March 22, 2012 / By David Michel
  Tempest Tossed: Meeting Environmental Challenges in the Indian Ocean
  

  Oceans and coastal regions worldwide are coming under increasing environmental pressures. These growing stresses include habitat destruction and biodiversity loss, land-based and marine

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• February 16, 2012
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