Environmental Security

Program News

• Business Recorder (Pakistan) publishes article on Connecting the Drops report

  On April 1, the Business Recorder, one of Pakistan's leading financial publications, published an article titled "Indus Basin: Cooperation Not Confrontation," covering Connecting the

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• David Michel interviewed by VOA on managing global water scarcity

  David Michel was featured in a Voice of America video discussing global water scarcity. 

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• Stimson report on climate change featured in Independent European Daily Express

  A joint report by the Center for American Progress, the Stimson Center, and the Center for Climate and Security was featured in the Independent European Daily Express.

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• Report Calls for India-Pakistan Cooperation on Water

  India and Pakistan will both benefit if they work together to peacefully share and conserve the vitally important waters of the Indus River Basin, according to a new report by

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• Newstrack India covers Stimson’s Connecting the Drops report launch in New Delhi

  On March 8, Newstrack India published an article covering the release of the Stimson Center report "Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research, Data

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• The News International (Pakistan) publishes article on Stimson’s Connecting the Drops report

  On March 5, Rasheed Khalid with Pakistan's The News International published a piece on Stimson's Connecting the Drops report, which was released formally in Pakistan in late February

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• David Michel and Mona Yacoubian contribute to new volume “Climate Change and the Arab Spring”

  On February 28, the Stimson Center, Center for American Progress, and Center for Climate & Security jointly released a new report "Climate Change and the Arab Spring."  The Center of

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• Pakistan’s Business Recorder covers Islamabad launch of Stimson’s Connecting the Drops report

  On February 28, the Pakistan financial daily Business Recorder reported on the report launch of Connecting the Drops in Islamabad. To read the full article, click here.

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• Stimson’s Indus Basin Roadmap featured in The Express Tribune

  David Michel was quoted in a story about Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap For Cross-Border Water Research, Data Sharing, And Policy Coordination. Connecting the Drops is

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• David Michel publishes article on transboundary water management in Issues in Science and Technology

  David Michel has published a short piece on water security and transboundary water management in the Winter 2013 issue of the journal Issues in Science and Technology. It can be

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• David Michel discusses South Asia climate change impacts at Woodrow Wilson Center panel discussion

  On Thursday, February 7th, David Michel participated in a Wilson Center panel discussion titled "Strengthening Responses to Climate Variability in South Asia," jointly hosted by the

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• Barry Blechman co-authors piece in Bloomberg

  Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman co-authored a piece in Bloomberg with the Wilson Center's Ruth Greenspan Bell entitled: "Global Warming Experts Should Think

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• Stimson contributes to National Intelligence Council’s “Global Trends 2030”

  Stimson has contributed analyses on global environmental trends and maritime security to the National Intelligence Council's Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds report (December

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• David Michel interviewed by National Defense Magazine on emerging threats to US national security

   

  In November 2012, David Michel was interviewed by National Defense Magazine about the growing security implications of climate change, for a Special Report on the Top Five Threats

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• David Michel speaks on natural security at the 2012 Strategic Studies Network Summit in Bangkok

  David Michel spoke on “Natural Security” at the annual summit of the Strategic Studies Network, held November 3-6, 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand. The Strategic Studies Network (SSN) is

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• David Michel serves on peer-review committee for new report on climate change in the Himalaya

  David Michel serves on the peer-review committee for a new National Research Council report, Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water Security. The report can be

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• David Michel and Russell Sticklor publish article on Indian Ocean fisheries in The Diplomat

  On August 24, 2012, David Michel and Russell Sticklor co-authored "Plenty of Fish in the Sea? Food Security in the Indian Ocean," published in The Diplomat. The piece explores the

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• David Michel and Mona Yacoubian co-author piece on Middle Eastern environmental issues in Al-Monitor

  David Michel, Director of the Environmental Security Program, and Mona Yacoubian, a Senior Advisor with the Middle East/Southwest Asia Program, published an article in Al-Monitor on

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• Stimson Center convenes workshop in Nepal on water management in Indus River Basin

  From June 26-28, the Stimson Center is hosting a conference in Kathmandu with the support of the US State Department, bringing together Indian and Pakistani scientists, agricultural

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• David Michel co-convenes workshop on Middle Eastern water management for 2012 US-Islamic World Forum

  Alongside renowned Indian glaciologist Syed Iqbal Hasnain and former Regional Voices project director Amit Pandya, David Michel is hosting and leading a three-day workshop on Middle

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• Ellen Laipson joins National Conversation on water security at the Woodrow Wilson Center

  Ellen Laipson participates in a roundtable discussion of the National Intelligence Council's 2012 "Global Water Security" report as part of the National Conversation series at the

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• David Michel contributes analysis to National Intelligence Council global water security report

  Stimson analysis led by Environmental Security Program Director David Michel contributed to the National Intelligence Council’s recently released Global Water Security report. Click

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• Peter Engelke participates in panel discussion on global megacities at the Woodrow Wilson Center

  Peter Engelke, a Visiting Fellow with the Environmental Security Program, participates in a panel discussion on "Megacities, Global Security, and the Map of the Future," March 20,

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• Caitlyn Antrim testifies before the House Sub-Committee on Energy and Mineral Resources

  Caitlyn Antrim testified before the House Sub-Committee on Energy and Mineral Resources to discuss US interests in joining the Law of the Sea Convention and the Extended Continental

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• David Michel joins National Research Council workshop to prepare report on Himalayan glacier melt

  David Michel contributes to an October 2011 workshop to help prepare a forthcoming National Research Council report, Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water

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• David Michel quoted in Foreign Policy magazine about global food security

  David Michel is quoted on global food security in "The Food Issue," a special edition of Foreign Policy magazine. Click here to read. 

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• Syed Iqbal Hasnain on the need for an international treaty to protect the Tibetan Plateau

  Distinguished Visiting Fellow Syed Iqbal Hasnain published in The Economic Times an op-ed about the need for an international treaty to protect the Tibetan Plateau

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• Syed Iqbal Hasnain on reforming the IPCC

  Distinguished Visiting Fellow Syed Iqbal Hasnain was published in the Khaleej Times discussing the IPCC reform process and the role of the United States in global climate change

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• Syed Iqbal Hasnain on the Pakistan floods

  Distinguished Visiting Fellow Syed Iqbal Hasnain was published in the Dawn newspaper of Pakistan on the flood disaster. 

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• Syed Iqbal Hasnain on water and strategy in Tibet

  Distinguished Visiting Fellow Syed Iqbal Hasnain published an article titled River Runs Through It in The Times of India on the strategic and water situation in Tibet. The article can

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• Syed Iqbal Hasnain on South Asia’s water equation

  Distinguished Visiting Fellow Syed Iqbal Hasnain published in the Khaleej Times on "South Asia's water equation." The article can be found here.

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