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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 15, 2012 / By Richard Cincotta
Iran: Taking Aim at Low Fertility and Women’s Mobility

Iran’s domestic policies affecting reproduction and women’s rights have taken several abrupt twists and turns since the revolution of 1980. Most recently, the government announced that

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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 22, 2012 / By Jonathan Potton
Coming of Age: Reason for Optimism in Burma

Burma (officially called Myanmar), a country plagued by internal political turmoil, is at a point where changes in its demography may improve its chance for democracy. The country has

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November 10, 2011 / By Richard Cincotta
Minority Youth Bulges and the Future of Intrastate Conflict

The global distribution of intrastate conflicts is not what it used to be. During the latter half of the 20th century, the states with the most youthful populations - a median age of

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