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March 31, 2011 / By Peter Klicker
International Land Deals: A Destabilizing Trend in the Developing World

A critical debate is emerging over the current surge in overseas land transactions. According to a recent World Bank report, in 2009 investors announced land purchases or leases

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March 30, 2011 / By Amit Pandya, Rupert Herbert-Burns, Junko Kobayashi
Maritime Commerce and Security: The Indian Ocean

Maritime Commerce and Security: The Indian Ocean describes the commerical trends and their security implications with a view to helping policy makers and others outside the industry

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March 22, 2011 / By Andrew Houk
Transboundary Water Sharing: Iran and Afghanistan

The ability to harness Afghanistan's rivers for hydropower and agriculture is a critical element of its economic development, but it also risks reducing flows for its downstream

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March 14, 2011 / By Andrea Falkenhagen
Mining and the Maoists

The rapid growth of the mining industry in India's mineral-rich states has escalated the decades-long battle between the state and a Maoist insurgent movement. To effectively address

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March 01, 2011 / By David Michel
Sustaining the Fertile Crescent: Mind the GAP

Growing populations, soaring demand, mounting environmental pressures, and potentially unsustainable development programs risk imposing untenable burdens on the freshwater resources of

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  • Caitlyn Antrim
    Executive Director, Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans