Governance Publications
Paths to Regional Integration: The Case of MERCOSUR
Jul 07, 2011A conference was hosted on November 9, 2000 to discuss the implications of regional integration, drawing on the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) as a case study. This volume includes several papers presented at the conference that address MERCOSUR's development, economic and political importance, and efforts to effect a "relaunching" of the common market enterprise. more
Security and Ecology in the Age of Globalization
Jul 07, 2011This article argues that, while the interconnections between the environment and conflict are many and complex, the likelihood of large-scale warfare over renewable resources is small. Nonetheless, environmental difficulties do render many people insecure. more
73. The Presidential Crisis in Lithuania: Its Roots and the Russian Factor
Jul 07, 2011November 2004 - The purpose of this paper is to address two questions associated with Lithuania’s political crisis in 2004. First, what were the domestic circumstances that led to the impeachment of Lithuania’s President, Rolandas Paksas? Second, what evidence is there that Russia has played a significant role in the crisis and what are the motives behind Moscow’s meddling in Lithuania’s internal affairs? more
ECSP Report 8: Official Statements
Jul 07, 2011Excerpts from recent official statements in which environment, population, and human security issues are prominently cited in the context of national and security interests. more
Security By Other Means: Foreign Assistance, Global Poverty, and American Leadership
Jul 07, 2011This Brookings Institution volume, edited by Lael Brainard, joins the growing chorus of criticism of foreign assistance reform in offering a clear set of first steps. more
ECSP Report 2: Feature Articles
Jul 07, 2011Includes feature articles, a debate about environment and security scholarship, and excerpts from official statements and documents. more
Commentary: Trade and the Environment After Seattle
Jul 07, 2011ECSP draws upon Wilson Center speakers and fellows, past and present, to comment on trade and the environment in the wake of Seattle. more
Environmental Peacemaking: Conditions for Success
Jul 07, 2011Alexander Carius identifies the conditions under which environmental cooperation best facilitates conflict transformation and peacebuilding, and which forms of negotiation or stakeholder participation have been particularly successful. more
PECS News Issue 1 (Fall 1999)
Jul 07, 2011The first issue of PECS News features an article on population dynamics and migration in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Mexico by University of Michigan Fellows Program Associate Jenny Ericson. more
Secrecy vs. the Need for Ecological Information: Challenges to Environmental Activism in Russia
Jul 07, 2011This article will explore how an individual environmental organization ventured through the minefields of international security and diplomacy, forging obvious as well as unlikely alliances along the way. more
