Governance Publications

Conflict: A Cause and Effect of Hunger

Jul 07, 2011
This article highlights certain gaps in the information about the steps that lead from hunger to conflict, and then suggests policies and actions to break these connections. more

New Directions in Demographic Security

Jul 07, 2011
Complete set of commentaries on demographic security by Jack Goldstone, Richard Cincotta, Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba, Clionadh Raleigh and Henrik Urdal, Christian Leuprecht, and Elizabeth Leahy. more

Missing Women and Bare Branches: Gender Balance and Conflict

Jul 07, 2011
The authors ask whether societies with an abnormal ratio between men and women are less secure. more

ECSP Report 11: Reviews of New Publications

Jul 07, 2011
Experts review new publications. more

Too Poor for Peace? Global Poverty, Conflict, and Security in the 21st Century

Jul 07, 2011
The book’s broad thesis is that alleviating poverty in the 21st century is not only a moral but also a security imperative. more

ECSP Report 5

Jul 07, 2011
The 1999 issue of the ECSP Report includes features on population, urbanization, environment, and security; agriculture and conflict; and environmental change, security, and social conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon. Complete report. more

Water Can Be a Pathway to Peace, Not War (No. 1)

Jul 07, 2011
By coming together to jointly manage shared water resources, countries can build trust and prevent conflict. more

ECSP Report 4: Update and Resources

Jul 07, 2011
This update section highlights the environment, population, and security activities of foundations, nongovernmental organizations, academic programs, and government offices, and includes a list of Internet sites and forums which may facilitate research and policy efforts. more

Environmental Security: A View from Europe

Jul 07, 2011
We must reinvigorate the comprehensive—and reject the exclusively militaristic—definition of security, Margaret Brusasco-Mackenzie warns. more

Chapter Three: Early Warning and Assessment of Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation

Jul 07, 2011
Marc Levy and Patrick Philippe Meier recommend that assessments and early warning systems integrate environmental variables more completely and effectively. The authors assert that the international system has little capacity to monitor and assess conflict and cooperation on environmental issues. more

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Way of the Knife

May 22, 2013 – May 29, 2013

This week on Dialogue at the Wilson Center our guest is Mark Mazzetti, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The New York Times. He is the author of the new book, “The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth.” We also spoke with Curtis Brainard, Editor of The Observatory, the Columbia Journalism Review’s “lens on the science press,” to survey the landscape of science journalism.

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