Fragile states and food security top the Beat this month:

1. VIDEO—Harriet Birungi: Challenges Facing HIV-Positive Adolescents in Kenya

2. On the Beat: The Food Security Debate: From Malthus to Seinfeld

3. Guest Contributor Michael Kugelman, Wilson Center: Look Beyond Islamabad To Solve Pakistan’s “Other” Threats

4. As Somalia Sinks, Neighbors Face a Fight to Stay Afloat

5. Copper in Afghanistan: Chinese Investment in Aynak

6. Feed the Future: USAID’s Shah Focuses on Women, Innovation, Integration

7. Eye on Environmental Security: USAID Launches GeoExplorer: Connecting Natural Resource Management Activities, Practitioners, and Communities

8. Guest Contributor: Todd Walters, International Peace Park Expeditions: Imagine There’s No Countries: Conservation Beyond Borders in the Balkans

9. DOD Measures Up On Climate Change, Energy

10. Campus Beat: Finding a Home for Political Demography