Top 10 Posts for April 2012

Interest in the environment and conflict nexus is high: Posts on the Journal of Peace Research’s climate and conflict special issue; special profiles on India’s and Uganda’s environment, development, and security challenges; and March’s global water intelligence assessment all made the top 10 last month (measured by unique pageviews). The remaining newcomers hit on demography and gender issues, with a guest contribution on Rio+20 from the President of the Global Fund for Women, Musimbi Kanyoro, and a re-examination of Yemen’s prospects after the Arab Spring by Elizabeth Leahy Madsen.


1. Global Water Security Calls for U.S. Leadership, Says Intelligence Assessment



2. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency



3. Responses to JPR Climate and Conflict Special Issue: François Gemenne (Sciences Po)



4. Guest Contributor Nils Petter Gleditsch: Much Ado About Conflict? Climate’s Links to Violence Reexamined



5. Uganda’s Demographic and Health Challenges Put Into Perspective With Newfound Oil Discoveries



6. Responses to JPR Climate and Conflict Special Issue: Solomon Hsiang (Princeton University) and Todd G. Smith (University of Texas, Austin)



7. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us



8. Yemen: Revisiting Demography After the Arab Spring



9. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation Series Launches at the Wilson Center



10. Guest Contributor Musimbi Kanyoro: Women’s Rights and Voices Belong at Rio+20