August is a slow month in DC, but not so on New Security Beat: 8 of the top 10 last month (measured by unique pageviews) were new posts. Laurie Mazur’s discussion of inequality, population, and sustainability took the top spot followed by a look at what’s new in the Population Reference Bureau’s latest data sheet; Kate Diamond’s feature on Mongolia’s climate and development challenges; a discussion on the naming of the Failed States Index; a summary of the National Intelligence Council’s extensive series on aging; and two reactions to Iran’s surprising shift on family planning.

We also, unfortunately, bade good bye to our director and the face of ECSP for so many years, Geoff Dabelko. Although he’ll stay involved in a consulting role, please feel free to let him know he’ll be missed in the comments on his post.

1. Population and Sustainability in an Unequal World

2. U.S. Drought, Climate Change Could Lead to Global Food Riots, Political Instability

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

4. Eye On: PRB’s 2012 World Population Data Sheet

5. In Mongolia, Climate Change and Mining Boom Threaten National Identity

6. Another Year, Another Debate: Is the Failed States Index Simply Misnamed?

7. Best of Both Worlds: Moving On, But Staying With ECSP

8. A Roundup of the ‘Global Trends 2030’ Series on Population Aging

9. Iran’s Surprising and Shortsighted Shift on Family Planning

10. Iran Is Reversing Its Population Policy