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  • Behind the Headlines, Emerging Security Threats in the Middle East

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    Guest Contributor  //  May 4, 2016  //  By Anders Jägerskog & Ashok Swain
    Lebanon-camp

    The Middle East, as much as ever, is the focus of international attention, but the obvious crises may be a distraction from deeper underlying issues.

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  • Without Water, No Sustainable Development: World Water Week 2015

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    Guest Contributor  //  August 12, 2015  //  By Anders Jägerskog
    Little Girls Carry Water Containers

    The World Economic Forum recently named water crisis the world’s number one risk for the next 10 years for its potential impact on people and industry. Indeed, as the global community grapples with climate change – and environmental change of all kinds – understanding the fundamental nature if water to human society is crucial. The input report for this year’s World Water Week, released yesterday by the Stockholm International Water Institute, in fact argues that getting water management right is a prerequisite for sustainable development.

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  • A World of Extremes: New Thinking Needed to Reconcile Food-Water Choke Points

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    Guest Contributor  //  July 27, 2015  //  By Anders Jägerskog
    Rwanda terrace

    Food and water are tied to one another fundamentally. But in addition to their biophysical relationship, human systems intervene, whether through pricing schemes and trade agreements or shifting patterns in consumption and taste.

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  • Adaptation, Resistance, or Subversion: How Will Water Politics Be Affected by Climate Change?

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    Guest Contributor  //  June 9, 2015  //  By Anders Jägerskog, Anton Earle & Ashok Swain
    bachaxiang

    One of the primary ways climate change is expected to affect international relations is through water. There are more than 270 bodies of water that cross over international boundaries, and various methodologies have identified several dozen that are particularly at risk for tension or conflict. So how is climate change affecting transboundary water politics? Are governments and institutions taking the threat seriously? A few years back, a group of researchers decided to focus on this question.

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