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  • Feeding Unrest: A Closer Look at the Relationship Between Food Prices and Sociopolitical Conflict

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    Guest Contributor  //  December 8, 2014  //  By Todd G. Smith
    Kidal-Mali

    From the Roman poet Juvenal’s observations about bread and circuses to Marie Antoinette’s proclamation, “let them eat cake!” the link between food and political stability is well established in pop culture. In academic and policy circles, however, it’s a source of considerable debate.

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

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    Guest Contributor  //  March 30, 2012  //  By Solomon Hsiang & Todd G. Smith

    The Journal of Peace Research recently devoted a special issue to the work of researchers studying the linkages between climate change and conflict. Special guest editor Nils Petter Gleditsch introduces the issue here.

    A January special issue of the Journal of Peace Research brings together a new collection of evidence on a subject that has been a mainstay of the environmental security agenda: the links between climate and conflict.

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