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  • Climate Security in The Horn: Crafting a Broader Role for Non-State Actors in IGAD

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 24, 2023  //  By Messay Gobena
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    The Horn of Africa now faces an unprecedented drought, with conditions not seen in the last 40 years. The implications of this looming catastrophe reach beyond the most recent severe drought periods in the region, which occurred in 2010 and 2011 and again in 2016 and 2017.

    As of November 2022, over 36 million people in the Horn were affected by drought, including 24.1 million in Ethiopia, 7.8 million in Somalia, and 4.2 million in Kenya. More than 20 million children in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia need immediate water and food assistance. In addition, nearly 1 million pregnant and lactating women are acutely malnourished. Since mid-2021, more than 9.5 million livestock have perished in the region due to a lack of water, starvation, and disease.

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  • Climate, Poverty, Democracy: What Is at Stake in Nigeria’s 2023 Election?

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 23, 2023  //  By Adenike Oladosu
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    On February 25, Nigeria will hold its presidential election. The stakes of this ballot could not be any higher—especially for the climate. Climate change is an existential and current reality in Nigeria, and the coming decade will be crucial to meet the nation’s sustainable development goals. It will take political will to make climate justice a reality, and Nigerians now have the opportunity to choose leaders who will either make or mar the action to address this threat.

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  • Arms Are Not Enough: Solutions for the Sahel Must Consider Climate

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 16, 2023  //  By Sinéad Barry & Janani Vivekananda
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    On February 25, Nigeria will begin voting for its new president in one of the most tightly fought elections in decades. And the most likely winner has already set down a marker in his campaign. “You can’t be talking about climate change when people are taking cover from bombs,” observed Nigerian presidential hopeful Peter Obi.

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  • Should Demography Weigh in on U.S. Response to Coups d’Etat?

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 14, 2023  //  By Richard Cincotta
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    When a military-led or military-influenced coup d’état occur in a foreign country, does evidence from demographic research merit consideration in the U.S. foreign policy response? It’s a question that U.S. policymakers should be asking as deteriorating political conditions in West Africa come increasingly into confluence with the limited tools available either to deter or respond to illegal and extra-legal forms of political succession.

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  • Conflict and Copper

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 13, 2023  //  By Morgan Bazilian, Aaron Malone & Eliseo Zeballos Zeballos

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    Global demand for copper has climbed dramatically in recent years, a trend that is likely to continue apace. Peru is the world’s second largest producer of copper. Yet the clamor for copper is an opportunity that the nation is unable to seize upon at present. Peru is now undergoing severe political upheaval and protests that have brought new attention to the underlying risks in extractive industries and supply chains. Production cuts stemming from protests and blockades could amount to 3 percent of global copper output.

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  • Diversity, Equity, Cities: Reshaping Foreign Affairs for a New Era

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 9, 2023  //  By Roslyn Matthews & Gad Perry
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    One can see—and feel—tides shifting significantly on numerous fronts across the globe, especially in the area of climate security. Opportunities and challenges abound—especially for urban communities.

    But are those who shape and carry out U.S. foreign policy ready for these extraordinary changes? And how can the growing movement to integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) become vital in U.S. foreign affairs?

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  • Old Dangers, New Modes: Climate Change and Human Trafficking

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 6, 2023  //  By Marissa Jordan & Noah Gordon
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    For thousands of years, natural factors like rainfall and temperature helped determine the fate of economies and societies. For thousands of years, humans also engaged in human trafficking and kept one another as enslaved people. But as human prosperity increased exponentially beginning in the 19th century, it may have seemed that such concerns were relics of the past.

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  • What Will it Take to Actually Eliminate Cervical Cancer?

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    Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  February 1, 2023  //  By Tracey Shissler & Maura McCarthy
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    We have all the tools we need for the elimination of cervical cancer, a largely preventable cancer that annually kills more than 300,000 women worldwide—the vast majority in low- and middle-income countries.

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