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  • Addressing the Global Food Crisis: CIMMYT Experts Weigh In

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    New Security Broadcast  //  July 29, 2022  //  By Claire Doyle

    Untitled (235 × 176 px)The confluence of climate change, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine have placed enormous stress on food systems across the globe. Food insecurity spiked in 2020 and has stayed high, and the number of undernourished people is on the rise.

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  • Beyond a “Threat Multiplier”: Exploring Links Between Climate Change and Security

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    Guest Contributor  //  July 26, 2022  //  By Farah Hegazi, Elise Remling, Kyungmee Kim & Simone Bunse
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    Ever since the CNA’s Military Advisory Board—composed of former U.S. military personnel—named climate change as a “threat multiplier” in a 2007 report, the term has gained widespread currency both in environmental and national security circles. It also has propelled the need to assess and address climate-related security risks higher up overall policy agendas.

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  • Transformative Climate Security: A Conversation with Josh Busby

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    New Security Broadcast  //  July 22, 2022  //  By Amanda King

    States and Nature Thumbnail ImageWhy does climate change lead to especially bad security outcomes in some places but not others? In this week’s New Security Broadcast, Josh Busby, Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin, discusses the latest thinking on this essential question as laid out in his new book, States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security, with ECSP Program Associate, Amanda King, and ECSP Senior Fellow, Sherri Goodman.

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  • The Promise of Transatlantic Partnerships in the Critical Mineral Supply Chain

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    From the Wilson Center  //  July 20, 2022  //  By Yiran Ning
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    Supply chain considerations in today’s globalized economy have expanded beyond minimizing costs. As Duncan Wood, Vice President for Strategy and New Initiatives and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center, noted at a recent panel hosted by the Environmental Change & Security Program as part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge conference, issues ranging from environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) to national security and geopolitics, have transformed critical mineral supply chains into something that is now “inherently political.”

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  • Cascading Impacts of the War in Ukraine: Mental, Maternal, and Newborn Health

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    Dot-Mom  //  July 20, 2022  //  By Sarah B. Barnes

    FILE - Medical workers hold newborn Alana close to her mother after a cesarean section at a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 11, 2022. Alana's mother had to be evacuated from another maternity hospital that was bombed by Russian forces and lost some of her toes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

    This article was originally published as part of the summer 2022 issue of the Wilson Quarterly: Ripples of War.

    Ukraine and its people will feel the effects of the Russian invasion for years to come. More than 6 million refugees have left Ukraine, another 8 million Ukrainians are internally displaced. Among those most impacted are Ukraine’s women and girls, who have a greater chance of experiencing gender-based violence, exploitation, and trafficking. They also face escalated maternal and newborn mortality rates stemming from lack of services and diminished care, as well as injuries and trauma due to the ongoing conflict. Less visibly, Ukrainians are confronting severe emotional distress and trauma.

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  • Water Diplomacy can Learn from Realist Ideas

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    Guest Contributor  //  Water Security for a Resilient World  //  July 19, 2022  //  By Sumit Vij, Jeroen Warner, Mark Zeitoun & Christian Bréthaut
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    As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues and nations are returning to behaviors best explained by realism, we are wrestling with these trends’ longer-term implications on water diplomacy. States are becoming inward-looking and prioritizing national sovereignty. Debates about water and climate are resurfacing, and we should better understand how hard power and inward-looking approaches can impact water diplomacy and cooperation. To inform policymakers about power sensitivities and power games played in diplomacy, water diplomats must rethink the future of water security and peace. They should reexamine leadership styles, cultural sensitivities, and knowledge exchange from the lens of realism.

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  • Top 5 Posts for June 2022

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    What You Are Reading  //  July 18, 2022  //  By Abegail Anderson
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    From climate change to COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, the world is a landscape of increasing instability. Book-ending the Top 5 posts of June are two articles that explore different aspects of these converging risks. In the top post for June, Steven Gale and Mat Burrows write that globally, younger generations are becoming increasingly disengaged and discontent with their democratic governments, civil society, and institutions. Youth disillusionment is not a result of ignorance to current affairs, but rather a lack of faith in democratic institutions to address today’s most pressing global issues. Tackling youth disillusionment, suggest Gale and Burrows, begins with examining youth engagement trends and placing it at the top of the agenda.

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  • What’s in a Name? Making the Case for the Sahel Conflict as “Eco-violence”

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    Guest Contributor  //  July 15, 2022  //  By Olumba Ezenwa

    The Sahel region of Africa is a semi-arid, arc-shaped landmass that stretches 3,860 kilometres from Senegal across portions of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and even Sudan. It is also the most neglected and conflict-ridden part of the planet, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council.

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