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Top 10 Posts for August 2011
›August brought a crop of newcomers to the top 10 (measured by unique pageviews). Joining Richard Cincotta’s popular look at Tunisia’s demographics and the Mr. Y white paper launch at the Wilson Center were ECSP’s “Backdraft” event; PRB’s new population data sheet; interviews with Aaron Wolf and Alecia Fields; and guest contributions from Lukas Rüttinger, Moira Feil, and Jim Duncan.
1. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation at the Wilson Center
2. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
3. Backdraft: Minimizing Conflict in Climate Change Responses
4. PRB’s Population Data Sheet 2011: The Demographic Divide
5. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
6. Guest Contributors Lukas Rüttinger and Moira Feil: Beyond Supply Risks: The Conflict Potential of Natural Resources
7. Watch: Alecia Fields on Population, Health, and Environment Advocacy with the Sierra Club
8. Conflict Minerals in the DRC: Still Fighting Over the Dodd-Frank Act, One Year Later
9. Watch: Aaron Wolf on the Himalayan and Other Transboundary Water Basins, Climate Change, and Institutional Resilience
10. Guest Contributor Jim Duncan: Redrawing the Map of the World’s International River Basins -
Top 10 Posts for July 2011
›July was a great month for NSB: we launched the blog anew with a new design and better functionality, with the aim of making content better organized, easier to find, and just plain nicer looking. We also continued to see some great traffic on a number of posts, including Richard Cincotta’s dive into Tunisia’s demographics and the Mr. Y “National Strategic Narrative” launch at the Wilson Center.
Newcomers to the top 10 (according to unique pageviews) were posts on the Nature article detailing rare earth finds in the Pacific, the role of water in “land grabs,” profiles on the climate-vulnerability of the Philippines and an ecological tourism outfit in Cambodia, and Geoff’s look at the UN Security Council’s debate about the security threat of climate change.
1. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
2. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation at the Wilson Center
3. Rare Earths No More? Mineral Discoveries a Potential Game-Changer for East Asia
4. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
5. In the Rush for Land, Is it All About the Water?
6. Beat on the Ground: Ecological Tourism and Development in Chi Phat, Cambodia
7. Consumption and Global Growth: How Much Does Population Contribute to Carbon Emissions?
8. Life on the Edge: Climate Change and Reproductive Health in the Philippines
9. World Population Day 2011: The Year of Seven Billion
10. Eye on Environmental Security: UN Security Council Debates Climate Change -
Top 10 Posts for June 2011
›Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen joined his former staffers (see “In Search of a New Security Narrative“) on the New Security Beat top 10 list last month after speaking at the Wilson Center in the inaugural Lee Hamilton lecture. Richard Cincotta’s look at Tunisia’s demographics also remained popular, joined by several posts on climate, security, and development, including ECSP’s “Yemen Beyond the Headlines” event.
1. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation at the Wilson Center
2. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
3. Connections Between Climate and Stability: Lessons From Asia and Africa
4. Admiral Mullen: “Security Means More Than Defense,” Inaugural Lee Hamilton Lecture at the Wilson Center
5. Climate Adaptation, Development, and Peacebuilding in Fragile States: Finding the Triple-Bottom Line
6. One in Three People Will Live in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2100, Says UN
7. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
8. Eye on Environmental Security: Where Does It Hurt? Climate Vulnerability Index, Momentum Magazine
9. Helping Hands: An Integrated Approach to Development
10. Yemen Beyond the Headlines: Losing the Battle to Balance Water Supply and Population Growth -
Save the Date: “Maternal Health Challenges in Kenya: What Research Evidence Shows”
›June 8, 2011 // By Ramona GodboleThe Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative, Africa Program, and Environmental Change and Security Program, in coordination with the Maternal Health Task Force and UNFPA, invite you to a livestreamed discussion of:
Maternal Health Challenges in Kenya: What Research Evidence Shows
Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Please RSVP to globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is traveling to Nairobi to co-host a two-day workshop on July 12-13 with Kenyan policymakers, community health workers, program managers, media, and donors who will discuss Kenya’s maternal health challenges and identify solutions for moving the maternal health agenda forward.Concurrent with the event in Kenya, the Wilson Center will also be holding a meeting with participants livestreaming in from the Nairobi workshop to present new research and highlight lessons learned from the in-country event. Washington-based participants will also have the unique opportunity to interact with the Nairobi workshop and provide feedback to policymakers via live video conference. A full agenda will follow shortly.
About the 2011 Maternal Health Policy Series
As one of the few forums dedicated to maternal health, the Woodrow Wilson Center’s 2011 Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health series brings together senior-level policymakers, academic researchers, media, and civil servants from the U.S. government and foreign consuls to identify challenges and discuss strategies for advancing the maternal health agenda.
In order to promote greater voices from the field, the 2011 dialogue is partnering with the African Population Health Research Center in Kenya to co-host a two-part dialogue series with local, regional, and national decision-makers on effective maternal health policies and programs. These in-country dialogue meetings will create a platform for field workers, policymakers, program managers, media, and donors to share research, disseminate lessons learned, and address concerns related to policy, institutional, and organizational capacity building.
The Wilson Center’s Global Health Initiative is pleased to present this series with its co-conveners, the Maternal Health Task Force and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and is grateful to USAID’s Bureau for Global Health for further technical assistance.
Photo Credit: Mother and Child, courtesy of flickr user The.Rohit. -
Top 10 Posts for May 2011
›Climate vulnerability, water access, the role of family planning in U.S. foreign policy, and the UN’s latest population projections joined the top ten list last month, while Captain Wayne Porter and Colonel Mark Mykleby’s new national strategic narrative, Tunisia’s demography, and India’s Maoists remained popular.
1. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation at the Wilson Center
2. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
3. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
4. Eye on Environmental Security: Where Does It Hurt? Climate Vulnerability Index, Momentum Magazine
5. Population and Environment Connections: The Role of Family Planning in U.S. Foreign Policy
6. Guest Contributor Paul Rushton: Environmental Action Plans in Darfur: Improving Resilience, Reducing Vulnerability
7. Ten Billion: UN Updates Population Projections, Assumptions on Peak Growth Shattered
8. Family Planning as a Strategic Focus of U.S. Foreign Policy
9. Population Growth and Climate Change Threaten Urban Freshwater Provision
10. The Walk to Water in Conflict-Affected Areas -
Top 10 Posts for April 2011
›The launch of the “Mr. Y” national security narrative here at the Wilson Center topped the list of most popular stories last month, but IFAD’s latest rural poverty report, two interview features on population and development, and Richard Cincotta’s predictions on Tunisia also made the top 10.
1. In Search of a New Security Narrative: The National Conversation at the Wilson Center
2. Rural Poverty: The Bottom One Billion
3. Watch: Roger-Mark De Souza on the Scaling Advantages of Population, Health, and Environment Integration
4. Watch: David Lopez Carr and Liza Grandia on Rural Population Growth and Development in Guatemala
5. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency6. Managing the Mekong: Conflict or Compromise?
7. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
8. What “Lost” Cultures Can Contribute to Management of Our Planet
9. Dot-Mom: Innovations From Development to Delivery: Working With the Private Sector to Improve Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
10. Tunisia Predicted: Demography and the Probability of Liberal Democracy in the Greater Middle East -
Top 10 Posts for March 2011
›South Asia – from the Mekong to India’s Maoists – was popular last month, along with continuing interest in Tunisia’s demography, the recent rise in staple food prices, and ECSP’s on-the-ground reporting from Ethiopia:
1. Managing the Mekong: Conflict or Compromise?
2. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
3. Eye on Environmental Security: Mapping the Hot Spots of the 2010/11 Food Crisis
4. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
5. From Ethiopia: The Continuing Challenges of Integrated Development6. Carrying Capacity: Should We Be Aiming to Survive or Flourish?
7. Congressional Report: Avoiding “Water Wars” in Central and South Asia; Scarcity and Stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan
8. DRC’s Conflict Minerals: Can U.S. Law Impact the Violence?
9. Dot-Mom: Celebrating Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things to Improve Gender Equality and Maternal Health Worldwide
10. Guest Contributor Frederick M. Burkle: Reading the QDDR; Civil-Military Interface Still Lacks Operational Clarity -
Top 10 Posts for February 2011
›Continuing turmoil in the Middle East helped keep Richard Cincotta’s political-demographic analysis on Tunisia’s chances of achieving democracy at the top this month, with Bryan McDonald’s piece on food price shocks, comments from demographers on “the age of revolution,” and a look at Pew’s latest iteration of its report on Muslim population growth following close behind:
1. Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy: What Demographics and Recent History Tell Us
2. Guest Contributor Bryan McDonald: Food Price Shocks and Instability Highlight Weaknesses in Governance and Markets
3. The Age of Revolution? Demography Experts Comment on Tunisia’s Shot at Democracy
4. Eye on Environmental Security: Mapping Muslim Population Growth
5. Book Preview: The Future Faces of War: Population and National Security6. Book Preview: Environmental Politics: Scale and Power, Shannon O’Lear, University of Kansas
7. Quantifying the Integration of Population, Health, and Environment in Development: When the Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts
8. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
9. Climate-Induced Migration: Catastrophe or Adaptation Strategy?
10. Guest Contributor Richard A. Matthew: Reading the QDDR: Civilian Power in a Complex, Uncertain World
