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Top 10 Posts for December 2010
›Pop Audios from Roger-Mark De Souza and John Bongaarts, water conflict on the Mekong river, a take on Restrepo from one of this summer’s West Pointers, and demographic security on the Hill topped the list last month:
1. Pop Audio: From Cancun: Roger-Mark De Souza on Women and Integrated Climate Adaptation Strategies
2. Managing the Mekong: Conflict or Compromise?
3. Pop Audio: John Bongaarts on the Impacts of Demographic Change in the Developing World
4. Restrepo: Inside Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley
5. Demographic Security Comes to the Hill
6. The Future of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Tentative Fertility Decline
7. On the Beat: Where Have all the Malthusians Gone?
8. Bringing Cambodia Back from the Brink: Audio Interview with Suwanna Gauntlett
9. COP-16 Cancun Coverage Wrap-up: An Integrated Climate Dialogue
10. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency -
Top 10 Posts for November 2010
›Matthew Erdman’s report on PHE programing in Madagascar, Jennifer Sciubba’s response to the “aging” media blitz, a series on Nigeria’s cloudy future, and John Bongaart’s Pop Audio topped the list last month:
1. The Beat on the Ground: Toliara, Madagascar
Matthew Erdman Reports on Blue Ventures’ Integrated PHE Initiative
2. On the Beat: Where Have all the Malthusians Gone?
3. Nigeria’s Future Clouded by Oil, Climate Change, and Scarcity: Part One, The Delta
4. Pop Audio: John Bongaarts on the Impacts of Demographic Change in the Developing World
5. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
6. Guest Contributor Kavita Ramdas: What’s Good for Women Is Good for the Planet
7. Restrepo: Inside Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley
8. DRC’s Conflict Minerals: Can U.S. Law Impact the Violence?
9. Nigeria’s Future Clouded by Oil, Climate Change, and Scarcity: Part Two, The Sahel
10. The Ultimate Weapon Is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace -
ECSP Seeking Interns for Spring 2011
›November 23, 2010 // By Wilson Center StaffApply today by sending cover letter, resume, and writing sample to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org.
The Environmental Change and Security Program is seeking interns to:- Write for our award-winning blog
- Network with leading experts in the environment, population, and security fields
- Work closely with the friendly, dynamic “Green Team” to explore new media while seeking a sustainable future
Assignments may include:- Drafting posts for The New Security Beat and ECSP’s website
- Assisting with events and conferences
- Researching environment, population, and security information
- Assisting the preparation of publications and/or outreach materials
- Updating contact databases
- Performing administrative assignments in support of ECSP activities
Potential interns should be students and/or recent graduates with an interest in, coursework related to, and/or experience working on environmental and human security.
In addition, applicants should:- Possess strong research, writing, and/or administrative skills
- Be detail-oriented
- Be able to work both independently and as part of a group
- Be enrolled in a degree program, recently graduated (within the last year), and/or have been accepted to enter an advanced degree program within the next year
How to Apply
To apply, please submit a resume, cover letter, and short writing sample (between two and five pages in length). Please indicate in your cover letter whether you are applying for a paid or unpaid internship.
Please submit application via e-mail to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with “Spring 2011 Internship” in the subject line.
The deadline is rolling. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Due to the high volume of resumes ECSP receives, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. -
Top 10 Posts for October 2010
›Nathan Yaffe and Laura Dismore’s post on a Ethiopian land-grab case study, Marc Levy’s response to Halvard Buhaug, and India and China’s thirst for resources topped the list last month:
1. The Beat on the Ground: Ethiopian Case Study Illustrates Shortcomings of “Land Grab” Debate
2. On the Beat: Climate-Security Linkages Lost in Translation
3. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
4. U.S. v. China: The Global Battle for Hearts, Minds, and Resources
5. VIDEO: Peter Gleick on Peak Water
6. Brian O’Neill: Population Is Neither a Silver Bullet Nor a Red Herring in Climate Problem
7. DRC’s Conflict Minerals: Can U.S. Law Impact the Violence?
8. On the Beat: New Study Finds Lower Population Growth Could Cut Carbon Emissions, Lead Author Presents at SEJ 2010
9. Latin America’s Future: Emerging Trends in Economic Growth and Environmental Protection
10. Welcome Back, Roger-Mark: A Powerful Voice Returns to PHE -
Top 10 Posts for September 2010
›Marc Levy’s response to Halvard Buhaug’s paper on climate-security linkages, a critique of the World Bank’s latest report on land grabs, and resource conflicts top the list this month:
1. On the Beat: Climate-Security Linkages Lost in Translation
2. New World Bank Report on Land Grabs Is a Dud
3. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
4. U.S. v. China: The Global Battle for Hearts, Minds, and Resources
5. DRC’s Conflict Minerals: Can U.S. Law Impact the Violence?
6. Historic Floods Plague Pakistan
7. Iraq at the Crossroads: Water, Power, Trash, and Security: Interview with Iraq’s First Minister of the Environment Mishkat Al Moumin
8. UK Royal Society: Call for Submissions “People and the Planet” Study To Examine Population, Environment, Development Links
9. Demographics, Depleted Resources, and Al Qaeda Inflame Tensions in Yemen
10. Guest Contributor Serge Dedina: Environmental Security Along the U.S.-Mexico Border -
Apply Today: Deadline Approaching for Wilson Center Fellowship Applications
›September 27, 2010 // By Wilson Center StaffThe Woodrow Wilson Center awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illuminate policy issues of contemporary importance.
Fellowship applications must be postmarked or submitted online by October 1. Applicants are notified of the results of the selection process in March of the following year.
For more information, please see the full application announcement here. -
Top 10 Posts for August 2010
›The Royal Society’s call for submissions, USAID’s summer seminar series, and coverage of Pakistan’s historic floods top the list this month:
1. UK Royal Society: Call for Submissions “People and the Planet” Study To Examine Population, Environment, Development Links
2. “There is no choice”: Climate, Health, Water, Food Security Must Be Integrated, Say Experts
3. Historic Floods Plague Pakistan
4. Restrepo: Inside Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley
5. Seven Billion and Counting: Population Reference Bureau Releases New Projections
6. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
7. Interview with Maria Ivanova, Wilson Center Scholar: Engaging Civil Society in Global Environmental Governance
8. Eye on Environmental Security: Floods, Fire, Landslides, and Drought: The Guardian’s “Weather Crisis 2010”
9. Guest Contributor Jennifer Sciubba, Mellon Environmental Fellow at Rhodes College: Misguided Projections for Africa’s Fertility
10. DRC’s Conflict Minerals: Can U.S. Law Impact the Violence? -
Top 10 Posts for July 2010
›The new conflict minerals law, Yemen, and the “4 Degree” map top the list this month:
1. DRC’s Conflict Minerals: Can U.S. Law Impact the Violence?
2. Demographics, Depleted Resources, and Al Qaeda Inflame Tensions in Yemen
3. Eye on Environmental Security: Guest Contributor Rear Admiral Morisetti Launches the UK’s “4 Degree Map” on Google Earth
4. Time to Give a Dam: Alternative Energy as Source of Cooperation or Conflict?
5. Copper in Afghanistan: Chinese Investment In Aynak
6. India’s Maoists: South Asia’s “Other” Insurgency
7. A Backdraft Video: Stacy VanDeveer: Will Using Less Oil Affect Petro State Stability?
8. VIDEO: Peter Gleick on Peak Water
9. Is the Third Pole the Next Site for Water Crisis?
10. Interview: Educate Girls, Boys, To Meet the Population Challenge, Say Pakistan’s Leading Demographers