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  • The Changing Geopolitics of Critical Minerals and the Future of the Clean Energy Transition

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    From the Wilson Center  //  March 16, 2023  //  By Claire Doyle

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    At a recent Wilson Center event on the shifting geopolitics of critical minerals, Cory Combs, Associate Director at Beijing-based Trivium China, noted that “the nature of global resource competition is changing—and quite rapidly.”

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  • More EU in the Arctic and More Arctic in the EU?

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    Guest Contributor  //  Navigating the Poles  //  February 7, 2022  //  By Romain Chuffart & Andreas Raspotnik
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    The Arctic is ground zero for climate change. Warming in the region is occurring at three times the rate of the global average and September Arctic sea-ice is now declining at a rate of 13 percent per decade. However, the reverse is also true. The complex changes taking place in the Arctic are having profound effects on the rest of the world, and major economies are taking note. 

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  • Merging the Environmental and Security Sectors in Climate Risk Responses

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    Guest Contributor  //  Q&A  //  January 3, 2022  //  By Alexis Eberlein
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    Environmental security notions have evolved over the past 30 years. Once a sub-field of Security and Peace Studies focusing on how environmental issues correlate with modern security theories and policies, the concept is rapidly merging environmental and security sectors. Former Greek Naval Officer in the Hellenic Navy and current environmental security scholar Dimitrios Kantemnidis’ expertise sits at the center of the two merging fields. His military background informs perspectives on growing environmental security risks and potential responses for civilian and military actors.

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  • Climate Superpowers Could Alter Foreign Policy Landscape

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    From the Wilson Center  //  October 21, 2020  //  By Amanda King & Cindy Zhou
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    “Climate change has the potential to be a very important confidence-building measure between the United States and China,” said Sharon Burke, Senior Advisor of the International Security Program and Resource Security Program at New America. “Because no matter what else is happening in our relationship, we can succeed together on climate change.” She spoke at the launch for a project co-led by the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change & Security Program and adelphi, “21st Century Diplomacy: Foreign Policy is Climate Policy.” Hosted as part of the Berlin Climate and Security Conference, the discussion focused on the “climate superpowers” section of the project.

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  • Europe Takes the Lead in Climate, Energy, and Security

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    Guest Contributor  //  August 8, 2018  //  By Zoe Dutton
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    With the tumultuous NATO summit and a simmering trade war dominating stateside headlines last month, the European Union’s progress on climate-security connections has received little attention. After the U.S. government rolled back its significant efforts in early 2017, the EU and its leading members—particularly Sweden and Germany—picked up the ball. Three significant events herald what could be the start of a new era of climate-security policymaking—one under European leadership.

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  • In Kosovo, Post-War Water Faults Show Challenge of Balancing Political With Technical

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    Guest Contributor  //  September 1, 2016  //  By Florian Krampe
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    Rivers have shaped the Western Balkan Peninsula’s characteristic landscape and played an important role in its history. Following the violence of the Yugoslav secession wars in the 1990s and the creation of six new nations, the number of transboundary river basins doubled from 6 to 13. In Kosovo, where independence remains a question, the water sector is a microcosm of tensions between ethnic Serbs and Albanians. The challenge of water resource management exists not only over the province’s contested national boundaries with Serbia, but between divided ethnic groups within the territory.

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  • Why East Africa’s Refugee Crises Can No Longer Be Ignored

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    From the Wilson Center  //  June 20, 2016  //  By Evie Kirschke-Schwartz
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    Citing security concerns, the government of Kenya recently announced their intent to close the world’s largest refugee complex, Dadaab, after almost 25 years. [Video Below]

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  • El Niño Affects Food for 80 Million, “Paradigm Shift” Needed in Disaster Risk Assessment

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    Reading Radar  //  June 9, 2016  //  By Schuyler Null

    EU-report2A report by the European Union on global food security finds 240 million people are in food stress thanks to conflict, refugee situations, flooding, drought, and El Niño. Part of a 2012 commitment by the EU to better target the root causes of food insecurity, the report analyzes the hunger situation in 70 countries and provides deeper analysis for 20.

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