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Lukas Rüttinger, A New Climate for Peace
Insurgency, Terrorism, and Organized Crime in a Warming Climate
›May 2, 2017 // By Wilson Center StaffTerrorist groups such as the Islamic State and Boko Haram have been dominating the headlines since 2013. Both groups have gained international notoriety for their ruthless brutality and their rise is posing new challenges for national, regional, and international security. Such non-state armed groups (NSAG) are not a new phenomenon. Today, however, we can observe an increasingly complex landscape of violent actors with a range of hybrid organizational structures and different agendas that set them apart from “traditional” non-state actors and result in new patterns of violence.
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Midwives’ Voices, Midwives’ Realities: Results From the First Global Midwifery Survey
›“Midwives play a vital role in the health care of mothers and babies,” said Samara Ferrara, a midwife from Mexico, at the Wilson Center on February 27. But in many parts of the world they face a confluence of stressors that make working conditions miserable: low and irregular pay; harassment and disrespect from both patients and doctors; and little supplies, training, or say in the policy dialogue about maternal health.
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Backdraft #4: Edward Carr on Climate Response, Motivations, and the Value of Ethnographic Research
›Unintended consequences from climate interventions are often the result of not understanding decision-making at a granular enough level, says Edward Carr in this week’s “Backdraft” episode.
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Are We Headed Toward “Recurring Storms” of Global Food Insecurity?
›February 27, 2017 // By Erica MartinIt’s often assumed that in the modern era, food security is an achievable goal. But between 2007 and 2008, a confluence of conditions shook the international food system to its core, fueling unrest and riots in more than 40 nations around the world. What’s more, this “perfect storm” may have been only a harbinger of challenges to come, according to a new report by Emmy Simmons of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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In Remembrance: Hans Rosling’s Incredible Presentations on Global Development Trends
›Hans Rosling, the Swedish statistician, global health advocate, and “edutainer,” passed away this week in Uppsala, according to his foundation, Gapminder.
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Paradox of Progress: National Intelligence Council Releases Global Trends Report
›January 11, 2017 // By Schuyler NullDo you experience information overload? Feel like there’s always another crisis to worry about? Sense a kind of chaos? Well, you may be a citizen of the early 21st century.
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Joyce Banda on Reaching Girls Before Age 10, Balancing Tradition With Change, and More
›If you really want to fight the patriarchy, if you want to make a difference in girls’ lives, you have to reach them when they are young, says Joyce Banda.
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Have China’s Missing Girls Actually Been There All Along?
›For the past two decades, scholars and policymakers have examined the phenomenon of China’s missing females and corresponding numbers of involuntary bachelors to better understand the causes and consequences of the state’s demographic plight. China has both a heavily skewed male to female sex ratio and faces a drastically shrinking population in coming years.
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