by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Sep 26, 2013 | Monitor
Natural resource scarcity will be a significant threat to national and global security in the coming decades, and is intricately linked with climate change. The WTO defines natural resources as “materials that exist in the natural environment that are both scarce and...
by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Sep 25, 2013 | Monitor
On September 16, Shamim Niazi wrote a guest post on Wilson Center’s New Security Beat blog on how to achieve peace in Afghanistan. In the post, Niazi argues that natural resource management is often a key in the peacebuilding process: In a poor country like...
by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Sep 23, 2013 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it …. 23 September 2013 Who Drives Electric Cars? Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal Electric cars still only make up a small percentage of U.S. vehicles, but their sales nearly tripled in 2012 and are likely to double...
by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Sep 16, 2013 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it …. 16 September 2013 Typhoon Pummels Japan, 260,000 Evacuate Denver Nicks / Time At least one person was killed and at least 260,000 were evacuated after a typhoon hit Japan on today. South Korean Workers Head Back to Kaesong...
by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Sep 16, 2013 | Monitor
On Tuesday, September 10, the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), with the Association of the United States Army and the U.S. Water Partnership hosted the first event of a year-long focus on water security and conflict prevention. The event brought together a range of...