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Why Has Sea Level Rise Not Been Securitized by the PLA?
Jul 31, 2015
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Wilson VornDick
Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which is set to take place in Paris later this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang recently announced…
China/South China Sea: China Is Building a New South China Sea Fleet for its Maritime Militia
Jul 31, 2015
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Prashanth Parameswaran, The Diplomat
China is building a new South China Sea fishing fleet for its maritime militia in a move that could intensify regional disputes, an expert told…
Myanmar: Freeing of Chinese Loggers Riles Myanmar Citizens
Jul 31, 2015
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Tim McLaughlin and Hnin Yadana Zaw. Reuters
Myanmar's newspapers and social media users reacted with anger and disappointment on Friday to the government's decision to include 155 Chinese in a mass amnesty,…
China/Malaysia/South China Sea: How Worried Should Malaysia Be about the South China Sea Dispute?
Jul 30, 2015
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Arief Irsyad, Malaysian Digest
Just two days ago, China's navy carried out a 'live firing drill' in the South China Sea, supposedly in a bid to improve its maritime…
Conflict Minerals: Fair-Trade Thinking in Smartphone World
Jul 30, 2015
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Derek Scally, Irish Times
The Fairphone is about bringing fair-trade thinking to the smartphone world. The story began five years ago with a campaign to raise public awareness of…
Syria: Syrian Kurds Refine Oil for Themselves for First Time
Jul 30, 2015
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AFP
Smoke rises as crude oil is heated in Rmeilan oil field of Syria's Hasakeh province, where the Kurds, having fought off jihadists, are extracting and…
Liberia: Brown Debunks Global Witness 'Snake Oil' Report
Jul 30, 2015
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Wilfred Gortor, Liberia News Agency
Information Minister Lewis G. Brown has refuted reports by the advocacy group Global Witness that the Government of Liberia is involved in unwholesome acts such…
Myanmar: Myanmar Frees Loggers From China amid a Broader Amnesty
Jul 30, 2015
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Wai Moe
Days after a court in Myanmar sentenced more than 150 Chinese citizens to life in prison for illegal logging, resulting in objections from Beijing, the…
Thirsty Swiss Cows are Harbingers of (Water) War
Jul 30, 2015
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Mark Gilbert, Bloomberg View
A quarrel has broken out between Switzerland and France after the Swiss army was caught stealing water from a French lake. While Switzerland's aqua grab seems to…
Whatever Happened to the 5th Geneva Convention?
Jul 29, 2015
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Doug Weir
The acceptance that legal protection for the environment from the ravages of armed conflict needs improvement has a long history. During the last three decades,…
Turning the Climate-Security Problem on Its Head: Geoff Dabelko Talks G7 ‘Climate for Peace’ Report
Jul 29, 2015
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Linnea Bennett
Conversations around climate change often take place at the “30,000-foot level,” said Ohio University Professor and ECSP Senior Advisor Geoff Dabelko in a recent radio interview…
This Is What Could Start a War between India and China
Jul 29, 2015
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Palmo Tenzin
While everyone’s anxiously watching and analyzing the events unraveling in the South China Sea, there’s another resource conflict involving China that also deserves attention. In…
Turkey: Turkish Oil Pipeline from Iraq Bombed
Jul 29, 2015
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Daniel J. Graeber, United Press International
For the second consecutive day, pipelines running through southern Turkey have become the target of militant campaigns drawing attention from NATO. Turkish Energy Minister Taner…
Philippines/Mindanao: FAO Helps Farmers in Conflict-Torn Mindanao Catch Planting Season
Jul 29, 2015
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GMA News
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an assistance program to allow farmers in conflict-torn and disaster-hit Central Mindanao catch up with the first…
Sudan: Sudan Sees Hydropower Boost after Protests over Electricity Cuts
Jul 29, 2015
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Bassem Abo Alabass Mohamme, Bloomberg
Sudan plans to boost electricity output by about 15 percent with new hydropower equipment in the coming year as power cuts in the capital spur…
Sudan: Govt Signs Unprecedented Gold Exploration Agreement with Russia
Jul 29, 2015
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SudaNow
Sudan and Russia on Wednesday signed a gold exploration agreement, described by Khartoum as unprecedented. The agreement was signed at the Republican Palace, in the…
Arctic Diplomacy Requires Convergence of Military and Scientific Interests
Jul 28, 2015
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Saleem Ali
Scientists and the military have a long history of engagement but largely in a client-donor relationship. Yet, global environmental change is providing another opportunity for more “natural”…
Senior Communications Advisor
Jul 27, 2015
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Global Witness
Global Witness is seeking a dynamic and experienced communications professional to work on our conflict and fragile states campaign. This campaign covers our work on conflict minerals,…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: China's Maritime Actions a Cause for Global Concern
Jul 27, 2015
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Viet Nam News
China's construction of oil rigs and artificial islands in the East Sea were illegal, an international seminar was told in HCM City on Saturday. About…
Timor-Leste: Labor Backs Talks on New Maritime Boundary with East Timor
Jul 27, 2015
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Tom Allard, Sydney Morning Herald
A Labor government will enter into maritime boundary negotiations with East Timor, a move that would likely give the tiny half-island state a far greater share…
China/South China Sea: China Eyes New Cruise Link to Disputed South China Sea Islands
Jul 27, 2015
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Reuters
Chinese authorities plan to start a second cruise ship link to the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state media reported on Monday,…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Erbil-Baghdad Oil Relations Swing Between Deal, No Deal
Jul 27, 2015
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Mohammed A. Salih, Al Monitor
Encouraged by more international interest in purchasing its oil, coupled with the apparent failure of the federal Iraqi government to provide agreed-upon budget handouts, the autonomous…
Yemen: When War Creates Environmentalists
Jul 27, 2015
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Almigdad Mojalli, IRIN
As the war has intensified and fuel shortages have increased, a growing number of Yemenis are turning to solar power to see them through. Two…
Lebanon: Lebanese Seethe as Stinking Garbage Piles Grow in Beirut and Beyond
Jul 27, 2015
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Ben Hubbard, New York Times
Lebanon is suffering from a spreading garbage crisis that has left huge mounds of trash piling up across Beirut and elsewhere. Many Lebanese see it…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Chinese Ship Accused of Attacking Vietnamese Fishing Boats off Central Coast
Jul 25, 2015
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Hoang Trong, Thanh Nien News
Fisherfolk in Binh Dinh Province have said their boats were attacked by a Chinese ship while they were fishing in Vietnamese waters this week. Nguyen…
Uganda: Uganda's Farmers Battle Palm Oil Goliaths for Land
Jul 25, 2015
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Amy Fallon, AFP
Even before the bulldozers arrived life was tough for John Muyiisa, scratching a living from a rented farm on Lake Victoria's Kalangala island. Now he…
With China’s Oil Rig Back in the South China Sea, What’s Vietnam’s Play?
Jul 24, 2015
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Chau Bao Nguyen
The redeployment of a Chinese oil rig in the South China Sea (SCS) shows an inconsistency in the rhetoric and practice of China’s policy in…
Iraq: Iraq's Southern Oil Exports Head for Another Record in July
Jul 24, 2015
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Alex Lawlor, Reuters
Iraq's southern oil exports have risen above 3.0 million barrels per day (bpd) so far in July, according to loading data and an industry source,…
Myanmar: Farmers Right’s Activist Jailed
Jul 24, 2015
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Soe Ya, Democratic Voice of Burma
Farmer’s rights advocate Su Su Nway has been jailed in Pegu Division after being charged with trespassing. As leader of the Myanmar Farmers Union, Su Su…
China/Japan/East China Sea: China Answers Japan Oil Rig Concern with Joint-Development Offer
Jul 24, 2015
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Bloomberg
China repeated a call Friday for talks with Japan over joint development of gas and oil resources in contested waters in the East China Sea.…