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China/India: India Takes Tough Stance With China on Kashmir
Sep 18, 2014
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Gardiner Harris, The New York Times
NEW DELHI — Smiles rarely left the faces of the top leaders of India and China here on Thursday, but India’s new prime minister sent…
Myanmar: Conservation Minister Admits Govt Has Failed to Stop Illegal Logging
Sep 18, 2014
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Eleven Myanmar
The Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry is unable to control the illegal timber trade despite the export ban on raw logs imposed on April…
Climate Cast: Is Climate Change Destabilizing Iraq?
Sep 17, 2014
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Minnesota Public Radio News
The link between what we see as news events and climate change is often obscure. Does a particular extreme weather event, flood, or drought have it’s…
Iraq: Here's How ISIS Is Wrecking Iraq's Oil Industry
Sep 17, 2014
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Armin Rosen, Business Insider
The Islamic State has taken over several oil-producing areas in Iraq and Syria, raising fears that the group could leverage its hydrocarbon wealth to the…
Iraq: Iraq's Oil Output Revival at Stake for Want of Water
Sep 17, 2014
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Rania El Gamal, Reuters
DUBAI - A lack of water threatens Iraq's plans to raise its oil output, boost its stumbling economy and become a leading producer in the…
China/South China Sea: China’s New Cruise to the Paracels: When Business is not just Business
Sep 17, 2014
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Hoang Do, International Policy Digest
On September 2, China opened a new cruise route from Hainan province, transferring over 200 passengers to the Paracel Island. The state-owned Xinhua implied that…
Myanmar: Govt Says Tasang Dam Will Benefit Burma
Sep 17, 2014
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Paing Soe, Democratic Voice of Burma
Deputy Minister of Electric Power Maung Thar Thwe fielded questions about the controversial Tasang hydropower project during a lower house parliamentary session on Tuesday, assuring…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Heads To Asia — And China Reportedly Wants A Bunch
Sep 17, 2014
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Ron Bousso, Jonathan Saul, and David Sheppard, Reuters, Business Insider
At least 3 million barrels of Iraqi Kurdish oil are on ships heading to Asia, with trade sources naming China as a possible destination as…
Western Sahara: Battle for Oil Fuels Africa’s Lengthy Conflict
Sep 17, 2014
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Javier Blas, The Financial Times
When the drillship Atwood Achiever begins the search for oil off the coast of Western Sahara later this year, it will not only test geology,…
Canada to Vote on Conflict Minerals Legislation, Should Join Support for Mining Reforms and Livelihood Projects in Congo
Sep 16, 2014
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Enough Project
On September 24th, the Canadian House of Commons will hold a Second Reading vote on Bill C-486: The Conflict Minerals Act. The passage of C-486…
Iraq/Kurdistan: New Twist in Legal Tussle Over Oil Between Kurds and Iraq
Sep 16, 2014
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Anthony McAuley, The National
The international legal tussle between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over ownership of oil produced in the Kurdish north has…
South Sudan: South Sudan Gets $250 Million From Qatar Bank as Oil Output Cut
Sep 16, 2014
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Mading Ngor, Bloomberg
South Sudan is using a $250-million Qatar National Bank credit line to fund food and fuel purchases after civil war cut crude output, a key…
Africa: Tracing the Oil Money
Sep 16, 2014
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AllAfrica
From 2011 to 2013, the governments of [ten oil-producing African countries] sold over 2.3 billion barrels of oil. These sales, worth more than $250 billion,…
China/India: India Says to Defend China Border After Standoff Ahead of Xi Visit
Sep 16, 2014
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Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters
India said on Tuesday it would firmly defend its 3,500-km-long border with China after domestic media reported a new face-off on the disputed frontier, just…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone News: Five Mining Companies Still in Operation
Sep 16, 2014
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Abibatu Kamara, Awoko
Despite the weak market conditions in the country, only five mining companies: African Minerals Limited, London Mining, OCTEA, Sierra Rutile and Sierra Minerals are continuing…
Food Security: Hunger is Falling, but Climate and Conflict Threaten Progress: Report
Sep 16, 2014
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Chris Arsenault, Reuters
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Land redistribution in Brazil, community gardens in Indonesia, and rising incomes across much of the developing world have helped end…
China/India/Kashmir: India and China Step Back From Standoff in Kashmir
Sep 16, 2014
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Hari Kumar, The New York Times
NEW DELHI — India and China have agreed to defuse the nearly three-week-old standoff between troops in the disputed border region of Ladakh, Kashmir, the…
Africa: First Volume of the New Climate Diplomacy Book Series Released
Sep 16, 2014
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adelphi
The new edited volume “Conflict-sensitive adaptation to climate change in Africa” presents solutions for climate adaptation that specifically consider the conflict potential arising from the…
Environmental Peacebuilding Logo Design Contest
Sep 15, 2014
The Environmental Law Institute, United Nations Environment Programme, McGill University, and the University of Tokyo announce a public competition to design a logo for the…
Dodd-Frank's Collateral Damage in Africa
Sep 15, 2014
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Wall Street Journal
Reminiscent of the racially discriminatory practice of "redlining" neighborhoods, a little-known measure in the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, designed to stop the trafficking of "conflict minerals"…
Asia-Pacific: Military Conference: Cooperation Needed to Combat Non-Traditional Risks
Sep 15, 2014
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Dhaka Tribune
Top-level land forces military officials yesterday sought cooperation from different nations for combating non-traditional threats and challenges, saying no single nation now was able to…
China/ South China Sea:China Discovers Major Gas Field in South China Sea
Sep 15, 2014
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China Central Television
China has discovered a major natural gas field in the South China Sea. It is the country’s first independent deep-sea discovery. CCTV reporter Han Peng…
Iraq/ Syria: Islamic State Fighters Drawing on Oil Assets for Funding and Fuel
Sep 15, 2014
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The Washington Post
Oil has helped fund and fuel the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, with small amounts coming from fields in northern Iraq and being smuggled…
Iraq: Islamic State Bombs Baiji Oil Refinery in Iraq
Sep 15, 2014
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Hydrocarbon Processing
Islamic State militants set fire to an oil storage tank at Iraq’s largest refinery as the US prepares to escalate the campaign against the extremist…
Iraq/ Syria: EU Members Purchased Oil from ISIL
Sep 15, 2014
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Press TV
A senior European Union official has revealed that some EU member states have purchased oil from ISIL Takfiri militants despite their rhetoric against the group.
In…
Iraq: Oil Pipeline Sabotaged in Diwaniya
Sep 15, 2014
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Iraq Business News
An oil pipeline passing through the governorate of Diwaniya has reportedly been sabotaged by an explosion, the first event of its kind in the province.
Aswat…
Myanmar: Twenty-One More Farmers Falsely Convicted for Pursuing Their Land Rights
Sep 15, 2014
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Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that twenty-one more farmers from Kanbalu Township have been convicted regarding an attempt to defend…
Conflict Minerals: SEC Official Offers Three Pointers on Issuers’ Conflict Mineral Disclosures
Sep 15, 2014
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Yin Wilczek, Bureau of National Affairs
After staff review of issuers' inaugural conflict mineral disclosures, Keith Higgins, the director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance, Sept. 12…
United States: Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies/Geography
Sep 14, 2014
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Colgate University
Colgate University's Peace and Conflict Studies Program (P- Con) and Department of Geography invite applications for a jointly appointed tenure-track assistant professorship in Peace and…
Call for Submissions: Warfare, Environment, Social Inequality and Peace Studies (WESIPS) Conference
Sep 14, 2014
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Winthrop University & James Madison University
Organizers
Dr. Richard J. Chacon (Winthrop University)
Dr. Yamilette Chacon (James Madison University)
Conference Homepage
When: May 29-30, 2015
Where: The Center for Cross-Cultural Study (Spanish Studies Abroad) in Seville,…