“Tinderbox of Youth”, and a lot of mouths to feed.
From part 2 of a 7-part series from the LA Times. About 80% of the world’s civil conflicts since the 1970s have occurred in countries with young, fast-growing populations, known […]
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Food Crisis in the Sahel
From the CFR’s “Democracy in Development” blog. A massive food crisis is brewing in Africa’s Sahel. Already, some 18 million people in the Sahel region are confronting a severe food […]
“Kurdistan’s Oil Policy And Iraq’s Disputed Territories”
from Musings on Iraq. Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been following its own independent oil policy. Part of that has included […]
“The Food Crises”
Found this on the Ricks blog. A guy from NECSI came up with a quantitative model that seems to predict global food prices and knock-on social effects. He places blame primarily […]
“The Frequency of Wars”
from a post at ScienceDaily. “We may think the world enjoyed periods of relative freedom from war between the Cold War and 9/11 but [new research] shows that the […]
“A G-Zero World”
A G-Zero World, by Ian Bremmer at Foreign Affairs. In the wake of the financial crisis, the United States is no longer the leader of the global economy, and no […]
