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Ashley Moran Discusses a New Climate Dashboard Mapping Tool
The CCAPS program and Development Gateway recently launched a dashboard enabling users to analyze where and how climate-related events could disrupt Africa’s security and development. In this post on The First Tranche blog, Ashley Moran demonstrates how users can use this innovative dashboard tool to analyze and forecast climate security risks in Africa in a new,…
The Technology Behind the New CCAPS Climate Change Dashboard
In a recent post on the AidData blog entitled The First Tranche, Diego Dimunzio, Gabriel Inchauspe, and Josh Powell of Development Gateway discuss the technology behind the new CCAPS climate dashboard.
Joshua Busby Discusses Shortfalls Within Hsiang, Burke, and Miguel Study
On the Duck of Minerva blog, CCAPS researcher Joshua Busby discusses some of the shortfalls of a recent study by Solomon Hsiang, Marshall Burke, and Edward Miguel. In his blog post, Dr. Busby stresses the importance of factors other than fixed effects when assessing how climate change affects conflict.
Joshua Busby Responds to New Study on Climate Change and Conflict
In his recent article for New Security Beat, CCAPS researcher Joshua Busby discusses a new study by Solomon Hsiang, Marshall Burke, and Edward Miguel that looks at the relationship between climate extremes and conflict throughout history. The article, which can be found here, evaluates the claims of the authors while acknowledging the need for more…
Strauss Center Director Frank Gavin Transitions to MIT, UT Law School’s Bobby Chesney Appointed New Director
AUSTIN, TX ““ The Director of the Robert S. Strauss Center, Dr. Francis J. Gavin, will be leaving the Center and the University of Texas this January to accept a position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Security Studies Program as the inaugural Frank Stanton Chair in Nuclear Security Policy. He will maintain his current…
Matt Fajkus Wins Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award
Matt Fajkus, Next Generation Project Texas Fellow and Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, recently won the prestigious Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award for 2013.
New CCAPS Dashboard Featured in Homeland Security Today.
In this article, Homeland Security Today discusses the release of the new CCAPS dashboard that explores climate security vulnerability.
New Dashboard Explores Climate Security Vulnerability in Africa
The Strauss Center’s Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program today released the new CCAPS climate dashboard, an online platform that displays data on physical, socio-economic, demographic, and political insecurities to assess how these factors contribute to “climate security” vulnerability in Africa.
Director’s Book Reviewed on H-Diplo
Strauss Center Director Dr. Francis Gavin had his most recently published book, Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America’s Atomic Age, reviewed on H-Diplo by a number of leading scholars. H-Diplo is a prominent online journal focusing on issues of diplomacy, national security, and international history. The series of articles, including Gavin’s response, can be found…
