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CCAPS Publishes Working Paper on Spatial Vulnerability
The CCAPS program released a working paper by Dr. Ignatius A. Madu on the Spatial Vulnerability of Rural Households to Climate Change in Nigeria. Dr. Madu’s paper was produced as part of the CCAPS program’s Call for Papers on environmental security, which was open exclusively to scholars from and based in Africa.
Understanding How to Bolster the Security of Vulnerable Populations
In the summer issue of ArcUser, Esri writer Karen Richardson explores how CCAPS is using GIS to better learn how climate change, conflict, and aid intersect. Richardson’s article, Understanding How to Bolster the Security of Vulnerable Populations, provides an overview of CCAPS and how the collaborative research program’s mapping tool allows users to visualize data while…
Strauss Scholar Jeremi Suri on Public University Reform
Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs Jeremi Suri wrote for CNN last week on public universities.
Strauss Scholar Kuperman Quoted on Nuclear Nonproliferation
Professor Alan Kuperman, a Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar, was quoted in an article from the Global Security Newswire on Monday. The article responds to a new policy announced by the Obama administration last week that promotes the purchase of medical isotopes manufactured with proliferation-resistant nuclear material.
Director Francis J. Gavin in the Carnegie Reporter
Strauss Center Director Francis J. Gavin and Syracuse University’s James B. Steinberg were published in the Spring 2012 edition of the Carnegie Reporter. Their piece, “Mind the Gap; Why Policymakers And Scholars Ignore Each Other, And What Should Be Done About It,” addresses the important issue of connecting academic knowledge with the policymaking process.
Climate Will Pose Next Threat to Refugees from Fighting and Food Shortages in Mali
Joshua Busby notes in Lisa Friedman’s article in the Scientific American that the Sahel will have an additional 76 to 100 heat wave days by mid-century. According to Busby, “We’re going to start seeing physical changes outside the bounds of normal human experience in a region that has already experienced quite a lot of variance in…
Scholars Will Inboden and Josh Busby Featured in Foreign Affairs
Strauss Center Scholars Will Inboden, Josh Busby and their colleague Jonathan Monten, were featured on the homepage of Foreign Affairs today. The article, “American Foreign Policy is Already Post-Partisan,” highlights the scholars’ recently completed study on multilateralism among U.S. foreign policy professionals. They surveyed 50 Republicans and 50 Democrats who had served in a mid-level…
