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    The food crises and political instability in North Africa and the Middle East

    New England Complex Systems Institute, 2011
    It is noticeable that despite the many possible contributing factors, the timing of violent protests in North Africa and the Middle East in 2011 as well as earlier riots in 2008 coincides with large peaks in global food prices. This paper emphasises that riots and food prices are closely linked, identifying a specific food price threshold above which protests become likely.
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    New Tactics in Human Rights

    New Tactics in Human Rights is project of the Center for Victims of Torture. CVT's mission is to heal the wounds of torture, and to stop its practice worldwide.
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    Rethinking Climate Change as a Security Threat

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2011
    Once upon a time climate change was a strictly environment and development issue. Today it has become a matter of national and international security. Efforts to link climate change with violent conflict may not be based on solid evidence, but they have certainly captured the attention of governments.
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    Economics of the Arab awakening: from revolution to transformation and food security

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
    Few observers would have predicted the recent dramatic changes in the Arab world. This policy brief provides some insights into the potential role of economics in the ongoing uprisings. Findings contain:
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    Minority Islam in Muslim majority Bangladesh: the violent road to a new brand of secularism

    2011
    More than 85% of Bangladesh ’ s 150 million people are Muslims. Bangladesh earns its title as “ the third largest Muslim country of the world ” following Indonesia and Pakistan because of its enormous size of Muslim population. Their religion , Islam, is however becoming a “ minority” day by day.
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    Clico

    The CLICO project mobilizes 14 research teams and brings together for the first time some of the world's leading researchers in water resource, vulnerability, and peace and security studies.
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    The effects of a very young age structure in Yemen

    Population Action International, 2011
    Yemen has the most youthful age structure in the world outside of sub-Saharan Africa, with three-quarters of its population under the age of 30. It also has a very high fertility rate. Periodic terrorist attacks against foreign targets and its location as a base for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula have highlighted the geopolitical significance of this country.
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    Reform without ownership? Dilemmas in supporting security and justice sector reform in Honduras

    Fride, 2010
    The citizens of Honduras have been plagued with insecurity since the 2009 coup d’état which brought to the fore a sustained crisis of security and legitimacy making the political equilibrium very fragile.
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    Nepal’s political rites of passage

    International Crisis Group, 2010
    Nepal’s transition from war to peace seems to be chaotic and many have warned of impending anarchy entailing collapse of the social order and the fragmentation of the nation. This, however, is not the case because the transition, though messy and confusing, is not anarchic due to the existence of some form of order within the political change.
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    States of fragility: stabilisation and its implications for humanitarian action

    Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2010
    Stabilization includes a combination of military, humanitarian, political and economic activities to control, contain and manage areas affected by armed conflict and complex emergencies. This paper explores the evolution of international stabilization efforts and their significance for humanitarian action.

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