Worldwatch Analysis
by Michael Renner on April 11, 2007 When the U.N. Security Council voiced "grave concern" over the fate of 15 British sailors held by Iran on 29 March 2007, it was front page news. But another Council meeting to be held on April 17 will be a far more momentous event.
by Michael Renner on January 9, 2007 Events in three conflict zones—Indonesia’s Aceh province, Sri Lanka, and Kashmir—all gave rise to hopes that post-disaster goodwill could assist in breaking conflict dynamics. But these three areas have followed very different post-disaster trajectories. What accounts for such dramatically different outcomes?
by Michael Renner on September 18, 2006
- Michael Renner and Zoë Chafe, “Hurricane Katrina in a Human Security Perspective,” World Watch, September/October 2006, pp. 18-22. (Purchase issue at www.worldwatch.org/taxonomy/term/41).
- Zoë Chafe, “Weather-Related Disasters Affect Millions,” in Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2006-2007. The Trends that Are Shaping Our Future (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., July 2007), pp. 44-45. (Purchase PDF, Excel, or Powerpoint files at www.worldwatch.org/node/4250. Print copy or PDF of entire publication at: www.worldwatch.org/node/4344.)
- Zoë Chafe, “Disappearing Mangroves Leave Coasts at Risk,” in Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2006-2007. The Trends that Are Shaping Our Future (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., July 2007), pp. 100-101. (Purchase PDF at www.worldwatch.org/node/4259. Print copy or PDF of entire publication at: www.worldwatch.org/node/4344.)
- Michael Renner, “Worldwatch First-Person: Reconciliation from Destruction in Aceh,” World Watch, May/June 2006, p. 2. (Free download at www.worldwatch.org/node/4063).
- Michael Renner, “Post-Tsunami Aceh: Is the World Watching?” Worldwatch Global Security Brief No. 9, February 13, 2006, www.worldwatch.org/node/3902.
- Michael Renner and Zoë Chafe, Web chat on “Disasters and Peacemaking: Helping Communities Heal,” February 2, 2006. Transcript at www.worldwatch.org/node/3916.
- Worldwatch Institute, “Rising Toll from Disasters Underscores Need for Humanitarian, Political Action,” Press Release, January 24, 2006, www.worldwatch.org/node/3895.
- Michael Renner and Zoë Chafe, “Turning Disasters into Peacemaking Opportunities,” Worldwatch Institute, State of the World 2006 (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., January 2006), pp. 115-133. [Link to: www.worldwatch.org/pubs/sow/2006/]
- Michael Renner, “Peacemaking in Kashmir: From Physical Tremor to Political Earthquake?” Worldwatch Global Security Brief No. 8, December 6, 2005, www.worldwatch.org/node/1059.
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