In eastern Libya, controlled by a shifting conglomerate of armed groups for more than a decade, critical environmental infrastructure has fallen into disrepair...
WATCH: The aim of the session was to discuss the work of civil society actors carrying out conflict prevention and environmental protection activities in the...
WATCH: In this interview, Francesco Femia, Co-Founder and President at the Center for Climate and Security, argues that we should be concerned about price...
In Tunisia, food price inflation and declining living standards - exacerbated by strong volatility in international food prices - contributed to strong...
This case study explores the ways in which soaring global food prices have interacted with other risk factors in the MENA region to create conditions ripe for...
WATCH: The direct causes of the civil war in Syria relate to popular discontent with the government. Yet the mishandling of a major drought in the preceding...
As world commodity prices rose in 2007 and 2010, Egypt experienced significant food price increases, followed by strikes and protests. Beyond the food crisis...
WATCH: Unconventional gas provides a rapidly increasing new source of energy for the U.S. But what are the geopolitical implications of the U.S. ‘shale gas...
Lebanon is highly dependent on food imports and thus has to cope with the volatility of global food prices. Whereas price-related food riots in 1987 led to...
In 2007-2008 and 2011-2012, Morocco experienced protests, which a number of the media reported as “bread riots”. However, even though Morocco is highly...
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