2016 – Page 4 – CESRAN International

Russia: A Global Energy Powerhouse that’s much more than a Petro-state

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

Russia is not what you think. Most discussion about its energy influence has focused on oil and gas, particularly gas. Russia can be described, and is routinely described, as a...

Africa

Why Urban Agriculture isn’t a Panacea for Africa’s Food Crisis

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

Gareth Haysom, University of Cape Town and Jane Battersby, University of Cape Town Urban agriculture is widely promoted as the solution to the growing problem of urban food insecurity in South Africa...

Americas CESRAN Blog

President Trump’s foreign policy dystopia

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

After over three decades of living in the United States, one thing that I have learned is never to assume that I understand American domestic politics. Every time I think...

CESRAN Blog Defense & Security Europe

Brussels attacks: why do family members commit terrorism together?

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

It appears to be increasingly common that terrorist attacks not of the lone-wolf variety involve members of the same family. Some of them, like the San Bernardino attack last December,...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

Georgia: Project Aims to Boost Orthodox Church’s Support for EU Integration

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

Many proponents of European Union integration tend to see the Georgian Orthodox Church as an obstacle on Georgia’s path to Brussels. But a new initiative in Tbilisi aims to make...

CESRAN Blog Energy & Environment

Will a 2 Celsius Warming Prove Dangerous? Ocean Circulation Models Say Yes

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

Studying climate is not something we invented in the 20th and 21st century. Humans have been observing environmental change associated with climate since the early 19th century when scientists first...

CESRAN Blog Middle East

Iraq Analysis: Prime Minister Caught Between Status Quo & A Cleric

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

In Iraq, the menace of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement, has reared its head again, posing serious challenges to Prime Minister Abadi and his plans...

Americas CESRAN Blog

The Art of the Deal? More of the Same!

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

“There are among us today, as there always have been, those who act against the scheme of things that degrades them, and in the process of action everything we have...

CESRAN Blog

World Social Justice Day – 20 February

CESRAN Int.21 February 2016

In February 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared 20 February “World Social Justice Day”. The concept of social justice can be traced to ancient religions and philosophies East and...

Politics

Non-human Democracy: Putting Inspirations, Lessons and Analogies to Work

CESRAN Int.21 February 20167 May 2016

This is the final part of a three-part essay. Part one asks why democratic research has all but ignored non-human species. Part two argues that our all-too-human conception of democracy...

Politics

Non-human Democracy: In the Anthropocene, It cannot be All About Us

CESRAN Int.21 February 20167 May 2016

This is part two of a three-part essay. Part one asks why democratic research has all but ignored non-human species, and considers how much we might gain from them in...

Politics

Non-human Democracy: Our Political Vocabulary has No Room for Animals

CESRAN Int.21 February 20167 May 2016

This is part one of a three-part essay that proposes a way of thinking about democracy that’s seldom, if ever, used. Despite the popularity in other disciplines of inter-species thinking,...

CESRAN Blog Energy & Environment

If We Are not Going to Burn Coal is There Another Reason to Mine It?

CESRAN Int.21 February 2016

According to a team of researchers from Penn State University, there are rare-earth elements to be found in coal seams. This has been known for awhile but extracting them was...

CESRAN Blog Defense & Security

Repairing the Policy-Making Processes of the United States: The First Step in Improving Its Defense

CESRAN Int.13 February 2016

Former US Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Robert Gates explained on the January 21, 2016 Business Insider website that our military’s biggest weakness is sequestration, compounded by unpredictability in the...

CESRAN Blog

CESRAN International is ranked among the world’s “Best Independent Think Tanks” and “Top Environment Policy Think Tanks”

CESRAN Int.31 January 201631 January 2016

CESRAN International is ranked among the world's "Best Independent Think Tanks" and "Top Environment Policy Think Tanks" by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania....