This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled “Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and
Moving Forward,” which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6–8, 2020 …

In 1999, there were 27 major armed conflicts worldwide and 10 additional minor armed
conflicts. All but two were classified as civil wars (see Table 1), 1 but those in Africa usually …

Climate change is increasingly been called a 'security'problem, and there has been
speculation that climate change may increase the risk of violent conflict. This paper …

This thought-provoking but accessible book critically examines the dominant food regime on
its own terms, by seriously asking whether we can afford cheap food and by exploring what …

Much of the existing environmental security literature examines the causal linkages between
environmental scarcity and violent conflict. Such research is clearly useful for exploring the …

This book is concerned with the role and effectiveness of foreign aid in development. It is
part of a widespread and ongoing process of evaluations of past experience with foreign aid …

Some claim that the scarcity of natural resources, particularly renewable resources, is a
“causal mechanism” behind civil war. Recent work in development studies and political …

This paper explores linkages between food security and crisis in different contexts, outlining
the policy and institutional conditions needed to manage food security during a crisis and to …

Despite a global food surplus, almost half of the world's less developed countries suffer
significant problems concerning food. Most social science and policy discussions of food …

This article investigates the challenges currently facing Afghanistan. It argues that 'post–
conflict'peace and reconstruction in Afghanistan may depend on a dramatic expansion of …