It's week 36 on the ISN's editorial calendar, Photo: Sebastian Crump/flickr
We’ll be highlighting the following topics this week:
In ISN Insights on Monday, University of St Andrews Professor Gerard DeGroot asks whether the international order has largely moved beyond large-scale conflict.
Tuesday’s ISN Special Feature takes a closer look at power politics and the state of the European project.
On the eve of the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, Dr Shalva Weil of Hebrew University explores the little-known Israelite connections of the Taliban, in Wednesday’s ISN Insight.
Thursday’s ISN Special Feature dissects the historical argument for great power retrenchment.
Friday’sISN Podcast discusses post-9/11 trends in intelligence.
“Corruption undermines Governments’ ability to act and serve their people. It siphons off the finance intended to reduce poverty and discourages investment in economies,” (Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
There is no doubt: the existence of corruption can poison the legitimacy of otherwise stable and secure governments. When the state itself is corrupt, how can it hope to encourage the rule of law among its citizens? Furthermore, corruption is directly linked to poverty and insecurity, and can severely stifle development in education and health. This syllabus on corruption and asset recovery aims to share some insight into the issue of corruption and efforts to combat it across the globe.
It's week 35 on the ISN's 2011 editorial calendar, Photo: cloud_hopper/flickr
We’ll take a closer look at the following topics this week — among many others:
In ISN Insights on Monday, Dr Robert Cutler, of Carleton University’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, synthesizes the history of the eurozone debt crisis — bringing us to a better understanding of how and why the financial morass has deepened.
Tuesday’sISN Special Feature offers up a reading syllabus on corruption.
Case studies show that water scarcity is just as likely to promote cooperation as to increase the risks of violent conflict. Photo: flickr/Jasper ter Schegget
What are we to believe about the relationship between environmental degradation and security? Does environmental change open the door to conflict, or is it a force for cooperation? Is it best to manage environmental change by focusing on its role in security narratives; or, to the contrary, by keeping security out of it?
The relevance of these questions coincides with the “World Water Week 2011” conference in Stockholm, which the ISN has covered in its two previous Special Features. To round off our coverage, I will raise a caveat: questions like the ones posed above should always be kept in mind when discussing the political implications of environmental degradation.
It's week 34 on the ISN's 2011 editorial calendar, Photo: castle79/flickr
This week we’re highlighting the following topics — and so much more:
In ISN Insights on Monday, co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research Dr Dean Baker opines about the failures of European Central Bank policy that have contributed to — and perpetuated — the European debt crisis.
Tuesday’s ISN Special Feature highlights some astonishing facts about water — in the first of a two part series this week on the topic.
In Wednesday’sISN Insights feature, Professor Derek Catsam takes a closer look at South African President Jacob Zuma’s chances for re-election or betrayal — and what his precarious position says more generally about the state of South African politics.
Wrapping up our two part series on water, Thursday’s ISN Special Feature offers up an interactive map on environmental security, with water being a case in point.
And Friday’s ISN Podcast tackles the heady topic of energy security and the exploration of fusion energy as an alternative.
<a rel=”attachment wp-att-20458″ href=”http://isnblog.ethz.ch/?attachment_id=20458″><img class=”size-medium wp-image-20458″ title=”34″ src=”http://isnblog.ethz.ch/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/34-450×358.jpg” alt=”” width=”450″ height=”358″ /></a>It's week 34 on the ISN's 2011 editorial calendar, Photo: castle79/flickr
<strong>This week we’re highlighting the following topics — and so much more: </strong>
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<li>In <a href=”http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights”><em><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>ISN Insights</span></em></a> on Monday, co-Director of the <a href=”http://www.cepr.net/”>Center for Economic and Policy Research</a> Dr Dean Baker opines about the failures of European Central Bank policy that have contributed to — and perpetuated — the European debt crisis.</li>
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<li>Tuesday’s<em><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”> ISN Special Feature</span></em> highlights some astonishing facts about water — in the first of a two part series this week on the topic.</li>
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<li>In Wednesday’s<a href=”http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><em> </em></span></a><a href=”http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><em>ISN Insight</em></span>s</a> feature, Professor Derek Catsam takes a closer look at South African President Jacob Zuma’s chances for re-election or betrayal — and what his precarious position says more generally about the state of South African politics.</li>
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<li>Wrapping up our two part series on water, Thursday’s <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><em>ISN Special Feature</em></span> offers up an interactive map on water security along the cooperation-conflict spectrum.</li>
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<li>And Friday’s <a href=”http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Podcasts”><span style=”text-decoration: underline;”><em>ISN Podcast</em></span></a> tackles the heady topic of fusion energy.</li>
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<em><strong>And you can catch up on last week’s features here on:</strong> <a href=”http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights/Detail?lng=en&ots627=fce62fe0-528d-4884-9cdf-283c282cf0b2&id=131925&contextid734=131925&contextid735=131924&tabid=131924&dynrel=4888caa0-b3db-1461-98b9-e20e7b9c13d4,0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233″>Macedonian nation building</a>; <a href=”http://isnblog.ethz.ch/security/international-law-and-the-use-of-drones”>drones and international law</a>; South America’s <a href=”http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights/Detail?lng=en&ots627=fce62fe0-528d-4884-9cdf-283c282cf0b2&id=132085&contextid734=132085&contextid735=132070&tabid=132070&dynrel=0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233,4888caa0-b3db-1461-98b9-e20e7b9c13d4,40db1b50-7439-887d-706e-8ec00590bdb9″>security dilemma</a>; <a href=”http://isnblog.ethz.ch/calendar/water-conflict-and-female-vulnerability”>water, conflict and gender</a>; and one year after the <a href=”http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Podcasts/Detail/?ots591=40db1b50-7439-887d-706e-8ec00590bdb9&lng=en&id=132164″>Pakistani floods</a>.</em>
