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News release: “World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the leading journal Science [Butchart S et al (2010) Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines] …
Three Ways for Coping in Hard Times, by Susann Rohwedder, Jinkook Lee, and Craig Evan Pollack [Economist Susann Rohwedder is associate director of the RAND Center for the Study of Aging. Jinkook Lee is a RAND economist focusing on aging and household behavior. Craig Pollack is a physician and RAND natural scientist.] “The effects of …
How Insurgencies End, by Ben Connable, Martin C. Libicki This study tested conventional wisdom about how insurgencies end against the evidence from 89 insurgencies. It compares a quantitative and qualitative analysis of 89 insurgency case studies with lessons from insurgency and counterinsurgency (COIN) literature. While no two insurgencies are the same, the authors find that …
