The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Health and the Environment
Scholarly Publications
Uranium Africain, une histoire globale
April 2016
This is a 2016 French translation of Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade (2012), translated by Charlotte Nordmann and part of the series "L'Univers Historique."
Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade
March 2012
From MIT University Press Abstract: "Uranium from Africa has long been a major source of fuel for nuclear power and atomic weapons, including the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Events
Isotope forensics using the isotopic composition of Hg and Pb to trace heavy metal pollution sources
February 12, 2018
Abstract: Humans and natural ecosystems are exposed to toxic metals from many sources and following many exposure pathways. In this seminar, Dr.
How low-carbon technologies will improve our climate, health, and national security and stabilize the world's economies
April 20, 2017
Abstract: In 2015 nations agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals, including ending poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring prosperity for all.
Vector-borne disease in a changing world: Insights from ecology across scales
January 5, 2017
Abstract: Globally, infectious diseases are emerging at an increasing rate. Vector-borne diseases in particular present one of the biggest threats to public health globally.
Projects
Feeding the World in the 21st Century: Exploring the Connections between Food Production, Health, Environmental Resources, and International Security
This project involves political scientists, economists, and medical researchers to address the question of whether hunger, poverty, disease and agricultural resource constraints foster civil...
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