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Climate change, water resources, and the politics of adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa by Sowers, Jeannie, Vengosh, Avner, Weinthal, Erika

“…Through an examination of global climate change models combined with hydrological data on deteriorating water quality in the Middle East and North Africa…”
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Targeting environmental infrastructures, international law, and civilians in the new Middle Eastern wars by Sowers, Jeannie L, Weinthal, Erika, Zawahri, Neda

“…Research in conflict studies and environmental security has largely focused on the mechanisms through which the environment and natural resources foster…”
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Humanitarian challenges and the targeting of civilian infrastructure in the Yemen war by Sowers, Jeannie, Weinthal, Erika

“…Abstract Many modern conflicts, from Iraq to Yemen, have emerged as brutal wars in which state and non-state actors directly and indirectly target a wide array…”
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Targeting infrastructure and livelihoods in the West Bank and Gaza by Weinthal, Erika, Sowers, Jeannie

“…Abstract State and non-state actors across many protracted conflicts and prolonged occupations in the Middle East and North Africa have systematically targeted…”
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Targeting Libya’s rentier economy: The politics of energy, water, and infrastructural decay by Weinthal, Erika, Sowers, Jeannie

“…Libya’s fossil fuel wealth has dominated its political economy and state institutions since the 1960s and paid for large-scale, centralized water and energy…”
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The water‐energy nexus in the Middle East: Infrastructure, development, and conflict by Weinthal, Erika, Sowers, Jeannie

“…Water and energy are closely linked in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through coupled networks of infrastructure. This review explores the…”
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Egypt by Sowers, Jeannie

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Egypt by Sowers, Jeannie

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Governing the Nile River Basin: The Search for a New Legal Regime by Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Bmaku Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2015. Pp. 131. $32 (pbk) by Sowers, Jeannie

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What is climate security? Framing risks around water, food, and migration in the Middle East and North Africa by Daoudy, Marwa, Sowers, Jeannie, Weinthal, Erika

“…From academics to practitioners, many voices have amplified an increasingly popular narrative posing a climate–conflict–migration nexus. This essay reviews the…”
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Activism and Political Economy in the New–Old Egypt by Sowers, Jeannie

“…Under President al-Sisi, Egypt has revealed itself to be less tolerant of dissent and more successful at cloaking itself in nationalist sentiment than under…”
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Climate change, conflict, and urban migration by Nagle Alverio, Gabriela, Sowers, Jeannie, Weinthal, Erika

“…The adverse effects of man-made climate change and protracted conflict intensify rural-to-urban migration in many developing countries. This article examines…”
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Imperiled Academics in Turkey by Sowers, Jeannie

“…Dilsa Deniz, an anthropologist of the Alevi-Kurdish religion, was fired from her position as an assistant professor at Nisantasi University in Istanbul after…”
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The Saudi Coalition's Food War on Yemen by Mundy, Martha, Sowers, Jeannie

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Securitizing Water, Climate, and Migration in Israel, Jordan, and Syria by Weinthal, Erika, Zawahri, Neda, Sowers, Jeannie

“…Protracted droughts and scarce water resources, combined with internal and cross-border migration, have contributed to the securitization of discourses around…”
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Water, Energy and Human Insecurity in the Middle East by Sowers, Jeannie

“…Demand for water in the Middle East and North Africa is rapidly increasing. Projected population growth alone through 2025 will lower per capita water…”
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Imperiled Academics in Turkey by Deniz, Dilsa

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Nature Reserves and Authoritarian Rule in Egypt: Embedded Autonomy Revisited by Sowers, Jeannie

“…This article explores how Egypt's system of authoritarian rule initially fostered and subsequently undermined nature conservation efforts. During the 1990s,…”
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Water, Energy and Human Insecurity in the Middle East by Sowers, Jeannie

“…Demand for water in the Middle East and North Africa is rapidly increasing. Projected population growth alone through 2025 will lower per capita water…”
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The Campaign Against Coal in Egypt by Zayed, Dina, Sowers, Jeannie

“…A campaign opposing coal imports would seem unlikely to attract much attention given the political upheavals and deepening social polarization that Egyptians…”
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