New Pathogen, Old Politics
Why has the modern world adopted a narrative of battling epidemics, and why has this model failed? Pandemic is a
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Accountability for Starvation
Three new reports in the project “Accountability for Starvation: Testing the Limits of the Law” are now available.
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The History and Future of Famine
The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all but disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy.
Read moreFamine Trends Dataset, Tables and Graphs
The Famine Trends dataset includes two kinds of overlapping events, which have hitherto largely been studied separately. First, are great
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