Marisa Endicott

Global action needed to prevent water-fueled conflicts

By Marisa Endicott on June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 agriculture, Canada, conflict, drought, environment, India, international aid, Mexico, Middle East, resources, scarcity, treaties, United Nations, United States, water, water stress, world bank

Water stress is an increasing reality in many parts of the world, and the instability that goes along with it has the potential to leave no nation untouched.

International Relations

The geopolitics of fracking

By Marisa Endicott on May 26, 2016 conflict, energy, extraction, fracking, fuel, gas, geopolitics, hydraulic fracturing, international relations, Iraq, market, Middle East, oil, politics, shale boom, USA

While recent debates over hydraulic fracturing have remained mostly in the domestic sphere, the significant geopolitical effects of this huge shift in fuel production continue to play out.