The world today faces a huge contradiction. On the one hand, the data shows that power, especially economic power, is shifting to Asia. On the other hand, the established powers, especially in the trans-Atlantic alliance, refuse to acknowledge that a major transition in world history is happening, as they continue to cling to old privileges […]
Pakistan’s declining per capita water availability has increasingly led international organizations to consider the country to be on the brink of water scarcity. At the same time, water resource governance in the country is in the midst of a major overhaul. The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the […]
Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored two new papers on climate change and sustainable development policy in Southeast Asia. In the first paper, published in the journal Climatic Change, he explores the potential for future geoengineering research in Southeast Asia. […]
This event has been postponed. Please stay tuned for information about a rescheduled date. The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is one of the co-sponsors of an upcoming symposium titled “Silences and Reverberations: Studying Historical and Contemporary Vietnam.” The one-day symposium will take place on Wednesday, March 18 from 9:30 […]
Laurence Delina, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a 139-page commissioned white paper on China-Philippine cooperation on climate change action, of which Oxfam has published a 15-page summary. In the white paper, Delina makes the case for cooperation between government agencies and civil […]
Moeed Yusuf, a former Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a new book on nuclear crisis management in South Asia. The book, titled Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia (Stanford University Press), proposes an original theory of brokered bargaining to better understand […]
Laurence Delina, a postdoctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, authored a recent paper titled “Energy democracy in a continuum: Remaking public engagement on energy transitions in Thailand” in the journal Energy Research & Social Science. In the paper, Delina explores how to achieve sustainable energy transitions “inclusively, fairly, and […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently hosted a seminar exploring the physical impacts of climate change and the implications of natural disasters, water scarcity, and other climate-induced challenges on the lives of people in coastal regions of Bangladesh. The seminar, titled “Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Migration in […]
Laurence Delina, a postdoctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, authored a recent perspective article titled “Can Energy Democracy Thrive in a Non-democracy?” in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science. In the paper, Delina argues that energy democracy — the idea of citizens leading energy transitions in small groups of households […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend its upcoming seminar, “Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Migration in Bangladesh,” at the Pardee Center, 67 Bay State Road, on Wednesday, February 14 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm (lunch will be available beginning at 11:30 am). Faculty Research […]