In The News

• Property rights

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• Bargaining and conflict

• Crime

• As Oil Floods Plains Towns, Crime Pours In (NYT 2013)

• Civil wars

• The Syria Paradox (NYT 2012)
• What makes it a war? (The Economist 2013)
• How to stop the fighting, sometimes (The Economist 2013)

• Micro-conflicts under weak state presence

• Conflict within the household

• The role of the future

• Natural resources and conflict

• Fisheries
• French Scallop War Roils English Channel (NYT2012)
• Crayfish Poaching Has Fishermen Boiling, but Thieves Are Hard to Trap (WSJ2009)
• In Maine, Tensions Over Ailing Lobster Industry
• 2 Feuding Nations With Fish Stories (NYT1995)
• Britain vs. Iceland: The Cod War Is Funny Only if Serious Issues Are Ignored (NYT1976)
• Forests
• Logging in Cambodia: A resurgence in illegal logging takes its toll (The Economist 2011)
• In Brazil, Paying Farmers to Let the Trees Stand (NYT 2009)
• Mining
• South Africa’s mines A strike that turned deadly highlights a slew of economic problems that are made worse by government rhetoric (The Economist 2012)
• Potential for a Mining Boom Splits Factions in Afghanistan (NYT2012)
• Tribal Battles Displace Thousands in Darfur (NYT 2013)
• Oil
• Oil theft in Mexico: Black gold on the black market: Stolen petroleum is a growing source of income for Mexico’s bandits (The Economist 2012)
• Water
• Water Rights Tear at an Indian Reservation (NYT 2013)

• Scarcity and conflict

• Terrorism

• Arms race, deterrence, and brinkmanship

• Trade and conflict