Lessons learned from epidemics for addressing climate change Nitin Agarwala, Semion Polinov
Nitin Agarwala, Semion Polinov Abstract Public health emergencies such as pandemics and epidemics have been affecting human life for many years. Many of these health emergencies forced humans to make radical improvements in the then existing health and safety standards and improve their living conditions and ultimately come out stronger to continue business as usual. However, a public-health-emergency-in-waiting, climate change, may completely change the demographics and future of humans if changes are not made to the existing business-as-usual model. Although humans have the resilience to combat any public health emergency, climate change is one health emergency that has a slow impact and has the potential to create a complex challenge…
Proceedings of the first Master’s Webinar Collaboration
Six graduate students from the University of Haifa and the University of the Free State met with each other virtually, and held a fruitful webinar in which a wide range of research topics were presented and ideas were shared. It ranges from terrorism and drugs, to liberal democracy in sub-Saharan Africa, organized crime and political elites in sub-Saharan Africa, to research on Saudi foreign policy and research on China’s naval activity around the Horn of Africa… .
A technological solution for the production, storage, unloading and export of condensate produced from Israel’s offshore gas fields
The oil and gas business can be complicated. It is often influenced by personal interests, conflicting values and ideologies. This report presents a technological, legal and economic solution for the installation of a marine CALM buoy to download and export condensate[1] from offshore gas fields in Israel, and also aims to navigate through the aforementioned common challenges in the energy industry in relation to condensation. According to a new government policy, in the future further development of offshore oil and gas fields will be encouraged[2] and it will be necessary to provide adequate solutions for the disposal of additional condensate and other liquid by-products produced from such. fields….
UNCLOS and Protection of Innocent Passage and Transit at Maritime Choke Points
Benny Spanier, Orin Scheffler, Elie Rettig (eds) This joint publication by the Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy (HMS) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) examines the emerging challenges and threats to maritime “choke points” connecting the Arabian Gulf with the Mediterranean. As issues such as piracy, autonomous vessels and deliberate sabotage come to the fore, this edited volume offers us new insight into how the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) can help ensure the protection of innocent passage and transit in the volatile waters of the Middle East….
Iran and the Gulf countries in the shadow of recent events
The 14th Annual Conference of the Azri Center for the Study of Iran and the Gulf States On May 30, 2022, the Azri Center for the Study of Iran and the Gulf States at the University of Haifa held its 14th annual conference on “Iran and the Gulf States in the Shadow of Recent Events”. The conference was held in English via Zoom, in order to allow the participation of more researchers from abroad…