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Mitigating Natural Disasters, Promoting Development: The Sendai Dialogue and Disaster Risk Management in Asia

May 10, 2013

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Counter-Terrorism and Emergency Management: Keeping a Proper Balance

May 2013, Jibum Chung

Sinking Nations

May 3, 2013, Jane McAdam

Measuring Disasters' Full Impact

May 1, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

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Trends in Natural Disaster Response and the Role of Regional Organizations

April 22, 2013

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In Disaster Risk Management, A Gender-Sensitive Approach is Smart

April 20, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

The Hazard of Wildfires

April 19, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

How Effective Are Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management?

April 18, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Hurricanes, Typhoons and Floods: Recurring Disasters in 2012

April 17, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

There are unclear mandates for [aid] agencies to respond to cross-border displacement, since no NGO or agency has responsibility for overseeing people displaced by natural disasters.

April 17, 2013, Walter Kälin, IRIN

The Impacts of Natural Disasters in 2012: A Look at Fatalities and Affected Population

April 16, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

Recurring Disasters: Are We Learning Lessons?

April 10, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Japan Foreign Aid Policies for Disaster Reduction

April 2013, Goshi Tsukamoto

Creating New Norms? The Nansen Initiative on Disaster-Induced Cross-Border Displacement

April 1, 2013, Jane McAdam

Energy Security in Northeast Asia: A Pivotal Moment for the U.S.-Japan Alliance

March 2013, Shoichi Itoh

Earthquake, Tsunami, Meltdown - The Triple Disaster's Impact on Japan, Impact on the World

March 11, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris and Mireya Solís

Disaster Risk Management: A Gender-Sensitive Approach is a Smart Approach

March 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Daniel Petz and Chareen Stark

The Year of Recurring Disasters: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2012

March 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Daniel Petz and Chareen Stark

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It Only Takes a Spark: The Hazards of Wildfires

March 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Daniel Petz and Chareen Stark

The Year of Recurring Disasters

March 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Daniel Petz and Chareen Stark

A Review of Natural Disasters in 2012: Foreword

2013

Looking at the Neighborhood: Regional Organizations and Disasters

February 28, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

In the Neighborhood: The Growing Role of Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Management

February 2013, Elizabeth Ferris and Daniel Petz

Reforming Federal Support for Risky Development

February 26, 2013, David R. Conrad and Edward A. Thomas

Fifteenth Class of Visiting Fellows Joins the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings

February 25, 2013