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Marzo 01, 2019

Activity At 2nd North Korean Missile Site Indicates Possible Launch Preparations

“According to Planet imagery, I can definitely say the train has left the station,” says Melissa Hanham, a North Korea expert with the One Earth Future Foundation. “But I can't unfortunately use X-ray vision to see what's on the train and tell whether it's a civilian space launch vehicle or a milita...

Marzo 01, 2019

How brain biases prevent climate action

“Humans are very bad at understanding statistical trends and long-term changes,” says political psychologist Conor Seyle, director of research at One Earth Future Foundation, a programme incubator that focuses on fostering peace long-term.

Febrero 28, 2019

How to Tell If Trump's Second Summit With Kim Jong Un Is a Success

“I’m definitely interested in constructive action that limits or stops the amount of fissile material that North Korea can produce,” said Melissa Hanham, a director at the One Earth Future Foundation. “But this will just be a piece of paper unless it’s implemented, and I don’t think a handshake will...

Febrero 27, 2019

The Daunting Challenge of Shutting Down North Korea's Nuclear Complex

Melissa Hanham speaks to TIME about the Daunting Challenge of Shutting Down North Korea's Nuclear Complex

Febrero 26, 2019

Don't overlook Africa's 'fragile' states for social businesses, urge industry experts

“It takes time to build trust and relationships in order to do business in fragile states like Somalia,” said Mahad Awale, country director of One Earth Future which has raised $11 million from investors to fund 130 social start-ups in Somalia.

Febrero 25, 2019

How states rocked by conflict could harness funds from their diasporas

But new research we’ve conducted, which focuses on several African states – among them Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire and Ethiopia – suggests there may be an alternative funding source that nations could harness during times of crisis: diaspora investment

Febrero 02, 2019

Charting the course for ocean sustainability in the Indian Ocean Rim

Secure Fisheries’ Sarah Glaser was interviewed and quoted by the Economist Intelligence Unit in a report on the importance of considering gender in fisheries development: “When big industry comes in, often women take the hit, as women who work in small-scale fisheries sub-sectors such as processing ...

Febrero 01, 2019

The odds of a military coup in Venezuela rise every day Maduro stays in office

Two weeks after Maduro’s re-inauguration, opposition leader Juan Gauido has declared himself the country's rightful president. The power struggle follows a failed military mutiny against Maduro, whose easy re-election in May 2018 during an economic, political, and humanitarian crisis has lead many t...

Enero 28, 2019

US nuclear weapons: first low-yield warheads roll off the production line

Melissa Hanham of the One Earth Future foundation pointed out that adversaries would have no way of knowing if a full-force Trident was being fired at them, or its low-yield cousin.

Enero 17, 2019

Trump announces huge expansion of US missile defense system

Melissa Hanham, an expert on weapons of mass destruction at the One Earth Future foundation, said that any idea that missile defence could limit the damage of a nuclear war was “fantasy”. “If we invest as much money in lowering tensions and de-alerting missile systems, we would be safer by far,” H...

Enero 15, 2019

N Korea’s nuclear programme quietly advances

“There is no indication that their nuclear and missile programmes have slowed or paused,” said Melissa Hanham, the director of the One Earth Future Foundation's Datayo Project and an expert in using satellite imagery and other publicly available data to analyse weapons proliferation. “Rather it has ...

Diciembre 26, 2018

This is how he sees the reincorporation of ex-combatants of the Farc, the Paso Colombia Foundation

It is the program of a North American foundation called One Earth Future, which three years ago wanted to be part of the Peace Agreement through programs of economic reintegration of ex-combatants.

Diciembre 24, 2018

2018 was the first year since 2007 without a coup. Here's what that means for 2019

There have been 463 coup attempts worldwide since 1950, 233 of which were successful. These undemocratic power transfers have sparked civil wars, triggered authoritarian crackdowns, and stunted economic growth.

Diciembre 13, 2018

No coups occurred in 2018. Will next year be so stable?

Africans are 10 percent more likely to live through a coup than people in other parts of the globe, CoupCast data shows.

Agosto 01, 2018

New Fund Launched for Somali Startups

The fund has been launched by investment firm Norfund, One Earth Future’s Shuraako initiative and Danish development finance institution IFU, and aims to help Somali entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses, contribute to their country’s economy and tax base, and create a significant number of job...

Marzo 21, 2018

New Security Beat: the Blog of the Environmental Change and Security Program

Somali Pirates Return as Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported Fishing Continues in the Gulf of Aden By Jean-Pierre Larroque

Diciembre 18, 2017

Foreign Fleets Plundered Somalia’s Fish

To fill the gap, Cashion and others with the Sea Around Us project worked with Secure Fisheries, a program of One Earth Future, a United States foundation, to reconstruct the actual domestic and foreign fleet catch data in Somali waters from 1950 to 2015.