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​2018年10月10日，清华- 约翰霍普金斯大学SAIS双硕士项目的学生有幸请到喀土穆大学国际关系教授、苏丹农业部前顾问Omer Mohamed教授，就国际水资源冲突的主题进行了深入的交流。Mohamed教授是国际水资源专家，他于1982年获得南加州大学博士学位，作为一名学者和研究员，他还代表苏丹活跃在联合国和其他国际平台。  Mohamed教授首先强调了水的重要性及其日益稀缺对当今世界的影响。水是支持人类和自然生活必不可少的资源，并且具有饮用、灌溉和发电等多种用途。虽然地球表面的71％被水覆盖，但其中只有3.5％是可用的淡水。世界人口的增加也加大了对淡水的需求，但由于气候变化对降雨量的影响，水资源供应量在不断减少，而海水淡化对于无法发展核能的国家来说更是昂贵且不可行的。因此，对水资源的争夺是国家内部和国家之间冲突不断的根源。解决水资源危机势在必行，因为它在许多领域都会产生深远的影响。比如伴随水资源冲突还可能带来粮食安全问题。教授表示，在许多第三世界国家，淡水和粮食的短缺很可能导致国家间以及国家内部的冲突。粮食短缺造成的营养不良和饥饿也可能会进一步影响地区稳定。水与疾病预防也存在密切的关系，因为80％的疾病缘起于受污染的水。  Mohamed 教授强调了当前在冲突解决上所面临的挑战。法律框架的缺乏，使得共享同一水源的相关国家难以就冲突解决方案达成一致；而较富裕但有殖民历史的国家所提供的技术或财政援助，往往伴随着一定的政治条件，而这只会使现有的冲突升级。随后教授以埃塞俄比亚大坝为例进行了说明。埃塞俄比亚大坝是一项耗资巨大、旨在减轻干旱和洪水负面影响的项目。由于埃及需要尼罗河用于灌溉和粮食生产，对尼罗河的严重依赖使他们更加担心大坝对供水的影响；而苏丹的担心则比较小，因为他们主要用水作为水力发电。 最后，Mohamed教授强调了和平解决水资源冲突的重要性，并强调水资源不应该是一个政治问题，因为“水是人民的财产，而不是政府的财产。人们都要依靠水实现生存和发展。”教授表示，非洲本应成为世界的粮仓，但冲突的发生却让非洲人民甚至无法实现自己的粮食自足。国际组织应该支持各国努力寻求和平解决水资源纠纷的办法，这样每个人都能平等地享受水资源、实现发展。 Share 0 Comments

On May 22nd, 2018, students of the Tsinghua University-Johns Hopkins SAIS master’s degree program met with Jonas Nahm, Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment at Johns Hopkins SAIS. 过程的力量： 国家能力与气候政策 2018年5月22日，清华 – 约翰霍普金斯大学SAIS双硕士项目的学生与Jonas Nahm教授进行了交流。作为SAIS的助理教授，Jonas Nahm的主要研究方向为能源、资源与环境。 Professor Nahm presented his research on the process of climate policy design and implementation, Read more

On May 11, 2018, we welcomed Professor Benjamin Creutzfeldt PhD to Tsinghua University to help us understand China’s involvement in Latin America. Dr. Creutzfeldt has extensive experience in Asia and Latin America, having spent years teaching in Colombia and Mexico, and as a China specialist for Christie’s. Now he is Read more

Dr. Maha Yahya, the director of Carnegie’s Beirut Center, spoke to the third Tsinghua-SAIS cohort on April 11, 2018 as part of our Policy Research in a Simulated Think Tank course. Dr. Yahya is an alumnus of MIT and has an Associate of Arts degree in Architecture. 中东的智库 2018年4月11日，卡耐基贝鲁特中心主任马哈耶亚博士与第三届清华-SAIS学生举行了会谈，此次会谈为该项目模拟智库政策研究课程的一部分。耶亚博士毕业于麻省理工学院，获得建筑学文学学士学位，如今活跃于国际关系政策研究领域。 When asked Read more

On March 21st, 2018, students of the Tsinghua-SAIS Dual Degree Program met with Alexander Gabuev, chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, for the inaugural spring session of Policy Research in a Simulated Think Tank. The Carnegie Endowment’s youngest senior fellow, Mr. Gabuev has Read more

Graduate students in the Tsinghua-SAIS Dual Degree Program met with Jake Sullivan, former U.S. National Security Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden and former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State, on December 6th. 智库的作用 2017年12月6日，清华-霍普金斯项目学者与杰克·沙利文先生在清华-卡内基中心进行了深入的交流。 Mr. Sullivan spent time working on various democratic presidential campaigns: in Read more

On November 15, 2017, the students of the Tsinghua-SAIS Dual Degree Program met with Douglas H. Paal, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as part of the course Policy Research in a Simulated Think Tank. In a wide-ranging conversation, Mr. Paal discussed his career inside Read more

In the third installment of the TSDM Case Studies in Chinese Political Economy, Dr. Tyler Harlan of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), spoke with students on the topic of Chinese small hydropower as a transnational model for green development. Dr. Harlan’s talk sought to challenge the erroneous belief Read more

For the second edition of the TSDM Case Studies in Chinese Political Economy course, students attended a talk by Professor Dan Banik of the University of Oslo Centre for Development and Environment. The presentation and ensuing conversation centered around changing trends in developmental aid, with particular attention given to the Read more

Graduate students in the Tsinghua-SAIS Dual Degree Program met with Justin Finnegan, the founding managing director of the Mountain Hazelnuts Group, on September 19th. Mr. Finnegan previously served as a White House Fellow, as well as a Fulbright and Trustman Scholar, and has worked with the U.S. Agency for International Read more