By Patrick Maier At last count, the earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 and the large aftershock that followed three weeks later had claimed more than 8,500 lives, making it the largest disaster...
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Rebuilding Nepal
A 7.9-magnitude earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks devasted Nepal this week, killing more than five-thousand people and injuring another eleven thousand. In addition to heavily damaging...
Japan’s Great Earthquake: Societal Resilience and Determination to Reconstruct
Transcript Speaker: Masaaki Shirakawa, Governor, Bank of Japan Presider: William J. McDonough, Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1993–2003) April 14, 2011 Council on Foreign...
How to Reshape Post-Crisis Japan
Authors: Brian P. Klein, Former International Affairs Fellow in Japan, Sponsored by Hitachi, Ltd. David S. Abraham, International Affairs Fellow in Japan, Sponsored by Hitachi, Ltd. 2010-2011 It may...
India + 4 more
Lessons for Japan in 2004 Tsunami
Author: Joshua Kurlantzick, Fellow for Southeast Asia March 18, 2011 The photos and videos of the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and tsunami are devastating: freezing and emotionally numbed...
Chernobyl's Lessons for Japan
Author: Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health Concern about radiation exposure has been rising in Japan as nuclear experts struggle to contain the cores of at least three nuclear reactors...
The Costs of Japan's Tsunami
First Take March 11, 2011 Author: Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan on Friday, triggering a tsunami, is the worst...
Haiti's Redevelopment Obstacles
Interviewee: Jacques-Philippe Piverger, Director, Pine Ridge Investments Interviewer: Toni Johnson, Senior Staff Writer, CFR.org February 2, 2011 One year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, the...
How to Rebuild Haiti after the Quake
Authors: Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, UN Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti Brian Concannon, Jr.,...
Haiti's Year of Living Miserably
Author: Laurie A. Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health January 12, 2011 At the one-year anniversary of Haiti's tragic earthquake, media scrutiny will focus on the sorry lack of achievement in...
Fighting Cholera amid Haiti's Debris
Interviewee: Laurie A. Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health Interviewer: Deborah Jerome, Deputy Editor, CFR.org November 2, 2010 Less than a year after its massive earthquake, Haiti has been hit...
Bangladesh + 3 more
The Coming Conflicts of Climate Change
Author: Michael L. Baker, International Affairs Fellow in Residence September 7, 2010 As Pakistan continues to struggle with flood devastation, U.S. national security experts are considering the...
Spending So That Haiti Is 'Built Back Better'
Author: Kara C. McDonald, International Affairs Fellow in Residence (on leave) April 7, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE - The rainy season fast approaching will be the first test of the effectiveness of...
Indonesia + 3 more
South Asia: Tsunami rebuilding efforts, one year later
What is the status of the tsunami reconstruction effort? On December 26, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on the Indian Ocean's floor touched off a series of devastating tidal waves through the Bay...