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David Michel
Senior Researcher
David Michel
David Michel was a Senior Researcher with SIPRI’s Environment of Peace initiative. His work explored the cooperative opportunities and potential security risks posed by mounting pressures on the world’s shared natural resources, and the possibilities for collective institutions to meet global environmental challenges.
Prior to joining SIPRI in May 2020 he served as Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security, Senior Manager in the Transboundary Water Management Department with the Stockholm International Water Institute, and as Director of the Environmental Security Program at the Stimson Center. He has advised the US Department of State and the National Intelligence Council on transboundary water governance, food security, and climate policy issues, and held fellowships with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the United States Institute of Peace.
Subject expertise
Environmental security, transboundary water governance, climate change, collective action
Regional expertise
Global; South Asia, particularly India and Pakistan; Southeast Asia; West Africa
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Education
The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, USA; École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France; Yale University, USA
Citizenship
United States
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk (SIPRI, Stockholm: May 2022)
- Enabling an Environment of Peace: Environment of Peace (Part 4) (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2022)
- Security Risks of Environmental Crises: Environment of Peace (Part 2) (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2022)
- Water Cooperation in the Horn of Africa: Addressing Drivers of Conflict and Strengthening Resilience (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2021)
External publications
- Michel, D., 'Water Security' in The Geopolitics of Climate and Security in the Indo-Pacific, eds. Glasser, R., Johnstone, C., and Kapetas, A., Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (Feb 2022)
- Michel, D., 'Climate Security, Conflict Prevention, and Peacebuilding' in The EU and Climate Security: Toward Ecological Diplomacy, Lazard, O., and Youngs, R., Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Jul 2021)
- Michel, D., Klimes, M. and Eriksson, M., 'Climate Change and (In)security in Transboundary River Basins', in Handbook of Security and the Environment, eds. Swain, A., Öjendal, J. and Jägerskog, A., Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar (May 2021)
- Michel, D., Water Conflict Pathways and Peacebuilding Strategies, Peaceworks Report no.164, Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (August 2020)
- Klimes, M., Michel, D., Yaari, E. and Restiani, P., Water Diplomacy: The Intersect of Science, Policy and Practice, Journal of Hydrology 575 (1362-1370); (2019)
- Engelke, P. and Michel, D., Ecology meets Geopolitics: Water Security in Himalayan Asia, Washington, DC: Atlantic Council (April 2019)
- Zawahri, N. and Michel, D., Assessing the Indus Waters Treaty from a Comparative Perspective, Water International 43 (696-712); (2018)
- Passarelli, R., Michel, D. and Durch, W., From ‘Inconvenient Truth’ to Effective Governance: the UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement, and the Future of Climate Governance, in 'Just Security in an Undergoverned World', eds. W. Durch, J. Larik, and R. Ponzio, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2018)
- Michel, D., Iran’s Impending Water Crisis, in 'Water, Security and U.S. Foreign Policy', ed. D. Reed, Routledge, New York (2017)
- Michel, D., Managing the Indus in a Warming World: The Potential for Transboundary Cooperation in Coping with Climate Change, in 'Imagining Industan: Overcoming Water Insecurity in the Indus Basin', eds. Z. Adeel and R.G. Wirsing, Springer International, Switzerland (2017)
- Pohl, B., Carius, A., Michel, D. et al, The Rise of Hydro-Diplomacy: Strengthening foreign policy for transboundary waters, adelphi/German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, (2014)
- Michel, D. and Pandya, A. (eds), Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics, and Transboundary Resources, Washington, DC: Stimson Center (2009)
- Michel, D., Foxes, Hedgehogs, and Greenhouse Governance: Knowledge, Uncertainty, and International Policy-making in a Warming World, Applied Energy 86 (258-264); (Feb 2009)