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    Title
-   Genesis of Fear, Moral Panic and conflict gestation (24-03)
-   Conflict, Ethics and the RC Environment (25-03)
---   Observationes Tumultuariae: Communities in Turmoil: Irrational Drivers and Human behaviour
- The Paradigm of Social Capital (1-02)
-   The Future of International Relations and Probability of War (13-04)
---   The Privatization of Warfare (24-08)
-   The impact of conflict on individual well-being and Mental Health
-   Pioneering Enlightenment: The aftermath of the 1755 Great Lisbon Earthquake 24-04)
-   Alphabetic index, sample

Special papers
- The Red Cross and it's contemporary geo-political and geo-strategic environment
- The century of my son ("De Eeuw van Mijn Zoon") (11-2007),
presentation on nature and dynamics of armed conflict in the 21^st century
- Conflict Resolution, Relief & Rural Development in Eastern Sudan: The importance of Traditional Salif Virtues and Comparison with the RC Fundamental Principles (02-2008)
- Image of the Netherlands: Bird's-eye or Google Earth view? (March 2008)
- "Neutrality in an age of New Polarisation", presentation 8 May 2008
- RC/RC: Extended Unity and Social Capital in the 21st century (9-2007, update June 2008)
- Cultural aspects of RC & RC work in communities in Sudan, Aug 2008
- The Nascent Humanity Crunch, Oct 2008 (available online, presentation)

Play the Iterated Prisoners Dilemma (E. Klopfer - MIT, link)

Today's Humanitarian State Of The World in a nutshell

Refugees: 9.894.480 (2006)
    2004        2005
- 836.700      76.000 in C/SW Asia & Pac.
- 2.735.200 3.471.000 in Asia, N. Afr., ME
- 2.317.800 2.068.000 in Europe
- 2.748.400 3.023.000 in Africa
-    598.400    562.000 in Northern America
                        36.000 Lat. Am. & Carib.

Refugees living in camps (2004)
-     403.454 in C/SW Asia & Pacific
-   1.357.778 in Asia, N. Africa, Mid. East
-        58.120 in Europe
-   2.089.720 in Africa
-          2.555 in Americas

Displaced: 24.500.000 worldwide (06)
-   3.300.000 in Asia & Pacific
-   3.000.000 in Europe
- 13.000.000 in Africa
-   3.700.000 in the America's
-   2.100.000 in the Middle East

Asylum trend 36 countries worldwide
-      838.000, 1-01-2005
-      235.300, 1st nine months 2005
-      282.100,              ,,              2004
-      364,400,              ,,              2003

190.600.000 migrants worldwide
-  58.300.000 in Asia & Pacific
-  64.100.000 in Europe
- 17.100.000 in Africa
-  44.500.000 in North America
-    6.600.000 in South America

Countries: 194 (192 in UN.
       No members are: Vatican City,
       Palestine, Niue, and Rep. of China)
        States party to Geneva Conventions:
        191

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1 out of every 65 persons is a volunteer or

a member of the

Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement

Languages: 6.703 in 1996:
- 1.000 in the Americas,
- 2.011 in Africa, 225 in Europe,
- 2.165 in Asia,
- 1.320 in the Pacific, including Australia.

Multiculturalism, Interdependency, & Cosmopolitanism: urban demography (2007):
- Amsterdam: 177 nationalities
- Antwerp: 164 nationalities
- New York: 150 nationalities

Indigenous Peoples:
- 5.000 to 6.000 peoples in 70 countries
- 370.000.000 people (UN, 2007)

Red Cross/Red Crescent:
- National Societies (2007): 186
of 185 countries plus Palestinian territories
- Estim. number of volunteers: 97.000.000

Conflict situation country trends (ICG)
          Detor. / Unchang / Improv / Alert / Opport.
01/2007: 10       67           1           1          1
01/2006:  6        70           3           3          -
01/2005: 6        62           3           1          -
01/2004: 7        58          6           4          -

Natural Disasters in numbers
Natural disasters: 427 (2006)
Damage: US$ 34.5 billion (2006)
            Killed       / Affected
2006          23.000 /   143.000.000
2005          91.963 /   157.511.938
2004        244.577 /   150.436.491

Killed in conflict, a few examples of 2005
- Journalists: 63 (1.308 attacked)
- Humanitarian workers: 87
- Iraq 5,736 (official figure)
- Rio de Janeiro, 983 (by police alone)

Miscelaneous
- Detainees visited (ICRC, 2003) : 469.648 Red - Red Cross messages (2003) : 717.592

Data: UNHCR / IDP Project / IOM 2004/5 / GICM/
UNpopulation

Data: ICG / EM-DAT / CPJ / BBC /WHO / UN

The nutshell in progress:
Billy Joel & Cass Dillon, December 2007


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