Center for Development and Strategy
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|name = Center for Development and Strategy
|image = Logo Center for Development and Strategy.png
|abbreviation = CDS
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|formation = {{start date and age|2014}}
|type = Environmental and economic policy think tank
|headquarters = Buffalo, N.Y.{{cite web|title=Cluster Mapping Project, CDS|url=http://www.clustermapping.us/content/center-development-and-strategy|website=clustermapping.us|publisher=S. Cluster Mapping Project|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
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|leader_title = Founder
|leader_title2 = Executive Director
|leader_name2 = Brian Malczyk
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|website = [http://thinkcds.org thinkcds.org]
}}
The Center for Development and Strategy (CDS) is an environmental and economic American think tank and online publisher based in Buffalo, New York, in the United States. The center develops policy studies, risk briefs, and OpEds on political, economic and environmental issues throughout the world, with a specific focus on issues concerning sustainability, development, and national security.{{cite web|title=About CDS|url=http://www.thinkcds.org/about/|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
CDS is officially a non-partisan think tank with scholars that represent varying points of view across the political spectrum.
History
In 2014, CDS was founded as a 'student-run' think tank focused on economic development.{{cite news|last1=Ayub|first1=Mahnoor|title=NASA think-tanks: what’s next for Harary?|url=https://themedium.ca/features/nasa-think-tanks-whats-next-harary/|accessdate=23 November 2016|issue=8|publisher=The Medium|date=October 31, 2016}} At the time, it was the second major international student-run think tank in the world.{{cite news|title=UB student David Harary creates student-run think tank Center for Development and Strategy|url=http://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2014/10/ub-student-david-harary-creates-student-run-think-tank-center-for-development-and-strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016|publisher=UB Spectrum|date=2 October 2014}} In 2015, CDS won a first prize in the Best Applied Experience category at the University at Buffalo School of Management's DEAL Expo along with a $750 reward.{{cite web|title=Winners announced in UB School of Management undergraduate DEAL Expo|url=http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/04/022.html|website=UB News Center|publisher=University at Buffalo|accessdate=26 July 2016}} Since then, CDS has expanded to involve academics and young professionals in government, business, and non-profits.{{cite web|title=CDS Video Introduction|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DyR-tJM-Pg|website=YouTube|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
Programs
CDS operates three programs that develop sustainability research, thought, and organizations. The think tank's main program, Think Publication, publishes reports written by graduate-level students, academics, and professionals. CDS's Think Together program is a news-style blog that publishes opinion articles.{{cite web|title=Think Together|url=http://www.thinkcds.org/together/|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}} The think tank also runs a virtual business incubator called Think Incubation and has helped start up numerous not-for-profit institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania's Global Impact Collaborative group.{{cite web|title=Partners of Penn Global Impact Collaborative|url=http://www.penngic.org/#!partners/n7by0|website=penngic.org|publisher=Penn Global Impact Collaborative|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
30 Under 30 Leaders
CDS also publishes a list of 30 young professionals under the age of 30.{{cite news|last1=Gatlin|first1=Greg|title=Sustainability Campaigner Named a Young Leader of Tomorrow|url=http://www.suffolk.edu/news/67783.php#.WDU6y6IrLVo|accessdate=23 November 2016|publisher=Suffolk University|date=October 20, 2016}} The awardees were recognized for their achievements in sustainability, development, and human rights.{{cite web|title=30 Under 30|url=http://www.thinkcds.org/leaders/|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124024645/http://www.thinkcds.org/leaders/|archive-date=24 November 2016|url-status=dead}} Among the list in 2016 was popular science communicator, Kellie Gerardi.
Publications
Along with its own set of publications, CDS members publish material in a variety of journals and news outlets. These have included The National Interest, Scientific American, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Slate, The Diplomat, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, War on the Rocks, the Wilson Center's New Security Beat, Journal of Science Policy & Governance, Center for International Relations, GreenBiz, Cornell International Affairs Review, Harvard Kennedy School Review, Inquiries Journal, and West Point's Modern War Institute.
- COVID-19, California’s Wildfires, and Reimagining “The Reserves” (2020){{cite news |last1=Beauregard|first1=Jordan |title= COVID-19, California’s Wildfires, and Reimagining “The Reserves”|url= https://www.justsecurity.org/72488/covid-19-californias-wildfires-and-reimagining-the-reserves/ |accessdate=1 October 2020 |publisher=Just Security |date=25 September 2020}}
- President Bolsonaro Fiddles While the Brazilian Amazon Goes Up in Smoke (2020){{cite news |last1=Berkowitz|first1=Jackie |title= President Bolsonaro Fiddles While the Brazilian Amazon Goes Up in Smoke|url= https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2020/09/president-bolsonaro-fiddles-brazilian-amazon-smoke/ |accessdate=1 October 2020 |publisher=Wilson Center |date=18 September 2020}}
- Understanding the Climate Change-National Security Nexus: The Three Faces of Climate Security (2020){{cite news |last1=Beauregard|first1=Jordan |title= Understanding the Climate Change-National Security Nexus: The Three Faces of Climate Security|url= https://mwi.usma.edu/understanding-the-climate-change-national-security-nexus-the-three-faces-of-climate-security/ |accessdate=14 September 2020 |publisher=Think Together |date=14 September 2020}}
- Is Los Angeles’ Blockage of Critical Resources Justifiable? (2020){{cite news |last1=Leopold|first1=Justin |title= Is Los Angeles’ Blockage of Critical Resources Justifiable?|url= https://www.thinkcds.org/is-los-angeles-proposed-blockage-of-critical-resources-justifiable/ |accessdate=14 September 2020 |publisher=Think Together |date=2 September 2020}}
- Resource Security: The Context of National Security During and Beyond COVID-19 (2020){{cite news |last1=Beauregard|first1=Jodan |title= Resource Security: The Context of National Security During and Beyond COVID-19|url= https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/infrastructure-security/resource-security-the-context-of-national-security-during-and-beyond-covid-19/ |accessdate=8 August 2020 |publisher=Homeland Security Today |date=8 August 2020}}
- By Formalizing Control Over Resources, Annexation Would Eliminate Palestinian Economic Empowerment (2020){{cite news |last1=Harary |first1=David |title= By Formalizing Control Over Resources, Annexation Would Eliminate Palestinian Economic Empowerment|url= https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/formalizing-control-over-resources-annexation-would-eliminate-palestinian |accessdate=29 June 2020 |publisher=The National Interest |date=29 June 2020}}
- Hezbollah’s Failure to Stop the New Lebanon (2020){{cite news |last1=Harary |first1=David |title=Hezbollah’s Failure to Stop the New Lebanon |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/hezbollah%E2%80%99s-failure-stop-new-lebanon-124071 |accessdate=17 February 2020 |publisher=The National Interest |date=17 February 2020}}
- The Need for an Integrated Approach in South Africa’s Land Ownership Deliberations (2020){{cite news |last1=Belachew |first1=Bethlehem |title=The Need for an Integrated Approach in South Africa’s Land Ownership Deliberations |url=https://africaupclose.wilsoncenter.org/the-need-for-an-integrated-approach-in-south-africas-land-ownership-deliberations/ |accessdate=23 January 2020 |publisher=Africa Up Close |date=23 January 2020}}
- Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Solve the Biodiversity Crisis (2019){{cite news |last1=Rundle |first1=Hannah |title=Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Solve the Biodiversity Crisis |url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/indigenous-knowledge-can-help-solve-the-biodiversity-crisis/ |accessdate=15 October 2019 |publisher=Scientific American |date=12 October 2019}}
- Bomb cyclones and breadbaskets: How climate, food, and political unrest intersect (2019){{cite news |last1=Harary |first1=David |title=Bomb cyclones and breadbaskets: How climate, food, and political unrest intersect |url=https://thebulletin.org/2019/10/bomb-cyclones-and-breadbaskets-how-climate-food-and-political-unrest-intersect/ |accessdate=9 October 2019 |publisher=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |date=8 October 2019}}
- Space Wars Threaten Earthly Intelligence (2019){{cite news |last1=Harary |first1=David |title=Space Wars Threaten Earthly Intelligence |url=https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/space-militarization-earth-observation-satellites.html |accessdate=14 August 2019 |publisher=Slate |date=13 August 2019}}
- Vietnam Needs to Break Its Addiction to Chinese Coal (2019){{cite web |last1=Malczyk |first1=Brian |last2=Robinson |first2=Tim |title=Vietnam Needs to Break Its Addiction to Chinese Coal |url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/vietnam-needs-to-break-its-addiction-to-chinese-coal/ |website=The Diplomat |publisher=The Diplomat |accessdate=15 July 2019}}
- Drought Monitoring for a Stable Society (2019){{cite web |last1=Rundle |first1=Hannah |last2=Taylor |first2=Frederick |title=Drought Monitoring for a Stable Society |url=https://www.thinkcds.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Drought-Monitoring-Guide_Varysian.pdf |publisher=Varysian |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
- Squaring the Triangle: Why Turkey and the EastMed Project Need Each Other (2019){{cite web |last1=Jeakins |first1=Geordie |last2=Robinson |first2=Tim |title=SQUARING THE TRIANGLE: WHY TURKEY AND THE EASTMED PROJECT NEED EACH OTHER |url=https://warontherocks.com/2019/04/squaring-the-triangle-why-turkey-and-the-eastmed-project-need-each-other/ |website=War on the Rocks |publisher=War on the Rocks |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
- From Water Insecurity to Physical Insecurity: The Case of Peru's Melting Glaciers (2019){{cite news |last1=Jeakins |first1=Geordie |title=From Water Insecurity to Physical Insecurity: The Case of Peru's Melting Glaciers |url=https://www.globalriskobservatory.com/uploads/1/0/8/1/108179627/b1902a.pdf |accessdate=3 June 2019 |publisher=Global Risk Observatory |date=2019}}
- The rise of plastic insecurity in China’s Yangtze River economic belt (2019){{cite web |last1=Roth |first1=Joachim |title=The rise of plastic insecurity in China’s Yangtze River economic belt |url=https://www.greenbiz.com/article/rise-plastic-insecurity-chinas-yangtze-river-economic-belt |website=GreenBiz |publisher=GreenBiz |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
- African Free Trade Could Increase Resilience to Climate Change and Conflict (2018){{cite web |last1=Harary |first1=David |title=African Free Trade Could Increase Resilience to Climate Change and Conflict |url=https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2018/10/african-free-trade-increase-resilience-climate-change-conflict/ |website=New Security Beat |publisher=Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars |accessdate=3 June 2019}}
- Blood Chocolate: Climate Change and Conflict in the West African Cocoa Belt (2018){{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Tim |title=Blood chocolate – climate change and conflict in the West African cocoa belt |url=https://globalriskinsights.com/2018/09/guest-post-blood-chocolate-climate-change-conflict-west-african-cocoa-belt/ |accessdate=17 October 2018 |publisher=Global Risk Insights |date=2018-09-25}}
- The Risks of a Looming Energy Transition (2018){{cite web |last1=Roth |first1=Joachim |title=The Risks of a Looming Energy Transition |url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationaldevelopment/2018/09/19/the-risks-of-a-looming-energy-transition/ |website=LSE International Development |publisher=The London School of Economics |accessdate=17 October 2018}}
- Can Climate Change Bring Israel and Jordan Closer Together? (2018){{cite news|last1=Harary|first1=David|last2=Malczyk|first2=Brian|title=Can Climate Change Bring Israel and Jordan Closer Together?|url=https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Can-climate-change-bring-Israel-and-Jordan-closer-together-556666|accessdate=16 May 2018|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|date=16 May 2018}}
- The Use of Environmental Research in America's Capital (2017){{cite journal|last1=Harary|first1=David|title=The Use of Environmental Research in America's Capital|journal=Journal of Science Policy & Governance|date=May 2017|volume=11|issue=1|page=01 |url=http://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/uploads/5/4/3/4/5434385/harary_2017.pdf|accessdate=16 October 2017}}
- The Key for Liberals on Climate: Pushing Harder for National Security (2017){{cite news|last1=Harary|first1=David|title=The Key for Liberals on Climate: Pushing Harder for National Security|url=http://harvardkennedyschoolreview.com/the-key-for-liberals-on-climate-pushing-harder-for-national-security/|accessdate=26 May 2017|publisher=Harvard Kennedy School Review|date=May 15, 2017}}
- Remote Sensing Satellites as a Solution Towards Anticipating Food and Water Wars (2017){{cite journal|last1=Harary|first1=David|title=Remote Sensing Satellites as a Solution Towards Anticipating Food and Water Wars|journal=Cornell International Affairs Review|date=May 2017|volume=10|issue=2|page=38 |url=http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/article-images/j14/i97/original.pdf|accessdate=26 May 2017|doi=10.37513/ciar.v10i2.491}}
- Carbon Capture and Storage as a Method to Mitigate Climate Change (2017){{cite journal|last1=Hyseni|first1=Sabina|title=Carbon Capture and Storage as a Method to Mitigate Climate Change|journal=Inquiries Journal|date=2017|volume=9|issue=3|url=http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1551/carbon-capture-and-storage-as-a-method-to-mitigate-climate-change|accessdate=6 May 2017}}
- Applying Jus Ad Bellum in Cyberspace (2016){{cite journal|last1=Barnett|first1=Sophie|title=Applying Jus Ad Bellum in Cyberspace|journal=Southern California International Review|date=2016|volume=6|issue=2|pages=10–21|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/336006539/Fall-2016-Edition?secret_password=UVR75hKVsj9KfCwTXMnj#from_embed|accessdate=6 May 2017}}
- Commercialization of Biochar and the Benefits for Climate Change and Agriculture (2016){{cite journal|last1=Van Beilen|first1=Nate|title=Commercialization of Biochar and the Benefits for Climate Change and Agriculture|journal=Inquiries Journal|date=2016|volume=8|issue=12|url=http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1509/commercialization-of-biochar-and-the-benefits-for-climate-change-and-agriculture|accessdate=6 May 2017}}
- Environmental Decisions in the Context of War: Bombing ISIL's Oil (2016){{cite web|last1=Harary|first1=David|title=Environmental Decisions in the Context of War: Bombing ISIL's Oil|url=https://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1536/environmental-decisions-in-the-context-of-war-bombing-isils-oil|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=23 November 2016}}
- An analysis of the threat of Ontario’s hydroelectric dams on its river ecosystems (2016){{cite web|last1=Scrivens|first1=Nicholas|title=An analysis of the threat of Ontario’s hydroelectric dams on its river ecosystems|url=https://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1535/an-analysis-of-the-threat-of-ontarios-hydroelectric-dams-on-its-river-ecosystems|website=www.thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=9 October 2016}}
- Joint-Value Creation Between Marine Protected Areas and the Private Sector (2016){{cite journal|last1=Harary|first1=David|title=Joint-Value Creation Between Marine Protected Areas and the Private Sector|journal=Inquiries Journal|date=December 2016|volume=8|issue=12|url=http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1505/joint-value-creation-between-marine-protected-areas-and-the-private-sector|accessdate=9 December 2016}}
- Clear-Cutting of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest: A Brief Analysis of Clayoquot Sound (2016){{cite web|last1=Brownlie|first1=Claire|title=Clear-Cutting of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest: A Brief Analysis of Clayoquot Sound|url=https://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1528/clear-cutting-of-the-coastal-temperate-rainforest-a-brief-analysis-of-clayoquot-sound|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
- Ecosystems as Stakeholders to Urban Air Pollution Mitigation Decisions in Toronto (2016){{cite web|last1=Tidd|first1=Conner|title=Ecosystems as Stakeholders to Urban Air Pollution Mitigation Decisions in Toronto|url=https://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1532/ecosystems-as-stakeholders-to-urban-air-pollution-mitigation-decisions-in-toronto|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
- Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen and Phosphate Fertilizer Use In the Lake Erie Basin (2016){{cite web|last1=Harary|first1=David|title=Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen and Phosphate Fertilizer Use In the Lake Erie Basin|url=https://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1531/costs-and-benefits-of-nitrogen-and-phosphate-fertilizer-use-in-the-lake-erie-basin|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
- Effects of Conventional and Organic Agricultural Techniques on Soil Ecology (2016){{cite web|last1=Van Beilen|first1=Nate|title=Effects of Conventional and Organic Agricultural Techniques on Soil Ecology|url=https://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1529/effects-of-conventional-and-organic-agricultural-techniques-on-soil-ecology|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
- Toxicological Effects of Nanomaterials on Aqueous and Terrestrial Ecosystems (2016){{cite web|last1=Hyseni|first1=Sabina|title=Toxicological Effects of Nanomaterials on Aqueous and Terrestrial Ecosystems|url=https://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1530/toxicological-effects-of-nanomaterials-on-aqueous-and-terrestrial-ecosystems|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
- Should AGOA be Renewed in 2015? (2014){{cite web|last1=Osenbach|first1=Benjamin|title=Should AGOA be Renewed in 2015?|url=https://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1534/should-agoa-be-renewed-in-2015|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}}
- Do Civil Society Organizations Undermine State-building? (2014){{cite web|last1=Osenbach|first1=Benjamin|title=Do Civil Society Organizations Undermine State-building?|url=https://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1533/do-civil-society-organizations-undermine-state-building|website=thinkcds.org|publisher=Center for Development and Strategy|accessdate=26 July 2016}}