Peter
Schwartzstein

Enviro journalist & researcher, think tanker @ The Wilson Center & @ Center for Climate & Security, Author of 'The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence'

@pschwartzstein

Latest Stories

The Daily Beast 

Dec 5, 2014

ISIS Fighters Are Killing Faster than Statisticians Can Count

The jihadists’ advance has prompted a murder spree so massive that some groups have stopped publishing their death counts for fear of misleading the public.

National Geographic 

Nov 4, 2014

Amid Terror Attacks, Iraq Faces Water Crisis

Islamic State's assault on dams and water systems threatens Iraq's supply, which was already squeezed by dams in Turkey and Iran.

National Geographic 

Oct 3, 2014

Can Egypt's Crisis Help Clean Energy Gain Traction?

Egypt looks to wind and solar as the answer to some of its longtime woes.

Vice 

Sep 26, 2014

Beer and Loathing in Post-Muslim Brotherhood Cairo

For much of the 90s, drinking Egyptian alcohol was akin to dancing with death. So potent was the dose of formaldehyde in the local Stella beer that US airmen stationed in Cairo during the Gulf War were…

National Geographic 

Sep 23, 2014

Refugee Flood Heightens Long-Standing Tensions Between Turks and Kurds

The Islamic State's assault on a Kurdish area in Syria increases tensions in Turkey, but may unite rival Kurdish factions.

The Daily Beast 

Aug 24, 2014

The Gaza War Has Left Jerusalem
More Divided Than Ever

A journey to both sides of the Holy City’s ‘racist abyss.’

National Geographic 

Aug 19, 2014

Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians

Amid war, Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo is an island of sanity in a complicated reality.

The Daily Beast 

Jun 29, 2014

Iraq’s Christians See Putin As Savior

Reeling from regional developments and disillusioned with the West, some Iraqi Christians are looking to Russia for support.