Center for Development and Strategy Last updated June 08, 2025 History In 2014, CDS was founded as a 'student-run' think tank focused on economic development. [ 4] At the time, it was the second major international student-run think tank in the world. [ 5] 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. [ 6] Since then, CDS has expanded to involve academics and young professionals in government, business, and non-profits. [ 7]
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. [ 8] 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. [ 9]
30 Under 30 Leaders CDS also publishes a list of 30 young professionals under the age of 30. [ 10] The awardees were recognized for their achievements in sustainability, development, and human rights. [ 11] 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) [ 12] President Bolsonaro Fiddles While the Brazilian Amazon Goes Up in Smoke (2020) [ 13] Understanding the Climate Change-National Security Nexus: The Three Faces of Climate Security (2020) [ 14] Is Los Angeles’ Blockage of Critical Resources Justifiable? (2020) [ 15] Resource Security: The Context of National Security During and Beyond COVID-19 (2020) [ 16] By Formalizing Control Over Resources, Annexation Would Eliminate Palestinian Economic Empowerment (2020) [ 17] Hezbollah’s Failure to Stop the New Lebanon (2020) [ 18] The Need for an Integrated Approach in South Africa’s Land Ownership Deliberations (2020) [ 19] Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Solve the Biodiversity Crisis (2019) [ 20] Bomb cyclones and breadbaskets: How climate, food, and political unrest intersect (2019) [ 21] Space Wars Threaten Earthly Intelligence (2019) [ 22] Vietnam Needs to Break Its Addiction to Chinese Coal (2019) [ 23] Drought Monitoring for a Stable Society (2019) [ 24] Squaring the Triangle: Why Turkey and the EastMed Project Need Each Other (2019) [ 25] From Water Insecurity to Physical Insecurity: The Case of Peru's Melting Glaciers (2019) [ 26] The rise of plastic insecurity in China’s Yangtze River economic belt (2019) [ 27] African Free Trade Could Increase Resilience to Climate Change and Conflict (2018) [ 28] Blood Chocolate: Climate Change and Conflict in the West African Cocoa Belt (2018) [ 29] The Risks of a Looming Energy Transition (2018) [ 30] Can Climate Change Bring Israel and Jordan Closer Together? (2018) [ 31] The Use of Environmental Research in America's Capital (2017) [ 32] The Key for Liberals on Climate: Pushing Harder for National Security (2017) [ 33] Remote Sensing Satellites as a Solution Towards Anticipating Food and Water Wars (2017) [ 34] Carbon Capture and Storage as a Method to Mitigate Climate Change (2017) [ 35] Applying Jus Ad Bellum in Cyberspace (2016) [ 36] Commercialization of Biochar and the Benefits for Climate Change and Agriculture (2016) [ 37] Environmental Decisions in the Context of War: Bombing ISIL's Oil (2016) [ 38] An analysis of the threat of Ontario’s hydroelectric dams on its river ecosystems (2016) [ 39] Joint-Value Creation Between Marine Protected Areas and the Private Sector (2016) [ 40] Clear-Cutting of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest: A Brief Analysis of Clayoquot Sound (2016) [ 41] Ecosystems as Stakeholders to Urban Air Pollution Mitigation Decisions in Toronto (2016) [ 42] Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen and Phosphate Fertilizer Use In the Lake Erie Basin (2016) [ 43] Effects of Conventional and Organic Agricultural Techniques on Soil Ecology (2016) [ 44] Toxicological Effects of Nanomaterials on Aqueous and Terrestrial Ecosystems (2016) [ 45] Should AGOA be Renewed in 2015? (2014) [ 46] Do Civil Society Organizations Undermine State-building? (2014) [ 47] References ↑ "Cluster Mapping Project, CDS" . clustermapping.us . S. Cluster Mapping Project. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ "Meet the Canadian Top 30 Under 30" . corporateknights.com . Corporate Knights Magazine. Retrieved 23 November 2016 . ↑ "About CDS" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ Ayub, Mahnoor (October 31, 2016). "NASA think-tanks: what's next for Harary?" . No. 8. The Medium. Retrieved 23 November 2016 . ↑ "UB student David Harary creates student-run think tank Center for Development and Strategy" . UB Spectrum. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ "Winners announced in UB School of Management undergraduate DEAL Expo" . UB News Center . University at Buffalo. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ "CDS Video Introduction" . YouTube . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ "Think Together" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ "Partners of Penn Global Impact Collaborative" . penngic.org . Penn Global Impact Collaborative. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ Gatlin, Greg (October 20, 2016). "Sustainability Campaigner Named a Young Leader of Tomorrow" . Suffolk University. Retrieved 23 November 2016 . ↑ "30 Under 30" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016 . ↑ Beauregard, Jordan (25 September 2020). "COVID-19, California's Wildfires, and Reimagining "The Reserves" " . Just Security. Retrieved 1 October 2020 . ↑ Berkowitz, Jackie (18 September 2020). "President Bolsonaro Fiddles While the Brazilian Amazon Goes Up in Smoke" . Wilson Center. Retrieved 1 October 2020 . ↑ Beauregard, Jordan (14 September 2020). "Understanding the Climate Change-National Security Nexus: The Three Faces of Climate Security" . Think Together. Retrieved 14 September 2020 . ↑ Leopold, Justin (2 September 2020). "Is Los Angeles' Blockage of Critical Resources Justifiable?" . Think Together. Retrieved 14 September 2020 . ↑ Beauregard, Jodan (8 August 2020). "Resource Security: The Context of National Security During and Beyond COVID-19" . Homeland Security Today. Retrieved 8 August 2020 . ↑ Harary, David (29 June 2020). "By Formalizing Control Over Resources, Annexation Would Eliminate Palestinian Economic Empowerment" . The National Interest. Retrieved 29 June 2020 . ↑ Harary, David (17 February 2020). "Hezbollah's Failure to Stop the New Lebanon" . The National Interest. Retrieved 17 February 2020 . ↑ Belachew, Bethlehem (23 January 2020). "The Need for an Integrated Approach in South Africa's Land Ownership Deliberations" . Africa Up Close. Retrieved 23 January 2020 . ↑ Rundle, Hannah (12 October 2019). "Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Solve the Biodiversity Crisis" . Scientific American. Retrieved 15 October 2019 . ↑ Harary, David (8 October 2019). "Bomb cyclones and breadbaskets: How climate, food, and political unrest intersect" . Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 9 October 2019 . ↑ Harary, David (13 August 2019). "Space Wars Threaten Earthly Intelligence" . Slate. Retrieved 14 August 2019 . ↑ Malczyk, Brian; Robinson, Tim. "Vietnam Needs to Break Its Addiction to Chinese Coal" . The Diplomat . The Diplomat. Retrieved 15 July 2019 . ↑ Rundle, Hannah; Taylor, Frederick. "Drought Monitoring for a Stable Society" (PDF) . Varysian. Retrieved 3 June 2019 . ↑ Jeakins, Geordie; Robinson, Tim. "SQUARING THE TRIANGLE: WHY TURKEY AND THE EASTMED PROJECT NEED EACH OTHER" . War on the Rocks . War on the Rocks. Retrieved 3 June 2019 . ↑ Jeakins, Geordie (2019). "From Water Insecurity to Physical Insecurity: The Case of Peru's Melting Glaciers" (PDF) . Global Risk Observatory. Retrieved 3 June 2019 . ↑ Roth, Joachim. "The rise of plastic insecurity in China's Yangtze River economic belt" . GreenBiz . GreenBiz. Retrieved 3 June 2019 . ↑ Harary, David. "African Free Trade Could Increase Resilience to Climate Change and Conflict" . New Security Beat . Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. Retrieved 3 June 2019 . ↑ Robinson, Tim (2018-09-25). "Blood chocolate – climate change and conflict in the West African cocoa belt" . Global Risk Insights. Retrieved 17 October 2018 . ↑ Roth, Joachim. "The Risks of a Looming Energy Transition" . LSE International Development . The London School of Economics. Retrieved 17 October 2018 . ↑ Harary, David; Malczyk, Brian (16 May 2018). "Can Climate Change Bring Israel and Jordan Closer Together?" . The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 16 May 2018 . ↑ Harary, David (May 2017). "The Use of Environmental Research in America's Capital" (PDF) . Journal of Science Policy & Governance . 11 (1): 01. Retrieved 16 October 2017 . ↑ Harary, David (May 15, 2017). "The Key for Liberals on Climate: Pushing Harder for National Security" . Harvard Kennedy School Review. Retrieved 26 May 2017 . ↑ Harary, David (May 2017). "Remote Sensing Satellites as a Solution Towards Anticipating Food and Water Wars" (PDF) . Cornell International Affairs Review . 10 (2): 38. doi :10.37513/ciar.v10i2.491 . Retrieved 26 May 2017 . ↑ Hyseni, Sabina (2017). "Carbon Capture and Storage as a Method to Mitigate Climate Change" . Inquiries Journal . 9 (3). Retrieved 6 May 2017 . ↑ Barnett, Sophie (2016). "Applying Jus Ad Bellum in Cyberspace" . Southern California International Review . 6 (2): 10– 21. Retrieved 6 May 2017 . ↑ Van Beilen, Nate (2016). "Commercialization of Biochar and the Benefits for Climate Change and Agriculture" . Inquiries Journal . 8 (12). Retrieved 6 May 2017 . ↑ Harary, David. "Environmental Decisions in the Context of War: Bombing ISIL's Oil" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 23 November 2016 . ↑ Scrivens, Nicholas. "An analysis of the threat of Ontario's hydroelectric dams on its river ecosystems" . www.thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 9 October 2016 . ↑ Harary, David (December 2016). "Joint-Value Creation Between Marine Protected Areas and the Private Sector" . Inquiries Journal . 8 (12). Retrieved 9 December 2016 . ↑ Brownlie, Claire. "Clear-Cutting of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest: A Brief Analysis of Clayoquot Sound" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ Tidd, Conner. "Ecosystems as Stakeholders to Urban Air Pollution Mitigation Decisions in Toronto" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ Harary, David. "Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen and Phosphate Fertilizer Use In the Lake Erie Basin" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ Van Beilen, Nate. "Effects of Conventional and Organic Agricultural Techniques on Soil Ecology" . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ Hyseni, Sabina. "Toxicological Effects of Nanomaterials on Aqueous and Terrestrial Ecosystems" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ Osenbach, Benjamin. "Should AGOA be Renewed in 2015?" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . ↑ Osenbach, Benjamin. "Do Civil Society Organizations Undermine State-building?" . thinkcds.org . Center for Development and Strategy. Retrieved 26 July 2016 . This page is based on this
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