Synopses & Reviews
Environmental Security and Global Stability places environmental security at the center of the new, complex global security debate. By meshing strategic and operational expertise with academic and policy research the work demonstrates the imperative need to move theoretical and moral environmental protection programs from the state of study and rhetoric to the realm of action. The essays highlight through case study discussions of environmental flash points in Asia, Africa, and Latin America the clear linkages between environmental degradation, population growth, ethnic tension, economic distress, and political instability. Offering a theoretical framework from which to approach environmental security policy as well as suggesting practical preventative and mitigatory measures for its implementation, this volume is an invaluable resource for scholars and policymakers alike.
Synopsis
By meshing strategic and operational expertise with research the work demonstrates the need to move theoretical and moral environmental protection programs to the realm of action.
Table of Contents
Foreword / Paul G. Gaffney II -- Preface : Environmental security and global stability : rethinking problem and response / Max G. Manwaring -- Introduction : Making sense of environmental security / Frank McNeil and Max G. Manwaring -- Geopolitics, national security, and the environment : an example from the Trans-Caspian region / Stephen J. Blank -- Security implications of Asia's environmental problems / Frank McNeil -- Environment and conflict in West Africa / Aondover A. Tarhule -- Environmental flashpoints in Africa : Ethiopia and the Blue Nile / John P. Warren -- Security implications of Latin America's environmental problems / Frank McNeil -- Environmental challenges in the Panama Canal watershed / Darci Glass-Royal and Ray C. Simmons -- Water : the hydraulic parameter of conflict in the Jordan River basin / Stephen D. Kiser -- Conclusion : The environment as a global stability-security issue / Max G. Manwaring.