Where Environmental Concerns and Security Strategies Meet Green Conflict in Asia and the Middle East
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Authors: James A. Winnefeld, Mary E. Morris
Year of
publication: 1994
Number
of pages: 133
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Research Summary
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RAND has developed this report in response to a gap perceived in national security planning between environmentalists and national security planners.
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The report aims to explore where the environmental and traditional security concerns meet, and to suggest their implications for the objectives of both the communities.
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Studying the Middle East and the Pacific Rim, the report examines how ‘green’ issues’ may lead to international conflict, either as underlying causes or as catalysts.
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The key areas of the report are the implications for U.S. policy and strategy with respect to population growth and economic activity, stressing their importance on preserving peace and environment in the region.
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The report notes that by stopping environmental degradation, and solving water problems economic prosperity and improvement of human rights can be achieved.
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In attempting to reduce the social problems flowing from environmental problems, the report analyses working with certain vital areas like population migration, improving agricultural production, economic performance, and social and political institutions.
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The report also makes a strong case for the further development of international law to deal with the increasing role of the environment as both a cause and a victim of acute conflict.
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Intending to bridge the gap between the national security and environmental interest communities, the report identifies the common areas of interest between both these segments thereby outlining the implications for future policy agendas.
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On the whole, exploring the degree to which environmental concerns are intruding on the closed domains of national security and strategy planning, the report stresses that the security planners must understand how a deteriorating environment gradually closes down attractive security options.
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