Climate Change and National Security A Country-Level Analysis

About this book

In this unique and innovative contribution to environmental security, an international team of scholars explore and estimate the intermediate-term security risks that climate change may pose for the United States, its allies and partners, and for regional and global order through the year 2030. In profiles of forty-two key countries and regions, each contributor considers the problems that climate change will pose for existing institutions and practices. By focusing on the conduct of individual states or groups of nations, the results add new precision to our understanding of the way environmental stress may be translated into political, social, economic, and military challenges in the future.

Countries and regions covered in the book include China, Vietnam, The Philippines, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Central Asia, the European Union, the Persian Gulf, Egypt, Turkey, the Maghreb, West Africa, Southern Africa, the Northern Andes, and Brazil.

Contents

1. Introduction Daniel Moran 2. China Joanna I. Lewis 3. Vietnam Carlyle A. Thayer 4. The Philippines Paul D. Hutchcroft 5. Indonesia Michael Malley 6. India T.V. Paul 7. Pakistan Daniel Markey 8. Bangladesh Ali Riaz 9. Russia Celeste A. Wallander 10. Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Edward Schatz 11. The European Union Chad M. Briggs and Stacy D. VanDeveer 12. Turkey Ibrahim Al-Marashi 13. The Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Oman James A. Russell 14. Egypt Ibrahim Al-Marashi 15. The Maghreb: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia Gregory White 16. West Africa I: Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Senegal Linda J. Beck and E. Mark Pires 17. West Africa II: The Mano River Union: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone Dennis Galvan and Brian Guy 18. Southern Africa: Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe Ngonidzashe Munemo 19. The Northern Andes: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Kent Eaton 20. Brazil Jeffrey Cason 21. Conclusion: Climate Change and the Politics of Anxiety Daniel Moran Appendices List of Contributors Index

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Biography

Daniel Moran is a professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is coeditor of Energy Security and Global Politics: The Militarization of Resource Management.