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The Double Burden of Climate Exposure and State Fragility

Posted: 15 Oct 2018 09:23 AM PDT

This article also appeared on the Center for Climate and Security.The security implications of climate change emerged as an important area of concern in the mid 2000s in both policy circles and academia. Since then, there has been much research exploring causal pathways between climate phenomena and violent conflict, often with inconclusive or mixed results.We sidestep […] Related posts: Risk, But Also Opportunity in Climate Fragility and Terror Link Crisis in Lake Chad: Tackling...

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China vs. United States: Competition Over Rare Minerals Ratchets Up

Posted: 15 Oct 2018 05:51 AM PDT

"Historically, resource conflicts have often centered on fuel minerals, like oil. Future resources conflicts may however focus more on competition for non-fuel minerals that enable [modern] technologies," said Andrew Gulley, Mineral Economist at the United States Geological Survey. America's 2018 National Defense Strategy says that great power competition is the country's most important defense challenge. […] Related posts: Green Conflict Minerals: Investigating Renewable Energy Supply...

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