Environmental Security and Global Stability Problems and Responses

by Manwaring, Max G.; Gaffney II, Vice Admiral Paul G.; Blank, Stephen; Glass-Royal, Darci; Kiser, Stephen D.; McNeil, Frank A.; Simmons, Ray C.; Tarhule, Aondover A.; Warren, John P.

• ISBN13: 9780739104477
• ISBN10: 0739104470
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-23
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

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	vii
Paul G. Gaffney II
Preface Environmental Security and Global Stability: Rethinking Problem and Response	ix
Max G. Manwaring
Introduction Making Sense of Environmental Security	1	(8)
Frank McNeil
Max G. Manwaring
Geopolitics, National Security, and the Environment: An Example from the Trans-Caspian Region	9	(20)
Stephen J. Blank
Security Implications of Asia's Environmental Problems	29	(22)
Frank McNeil
Environment and Conflict in West Africa	51	(34)
Aondover A. Tarhule
Environmental Flashpoints in Africa: Ethiopia and the Blue Nile	85	(14)
John P. Warren
Security Implications of Latin America's Environmental Problems	99	(18)
Frank McNeil
Environmental Challenges in the Panama Canal Watershed	117	(16)
Darci Glass-Royal
Ray C. Simmons
Water: The Hydraulic Parameter of Conflict in the Jordan River Basin	133	(32)
Stephen D. Kiser
Conclusion The Environment as a Global Stability-Security Issue	165	(18)
Max G. Manwaring
Index	183	(6)
About the Contributors	189