Climate Change and National Security: A Country-Level Analysis

Daniel Moran

Georgetown University Press, Mar 22, 2011 - Political Science - 320 pages

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

• Climate Science and Climate Politics: 1
• 2 China: 9
• 3 Vietnam: 27
• 4 The Philippines: 43
• 5 Indonesia: 59
• 6 India: 73
• 7 Pakistan: 85
• 8 Bangladesh: 103
• 9 Russia: 115
• Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: 129
• 11 The European Union: 141
• 12 Turkey: 153
• Bahrain Iran Iraq Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates and Oman: 163
• 14 Egypt: 177
• Algeria Libya Morocco and Tunisia: 189
• Côte dIvoire Nigeria and Senegal: 203
• The Mano River Union Guinea Liberia and Sierra Leone: 221
• Lesotho South Africa Swaziland and Zimbabwe: 233
• Bolivia Colombia Ecuador and Peru: 247
• 20 Brazil: 259
• The Politics of Uncertainty: 269
• Appendixes: 275
• List of Contributors: 285
• Index: 287

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Climate Change and National Security: A Country-Level Analysis
• Editor: Daniel Moran
• Contributors: Daniel Moran, Joanna I. Lewis, Carlyle A. Thayer, Paul D. Hutchcroft, Michael S. Malley, T.V. Paul, Daniel Markey, Ali Riaz, Celeste A. Wallander, Edward Schatz, Chad Briggs, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Ibrahim Al-Marashi, James A. Russell, Gregory White, Linda J. Beck, E. Mark Pires, Dennis Galvan, Brian Guy, Ngonidzashe Munemo, Kent Eaton, Jeffrey Cason
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 1589017552, 9781589017559
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General; Political Science / Security (National & International); Science / Global Warming & Climate Change