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Book SynopsisIn 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.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Climate Science and Climate PoliticsDaniel Moran2. ChinaJoanna I. Lewis3. VietnamCarlyle A. Thayer4. The PhilippinesPaul D. Hutchcroft5. IndonesiaMichael S. Malley6. IndiaT.V. Paul7. PakistanDaniel Markey8. BangladeshAli Riaz9. RussiaCeleste A. Wallander10. Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and UzbekistanEdward Schatz 11. The European UnionChad M. Briggs and Stacy D. VanDeveer 12. TurkeyIbrahim Al-Marashi 13. The Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and OmanJames A. Russell 14. EgyptIbrahim Al-Marashi 15. The Maghreb: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and TunisiaGregory W. White 16. West Africa I: Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and SenegalLinda J. Beck and E. Mark Pires 17. West Africa II, The Mano River Union: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra LeoneDennis Galvan and Brian Guy 18. Southern Africa: Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, and ZimbabweNgonidzashe Munemo 19. The Northern Andes: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and PeruKent Eaton 20. BrazilJeffrey Cason 21. Conclusion: The Politics of UncertaintyDaniel Moran Appendixes List of Contributors Index
