Scientific Underpinnings of - START - National Consortium for the ...
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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />
PREFACE (RDML John E. Roberti).......................................................................................... 3<br />
Executive Summary (Rosa Affleck, Todd Anderson, Roy Cooper, Rose Rainey).................. 4<br />
1. Stability and State Building (Clare Lockhart) ................................................................ 12<br />
2. Independent Trend and Trajectory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Future: Issues Impacting Social Regional<br />
Stability ............................................................................................................................ 23<br />
2.1. Demographics ................................................................................................................................... 23<br />
2.1.A.<br />
Demographic and Economic Trends: Implications <strong>for</strong> International<br />
Migration (Philip Martin) ............................................................................ 23<br />
2.1.B. Demography and Security (Jack Goldstone) ............................................... 32<br />
2.1.C. Demographic Security (Elizabeth Leahy Madsen)...................................... 44<br />
2.2. Economics........................................................................................................................................... 51<br />
2.2.A. Banking Crises, Collective Protest and Rebellion (David Richards, Ronald<br />
Gelleny)........................................................................................................ 51<br />
2.2.B. Economics and Political Instability within <strong>the</strong> Global Economic Crisis<br />
(Peter Steen)................................................................................................. 73<br />
2.3. Water .................................................................................................................................................... 78<br />
2.3.A.<br />
2.3.B.<br />
Water and Security: Cause War or Help Community Building? (Jerome<br />
Delli Priscoli)............................................................................................... 78<br />
Water Resources and Stability (J. Rolf Olsen, Kathleen White, Julie Kiang,<br />
D. Phil Turnipseed, Levi Brekke, David Raff, Roger Pulwarty, Robert<br />
Webb)........................................................................................................... 89<br />
2.3.C. Water Security and Scarcity: Potential Destabilization in Western<br />
Afghanistan (Alex Dehgan, Laura Jean Palmer-Moloney).......................... 98<br />
2.4. Changing <strong>of</strong> Climate and State Wea<strong>the</strong>r ..............................................................................110<br />
2.4.A. Maintaining Geopolitical and Social Stability throughout a Global Economy<br />
in an Era <strong>of</strong> Climate Change (James Diaz)................................................ 110<br />
2.4.B. The Arctic Region: Prospects <strong>for</strong> a Great Game or International Cooperation<br />
(Kenneth Yalowitz, Ross Virginia)............................................................ 125<br />
2.4.C. Changing Climate Impacts to Water Resources: Implications <strong>for</strong> Stability<br />
(Kathleen White, J.Rolf Olsen, Levi Brekke, David Raff, Roger Pulwarty,<br />
Robert Webb)............................................................................................. 131<br />
Energy............................................................................................................................................................144<br />
2.4.D. Energy, Africa, and Civil Conflict: What Does <strong>the</strong> Future Hold? (Richard<br />
Stoll)........................................................................................................... 144<br />
2.4.E. Energy: A <strong>National</strong> and Global Issue (Douglas Arent) ............................. 150<br />
2.5. Food.....................................................................................................................................................170<br />
2.5.A. World Food Availability and <strong>the</strong> Natural Land Resources Base (Jeffrey<br />
Steiner, Timothy Griffin)........................................................................... 170<br />
2.5.B. Food Production in Arid Regions as Related to Salinity (Donald Suarez) 178<br />
2.6. Epidemics..........................................................................................................................................184<br />
2.6.A. Epidemics: A Thumbnail Sketch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Past, Present and Future (Debarati<br />
Guha-Sapir)................................................................................................ 184<br />
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