Category: Enviormental Security

  • Global Warming Preparedness and Security?

    London Underwater, by the Telegraph 12/28/2006 Raising Water Levels on London and China’s Drought/Grain Problem As we close 2006 and look to 2007, two global warming major reports – one from Finland and other from China – presents the increasingly dire environmental situation we are facing globally. And whether or not one believes climate change…

  • Quick Post: Europe’s Demographic and Cold Spell Challenges

    Note: Posting has been and will be very light for a 1-2 weeks with work projects due and a vacation trip to Tahoe coming this weekend. As mentioned earlier, article contributions are welcomed. ——————- Introduction While oil, the Middle East and terrorism steal the headlines, we must not forget the need to seriously consider the…

  • Energy and Climate: Confluence of Disasters (A Quick Post)

    Introduction The Oil Drum has an excellent post covering the recently released findings over the major drop (30%) in the temperature of the the Gulf Stream, the warm currents that from the N. America flow east to warm Europe. (Note that this report was curiously timed against current discussion in Montreal on the successor to…

  • Enough of the Paris Riots, What about Energy Security and China?

    Quick Posting Only… The blogsophere, myself included, have been guilty on focusing too much attention on the Paris Riots. Meanwhile, China looks like its taking steps to protect itself from any looming energy crisis and threats…and such a potential crisis is far larger of a strategic threat than the riots in France. China has made…

  • China tries Green GDP

    A couple of days ago, I posted “China – Enviormentalism as a National Security Issue“, which highlighted China’s growing pollution issue becoming more than just a purely enviormental issue, but also sparking domestic unrest and a potential source of conflict with its neighbouring states. Last week’s Economist points to China’s attempt to address the issue…

  • China – Enviormentalism as a National Security Issue

    In the simplistic view of things, there are the tree hugging hippies who care about the enviorment and “pansie” issues above all else with the opposite side you have the realist obssessed with state power. But as one partial to the realist camp, I believe this sort of simplitic portrayal needs to be rejected. State…