Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints How Disasters Shape the Dynamics of Armed Conflicts

• Main Author: Ide, Tobias (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2023
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Environmental policy & protocols; EU & European institutions; Natural disasters; armed conflict; civil war; climate change; disaster; environment; hazard; insurgent; rebel; security; violence; aid; cyclone; drought; earthquake; flood; government; heat wave; international relations; opportunity; politics; storm; tsunami
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A ground-breaking study on how natural disasters can escalate or defuse wars, insurgencies, and other strife.Armed conflict and natural disasters have plagued the twenty-first century. Not since the end of World War II has the number of armed conflicts been higher. At the same time, natural disaster...