The aim of this book is to demonstrate how environmental factors have caused an evolution in
the landscape of national security since the end of the Cold War. Through relevant case studies
the scope of the problem on the national security landscape due to environmental stressors is
illuminated examined and synthesized with climate-related data. Human variables such as
governance GDP and vulnerability are taken into account and are compared against
environmental factors to more accurately determine the causative agents of regional conflicts
which threaten national security. These case studies comprise the majority of the text and
they show how individual conflicts are uniquely influenced by environmental stress with
variations from situation to situation. This book will be of interest to government and
military professionals and may serve as a resource for college courses in the areas of
military geography international affairs and sustainability studies.
