Is the Environment a National Security Issue?

The assertion that many environmental problems constitute security risks is correct, and is of very little importance. The purely rhetorical line of argumentation that urges us to consider environmental problems and security problems as by their very nature inseparable is probably destined to disappear. Whatever needs for attention-getting may have been present in the late 1980`s, they are past now. If the problems these writers point to are really as serious as they say, then the more pressing need is not for more {open_quotes}new thinking{close_quotes} but for effective solutions. 62 refs, 1 tab.

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