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29 Mar 08
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ew faultline underlying world politics has gained attention in recent years, one that could increasingly define our future conflicts.
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by natural resources: who's got them, who needs them, and who has the means to secure them.
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No blood for oil
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energy resources, and not counter-terrorism, might lie at the root of America's Iraq war policy
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many experts of international conflict see international competition for increasingly scarce natural and energy resources as a core, and increasingly salient, cause of conflict between and within states.
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ichael T. Klare, the Five College Professor of Peace and World Se
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ees natural resources at the heart of conflicts past, present and future
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The New Geopolitics of Energy is due out in April 2008.
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the causal link between natural resources and international conflict
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increasingly important faultline in world politic
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mpetition has been a decisive factor in driving conflict
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he pursuit of resources—land, timber, gold, minerals, spices, slaves, furs, rubber, and oil, among others
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Great Britain and France over the control of resource-rich territories in North America, India, Africa, and Asia.
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Cold War, resource-related conflict of this sort was largely subordinated to the ideological struggle between the two superpowers but
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radical nationalist regimes in the oil-producing areas of the Middle East
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a key role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during this period.
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to block the free flow of oil from the Persian Gulf—a declaration widely known as the "Carter Doctrine."
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Doctrine were cited by President Regan to justify
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The basic tenets o
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Bush I chose to quarantine Iraq and seek "regime change" through economic warfare—a strategy then embraced by his successor, Bill Clin
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or their original inspiration.
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Is resource competition playing a greater causal role in the outbreak of armed conflict now than in the past?
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: I would say that resource competition has played a key role in the outbreak of war throughout history, so it is hard to say if it is playing a greater role today than in the past.
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itter conflicts over land in many parts of the world
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tragic struggle in Darfur is emblematic of this trend.
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Virtually the entire planet has been scoured in the search for valuable sources of energy and minerals,
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e rise of China, India, and other newly-industrialized countrie
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ll of the conditions that might have prompted conflict over resources in the past are likely to become magnified.
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In addition to petroleum resources, what are some of the other natural resources whose (potential) scarcity could (or already do) contribute to international conflict?
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at are some of the resources that might cause future wars?
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natural gas
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hina and Japan
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Neither side has been willing to compromise on the matter
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ecessary to protect their interests
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military mean
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isputes over the possession of offshore natural gas fields could also be a source of conflict between Iran and its
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on nuclear power for a greater share of their energy supply, uranium could also prove to be a source of international conflict.
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Diamonds, minerals, and valuable timber supplies have also been a source of conflict in the past, and are likely to be so again in the future
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Conflicts over these resources are unlikely to involve the major powers, but will more likely involve rentier states, warlords, ethnic militias, and assorted non-state actors.
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Is the strategic competition between the United States and China over resources contributing to the perpetuation of armed conflicts around the world
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ascendant powers
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ecause both powers often seek to cement their ties with potential resource suppliers in the developing world by providing them with arms and other forms of military assistance
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internal conflicts.
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scorched earth"
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ikewise, the United States has assisted the Nigerian government in its crackdown against tribal militants in the Niger Delta region,
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providing arms and military aid to the various regimes in Central Asia,
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ill strengthen the tendency of these regimes to rely on force and repression to rule, rather than to allow greater democratic participation.
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affect resource competition and international conflic
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global warming's effects
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roduce diminished rainfall in many parts of the world, leading to a rise in desertification in these areas and a decline in their ability to sustain agriculture
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ight over remaining sources of water and arable land
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ome analysts believe that the conflict in Darfur is partly driven by such phenomena
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Global warming is also expected to produce a significant rise global sea levels, and this will result in the inundation of low-lying coastal areas around the world
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closing comments to share with us on the relationship between natural resources and international conflict?
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a new world power configuration
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possession of energy and other key resources is the principal indicator of national streng
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ather than the possession of military arsenals, as was the case in the Cold War era and in prior centuries
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defeated has-been of the post-Cold War er
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the supposed victor of the Cold Wa
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vulnerabilities because of its deep dependency on imported petroleum
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he more we look into the future, I believe, the more a nation's relative standing in the world will be determined by such criteria—this, at least, is the argument I will make in my new book,
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