Sustainability and National Security

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Sustainability and States: Climate Change and Sovereignty Rymn J. Parsons, Esq.* 8 I wish to express my deep appreciation to Dr. ...

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Introduction The impact of migration on conflict is a man-made problem; the way migration is managed (or not) can determine its ...

Indeed, national security and the organized armed forces of states are premised on this cardinal orienta- tion. A system that ch ...

Environmental dispossession has potential to re- configure the geo-political landscape—its borders and perhaps sovereignty itsel ...

The Effect of Climate Change on the International System Territorial integrity is an essential element of sov- ereignty, but imp ...

dence. No surer route to armed conflict exists than by an assault on sovereignty through an invasion of territory; such would be ...

Climate Change (IPCC) may predict, compared to its 2007 Fourth Report, the number of ecomigrants could reach a billion (Internat ...

re-examine what is required, what flexibility states and the state system must acquire or enhance. It’s time to address how sove ...

ecomigration could be a useful adaptation mecha- nism. Climate change will challenge states and peo- ples to be resilient in the ...

Security and Climate Change Climate change and resource scarcity—their ef- fects, in combination—are indirect causes of armed co ...

migration (even if it remains internal), will undermine the stability and legitimacy of states on both sides of the border, incr ...

In November 2010, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, remarked: Although states have legitimate interests in s ...

Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1987); Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990); and International Con ...