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Demography and Security

Posted on October 25, 2016 by rpicard@smith.edu

Sciubba et al. interestingly breaks down the components of population and national security, and connects them in unique ways, showing their wide interdependence. Interestingly, this approach to environmental security appears most logical for our immediate organization of the world. In … Continue reading →

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Personhood in Environmental Security

Posted on October 4, 2016 by rpicard@smith.edu

The chapters this week in F&M addressed environmental security primarily at the level of individuals (both humans and other organisms) and their relationships with one another. The two chapters took a stance against the state centered view of security through … Continue reading →

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Thinkpiece: Resource Scarcity/Abundance

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rpicard@smith.edu

With the primary debates of this week’s readings surrounding correlations between violent conflict and resource scarcity vs. violent conflict and resource abundance, I thought it was interesting how the introduction opened with an analysis of past acknowledgements of environmental security … Continue reading →

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