Climate change is a national security issue
The flooding in Pakistan is far more destructive than most conventional threats. It’s time for the world to take notice.
The flooding in Pakistan is far more destructive than most conventional threats. It’s time for the world to take notice.
It’s time to prepare our well-resourced, capable forces for saving the world, not destroying it.
Extreme weather has been called a ‘threat multiplier’ — feeding into existing social and political problems and making them even worse.
Russia and India’s opposition to a new security council resolution wasn’t frivolous. There needs to be consensus on the fundamentals.
There won’t be any more “great powers” if we don’t get a grip on the coming global crisis, which makes us all insecure.
The more the U.S. foreign policy establishment indulges in great power competition, the less prepared it is for real crisis.
Only when China and the United States elevate the threat of climate change above their geopolitical rivalry will it be possible to avert disaster.
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
The Biden administration must address this strategically or there will be nothing left of the ‘global order’ as we know it.
Future cooperation between these major carbon producing powers is essential, and frankly, would be refreshing.
Reorienting focus will turn US competitors like China into partners in combating a shared threat.
Biden signs order that elevates climate to a national security issue. Let’s see if the DoD takes on board their own role in the crisis.