Exploiting natural resources growth, instability, and conflict in the Middle East and Asia

Exploiting natural resources growth, instability, and conflict in the Middle East and Asia electronic resource Richard Cronin, Amit Pandya, editors - Washington, D.C. The Henry L. Stimson Center 2009 - 1 PDF-file (xii, 97 p.) ill.

A publication of Stimson's Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges project.

Presents views on the unsustainable exploitation of three key natural resources - forests, water, and extractable minerals - from the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia. The regional experts and Stimson analysts discuss the current patterns of resources exploitation in the form of forest clearing, hydropower dams, and mining operations that have implications for domestic and regional stability and human security.

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natural resources--Asia
natural resources--Middle East