GOBAL WARRING: HOW ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CRISISES WILL PASCAL C. / REDRAW THE WORLD MAP Księgarnia

In a perfect storm, the environment, the global economic system and geopolitics are all undergoing rapid, uncontrolled change. In the same way that the climate is in a state of flux, exhibiting erratic behavior before settling into a new norm, in the wake of the global economic crisis, many of the assumptions about the Western economic system have been destroyed, which leads to some troubling questions:

How vulnerable is the United States to more devastating hurricanes like Katrina?

What will the opening of the Arctic mean for Russian access into North American waters?

Will China's lack of clean, fresh water undermine its global ambitions?

Will India's increasingly erratic monsoon affect its economic growth?

Global Warring takes a hard look at these questions. Journalist and analyst Cleo Paskal identifies problem areas that are most likely to start wars, destroy economies and create failed states. Examining the most likely environmental change scenarios, she illuminates the ways in which they could radically alter human existence. A fascinating tour through our uncertain future, Global Warring also offers a controversial new way forward for the global economy and the worldwide environmental crisis.

Cleo Paskal is an associate fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, as well as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Energy's Global Energy and Environment Strategic Ecosystem. She is adjunct faculty at Manipal University, India and SCMS, India. She is also an award winning journalist who has contributed to a wide range of publications including The Economist, The Times and the Chicago Tribune, has hosted BBC radio shows, and wrote an Emmy winning documentary series.

Table of Contents

Introduction

* Part One: The USS Sieve

* The Coming Storm

* Part Two: The New Geopolitical Icebergs

* Life On The No Longer Permanent Permafrost

* The Global Economy: Waiting for the ship to come in

* A Short History of Modern Geopolitics, As Seen From The Deck Of A Ship

* The Great Cold Rush of ’08

* Part Three: Precipitating Change in Asia and Beyond

* Today’s Weather * The Story So Far

* Interesting Times, Narrowing Options

* Part Four: Water

* Building a Geopolitical Ark

* Drawing Lines in the Water

* Fighting Over Atlantis

Part Five: Your point is?

* Conclusion

280 pages, Hardcover

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