Middle East Policy Council

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Environment

Speech

What Could Go Wrong for China?

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.), June 23, 2007

Lord Lamont asked me to consider what could go wrong for China. I have concluded, first, that China is ...

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Speech

China in the Times to Come

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.), March 27, 2007

We are here to inaugurate a new center for research, analysis, and education about China, a country to our far ...

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Journal Essay

Dams and Politics in Turkey: Utilizing Water, Developing Conflict

Joost Jongerden, Spring 2009

According to a NATO conflict scenario, Syria and Iraq execute a joint invasion of Turkey in 2010. This invasion occurs ...

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Journal Essay

The World Water Crisis and International Security

Harald D. Frederiksen, Winter 2008

Most countries, including many of the world’s largest, are rapidly increasing demands upon overcommitted national and international water resources, transforming ...

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Journal Essay

Internal and External Security in the Arab Gulf States

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Summer 2008

This paper examines how the concept of “Gulf security” is evolving as internal political and socioeconomic changes in the Gulf ...

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Journal Essay

Environmental Security and Regional Stability in the Persian Gulf

James A. Russell, Winter 2008

Climate change is the defining human development issue of our generation. All development is ultimately about expanding human potential and ...

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