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ASP to Co-Host Conference, Launch Outreach Campaign on the National Security Implications of Climate Change
posted by selena shilad on September 8, 2009 at 5:36 pm
CONTACT: Selena Shilad sshilad@americansecurityproject.org Amy Pond apond@americansecurityproject.org On Thursday, September 10th, beginning at 8:15 a.m. EST, the American Security Project (ASP) and George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs will co-host a conference titled “The Day Before: A Conference on the National Security Implications of Climate Change” with key military and public leaders, including…
Senator Kerry Featured in HuffPo
posted by louie on September 4, 2009 at 4:00 pm
ASP Board Member Senator John Kerry (D-MA) was recently featured in the Huffington Post in an op-ed addressing the national security implications of climate change. In the piece, Senator Kerry writes about the urgency of the issue, and the need for Congress to address solutions now: Facts, as John Adams said, are stubborn things. Here…
Chuck Hagel: A National Security Strategy for the 21st Century
posted by louie on September 3, 2009 at 5:16 pm
ASP Board Member and former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel has a fantastic piece in the Post today. In it he lays the case for a new American national security paradigm, based in the realities of the 21st century rather than the habits of the 20th, and calls for a reevaluation of our mission and ambitions…
Continued Navy Concern over Arctic
posted by louie on September 3, 2009 at 11:47 am
The United States Navy drew attention to its continuing concern over climate change in a recent Stars and Stripes article highlighting security and readiness concerns raised by rapid Arctic ice melt. According to NOAA projections, Arctic summers may be completely ice-free by 2030. That is startlingly soon. The prospect of iceless, unregulated Arctic waters opening…
It’s about time warming is made a security issue
posted by amy pond on September 1, 2009 at 4:58 pm
By Selena Shilad RE “PENTAGON fighting global warming? Some say security fears are counterproductive’’ (Page A1, Aug. 22): Your article on climate change and national security unfortunately examines this debate as a political issue of being “securitized’’ rather than a longstanding security issue that is finally making it into the public dialogue. Climate change is…
China's solar energy advance is a wake-up call for US
posted by louie on August 25, 2009 at 3:27 pm
As the US lumbers on in debate over renewable energy reform, the PRC is moving forward to become the world’s biggest contender in the solar energy market. Boosted by generous government subsidies, bountiful cheap labor and an ever-increasing demand for green energy, Chinese companies like Suntech are gradually overtaking their American and German competitors. This…
