Responding To Environmental Challenges in Central Asia and the Caspian Basin

Abstract

Environmental security is USCENTCOM's most viable option for engaging the Central Asia states and promoting most multilateral cooperation. It provides opportunities for communication and cooperation between regional states that might in other ways be antagonists. Because the Central Asia states are young and politically risk adverse, engagement activities must be complementary to their short-term perspective and non-threatening to their national sovereignty. Disaster response as the environmental security engagement vehicle has proven valuable to meeting these requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA423932

Entities

People

  • Bernard F. Griffard
  • Kent H. Butts

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Asia
  • Case Studies
  • Central Asia
  • Continents
  • Environmental Security
  • Eurasia
  • Failed States
  • Floods
  • Geographic Regions
  • Information Operations
  • Kazakhstan
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Seismology
  • Strategic Security Studies