Environmental Planning, Prevention and Disaster Response in The Arabian Gulf USCENTICOM's Regional Environmental Security Conference

Abstract

Environmental problems exacerbated by natural or man-made events can contribute to regional instability and conflict. Such environmental security related disasters hinder economic progress displace populations and facilitate the growth of undesirable elements and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Failure to respond to these events in a coordinated timely and effective manner impacts a governments legitimacy and its ability to govern and function. For these reasons environmental security initiatives are key security cooperation vehicles for the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM). Over the past three years USCENTCOM has conducted four conferences in its area of responsibility. Two Central Asia conferences established the relationships that allowed access to the bases required to fight the war against terrorism. In the Arabian Gulf region environmental security efforts complement USCENTCOM's Cooperative Defense Initiative (CDI) activities and offer a valuable venue for broadening regional security cooperation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA424039

Entities

People

  • B. F. Griffard
  • Kent H. Butts

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Asia
  • Central Asia
  • Cooperation
  • Disasters
  • Environmental Security
  • Information Operations
  • Regional Security
  • Security
  • South Asia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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  • Economics
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security