U.S. National Security Publications
ECSP Report 4: Event Summaries
Jul 07, 2011Event summaries from meetings sponsored by the Environmental Change and Security Program between May and December 1997. more
The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change
Jul 07, 2011The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change is a carefully constructed and well-organized account of the regulation of environmental issues within the Department of Defense and the armed services. more
ECSP Report 3
Jul 07, 2011The 1997 issue of the ECSP's annual report frames environment in terms of the U.S. security debate, explores ecological security and demographic change; and includes a commentary on human population prospects. Complete report. more
Security By Other Means: Foreign Assistance, Global Poverty, and American Leadership
Jul 07, 2011This Brookings Institution volume, edited by Lael Brainard, joins the growing chorus of criticism of foreign assistance reform in offering a clear set of first steps. more
Unpackaging the Environment
Jul 07, 2011The question now is how to transform spotty progress and modest steps into a more consistent pattern of political support for environmental concerns, how to move from the wide recognition that a problem exists to a public consensus that it is important. more
Too Poor for Peace? Global Poverty, Conflict, and Security in the 21st Century
Jul 07, 2011The book’s broad thesis is that alleviating poverty in the 21st century is not only a moral but also a security imperative. more
Environment in the U.S. Security Debate: The Case of the Missing Arctic Waters
Jul 07, 2011This essay asks whether and if so how the United States might employ new understandings of security in the management of Arctic waters issues, and in responding even more particularly to the prospect of intensified use of Russia’s Northern Sea Route. more
Commentary: Should Global Poverty be a U.S. National Security Issue? (Part 2)
Jul 07, 2011ECSP invited analysts to address whether global poverty should and can be a U.S. national security issue (Part 2). more
Demographic Change and Ecological Security
Jul 07, 2011The author discusses four significant demographic issues in the context of the ecological security framework: population growth, movements, graying, and differential growth. more
Commentary: Should Global Poverty be a U.S. National Security Issue? (Part 1)
Jul 07, 2011ECSP invited analysts to address whether global poverty should and can be a U.S. national security issue. more
