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Sarah Ladislaw, a fellow with the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, was quoted by the Wall Street Journal, "Global Warming as a Security Threat."
June 26, 2008

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Energy and National Security

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Energy

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Sarah O. Ladislaw

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Do something to lower gas prices, and you might exacerbate warming and, potentially, terrorism. Assist in the fight against global warming and risk economic hardship.

"It does trade off," said Sarah Ladislaw, a fellow in the energy and national security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "The real question out there is: How well are people going to deal with the trade-offs?" The convergence of the increasing cost of fuel, global food shortages, global warming, and national security threats show how interconnected these transnational issues are, and policy makers need to be mindful of that, she said.

 

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