Can Abundance and Scarcity Clash? Environmental Security in Lebanon’s Second Republic

Abstract

Can Abundance and Scarcity Clash?
Environmental Security in Lebanon’s Second Republic

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27. * Sami ZEIDAN served as a diplomat at the United Nations from 2001 to 2005, and is currently a Master of Laws candidate at Harvard Law
28. School, as well as a doctoral student at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He can be reached at [e-mail]
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54. The chapter also includes an interesting expanded version of the Homer-Dixon model as it applies to the Middle East context, on p 53.
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59. Ibid, p 18. 21 Ibid. 22 Ibid, p 2-4.
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64. and its applicability to treaty compliance in developing countries such as Lebanon. 26 Ibid, p 4.
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69. http://www.iasps.org.il/strat10/strat10.htm September 2000.
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71. Joffe, Alexander H. “Drug Production and the Environment in Lebanon.” Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. http://www.meib.org/articles/0010_l1.htm 5 October 2000. 34 Ibid.
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76. Case of Lebanon. Diss. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 2001. Online. Dissertation Abstracts. 5 May 2003. p 7. 41 Ibid, p iv.
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80. Desalinization, which is still in its infancy, may help produce more usable water, but the basic problem remains the overall management and use of water.
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99. also described the Israeli threats as “mostly posturing”. He also said: “Things get blown out of proportion too easily. You have a guy who wants to irrigate his land and fill a couple
100. of swimming pools, and the story gets blown up until it’s the next Middle East water crisis. But given the prevailing tensions in the region, you can’t rule out an escalation.” In
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