Climate Change—The Biggest US Security Threat?
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About the Episode
Last week, US intelligence and defense agencies released reports warning that a warming climate is a fundamental threat to US national security through raising geopolitical tensions, increasing instability, and driving mass migration. The Center for Climate and Security’s Erin Sikorsky and the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft’s Anatol Lieven join Deep Dish to examine what a climate-focused US national security and defense strategy might look like and how to balance other competing threats.
Reading List
- Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security, the New York Times
- Department of Defense Climate Risk Analysis, Department of Defense
- Climate Change: The Greatest National Security Threat to the United States, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
- Analyzing the Climate Security Threat: Key Actions for the US Intelligence Community, War on the Rocks
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![Erin Sikorsky](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2021-11/Sikorsky_Erin_2021CCS.jpeg?h=757b1625&itok=okhSiSoa)
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