Instructions:
After reading the articles for this week (Mowle on worldviews and external conflict; Kelman on Hurricane Katrina and disaster diplomacy; and Dinar on scarcity and conflict along international rivers), answer and discuss the following questions:
How influential are scarce resources in bringing about and sustaining violent conflict? Is the statement presented at the beginning of Dinar's article that "the wars of the next century will be about freshwater" true? (Dinar 2009, 109) Further, according to Mowle, does the worldview of our policymakers make a difference in deciding whether to engage in conflict over natural resources? How do you know?