Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia
Publisher: Stimson Center
Author(s): Richard Cronin & Amit Pandya
Date: 2009
Topics: Cooperation, Extractive Resources, Governance, Renewable Resources
Exploiting Natural Resources: Growth, Instability, and Conflict in the Middle East and Asia draws together commissioned papers and analysis by regional experts and Stimson staff on transboundary natural resource issues. It is one dimension of the work of the Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges project, which also includes climate change and river systems, maritime resources and security, and the relationship between Islam and politics in the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Africa. The content of this volume draws substantially on a two day cross-regional workshop co-hosted by Stimson and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta during July 28–29, 2008. The workshop focused on forests, river basins, and mining, and gathered natural resource and environment experts from academia, think tanks, NGOs, and the private sector. The basis of our analysis also includes interviews and literature from the field as well as consultations with US experts.