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Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell Behind The Lines Ep 5 - Libya and the Disordered World
Storm Daniel passed through the Mediterranean in early September, one of a bewildering number of extreme weather events in recent months. When it hit Libya on 10 September, torrential rainfall led to catastrophic floods in the Town of Derna. At the time of recording as many as 20,000 people are missing, feared dead. It was an example of the terrifying new reality of the climate crisis where entire cities can be wiped out by wildfires or floods, literally in a matter of hours… Arthur Snell and Jason Pack discuss, on Behind the Lines.
The Policy Ask with Arthur Snell: ‘Many of the world’s problems stem from the Iraq invasion’
Arthur Snell discusses the Iraq war, the Green Deal and electoral reform in an interview with The New Statesman.
In the Arctic, cooperation with Russia is simply too important
Jason Pack writes for the NATO Defense College Foundation on the crucial areas — such as climate change and preservation of the Arctic — where our global interests will be worse off if we don’t work with Russia.
The west must work with Russia to save the Arctic
Jason Pack writes for The Financial Times that the lack of strong collective action approaches towards the climate crisis is a crucial component in our era of disorder, and that the West must work with Russia to save the Arctic.
Hydropocalypse Now
When the water runs out, populations move in their millions. And that means destabiliation on a global scale. Arthur Snell talks to researchers and unlikely experts about a threat that’s bigger than any populist movement or villainous autocrat on Doomsday Watch.
Twilight Of The Oiligarchs – The end of petrochemical power?
What happens to the Middle East when the world stops buying its oil? As the world races to decarbonise, the region’s petrochemical plutocrats face a terrible decision. To keep power, they must cut off their addiction to oil, but this won’t be easy. Arthur Snell discusses on Doomsday Watch.
The dangerous dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Writing for the NATO Defense College Foundation, Sofia Mastrostefano reflects on how the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam could create water conflict, especially as climate change is making river flows ever more unpredictable.