The Securitization of Climate Change: Australian and United States' Military Responses (2003 - 2013)

• Main Author: Thomas, Michael Durant (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, 10
• Subjects: Political science.; Climate change.; Politics and war.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Military and Defence Studies.

This book examines how the armed forces of the United States and Australia have responded to the threat posed by climate change to national security. Drawing on established securitisation frameworks (‘Copenhagen’ and ‘Paris’ Schools), the author uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative tec...

Table of Contents:

• 1.The Strategic Dissonance of Australia’s Climate Security Response
• 2.Climate Security: The Physical Basis
• 3. Climate Security in Europe, the US and the UN Security Council
• 4.Case Study Aim and Method
• 5.Climate Security Case Study: Australia
• 6. Climate Security Case Study: United States
• 7. Climate Securitisation in the US and Australia: Discussion
• 8.Conclusion.