Author Question: According to Dupont, why are climate-induced changes in sea levels likely to increase conflict? ... (Read 52 times)

ereecah · **on:** Sep 10, 2018

According to Dupont, why are climate-induced changes in sea levels likely to increase conflict?

a. States will fight for land-holding fossil fuels.
b. Rising seas mean more states will develop navies to use against one another.
c. Groups within states will increasingly fight over the right to benefit from their state's natural resources.
d. As oceans rise, countries will contest for undersea energy resources formerly considered to lie within the territory of coastal states.
e. Rise in water levels diminishes land availability.

Question 2

According to Posen, why did U.S. allies hug the United States close and hedge against its exit in the unipolar period following the Cold War?

a. The United States chronically overreacted.
b. The United States did too little to keep its allies.
c. The United States engaged abroad capriciously.
d. The United States tried to break free of its alliances.
e. The United States refused to divert resources from consumption to foreign affairs.