This book is the result of a Symposium on Potential Global
Strategic Catastrophes, which took place in Geneva, Switzerland in
2008. The catastrophes chosen do not include remote and less
immediate events. Only those with the potential to produce multiple
cascading strategic dilemmas for states and the international
system were selected. These dilemmas include balancing the
sovereign rights of states with human rights, transnational
responsibilities and burden-sharing under occasional geopolitical
uncertainties. The book deals with the theoretical foundations of
coping with catastrophes and the relevant inter-state and
organisational paradigms. Other sections address specific
catastrophes and their potential consequences: pandemics, water
crises, global warming, nanosecurity, nuclear catastrophes,
financial meltdown, cyber crises, demographic imbalances and forced
migrations, state failure and war, massive conventional terrorist
attacks and threats to energy supply.
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