State of the World 2005

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures xiii

Foreword xvii

Mikhail S. Gorbachev

Chairman, Green Cross International

Preface xix

State of the World: xxiii

A Year in Review

Lori Brown

1 Security Redefined 3

Michael Renner

SECURITY LINK: Transnational Crime 20

2 Examining the Connections Between

Population and Security 22

Lisa Mastny and Richard P. Cincotta

SECURITY LINK: Environmental Refugees 40

3 Containing Infectious Disease 42

Dennis Pirages

SECURITY LINK: Bioinvasions 60

4 Cultivating Food Security 62

Danielle Nierenberg and

Brian Halweil

SECURITY LINK:Toxic Chemicals 78

5 Managing Water Conflict

and Cooperation 80

Aaron T. Wolf, Annika Kramer,

Alexander Carius, and

Geoffrey D. Dabelko

SECURITY LINKS: Resource Wealth and

Conflict,The Private Sector 96

6 Changing the Oil Economy 100

Tom Prugh, Christopher Flavin,

and Janet L. Sawin

SECURITY LINK: Nuclear Energy 120

7 Disarming Postwar Societies 122

Michael Renner

SECURITY LINKS: Nuclear Proliferation,

Chemical Weapons 140

8 Building Peace Through

Environmental Cooperation 144

Ken Conca, Alexander Carius,

and Geoffrey D. Dabelko

SECURITY LINK: Environmental Impacts

of War 158

9 Laying the Foundations for Peace 160

Hilary French, Gary Gardner,

and Erik Assadourian

Notes 181

Index 229