Game Report: ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY AND PREVENTIVE DEFENSE
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Date
1997 August
Summary
The strategy of Preventive Defense is built on the premise that defense establishments have an important role to play in building democracy, trust and understanding, and in addressing problems that lead to regional tensions or in promoting communication and cooperation. Defense environmental cooperation can support this essential component of our national strategy. In light of this, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security) asked the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College to address environmental degradation and scarcity and the role they play in the causes of conflict and instability in the post--Cold War world. In late May, the Center for Strategic Leadership conducted a Game to develop and analyze policy options for addressing a hypothetical environmental problem set in Eastern Europe. The Game brought together an international group of experts on environmental issues and policy makers from Academia, the private sector, and the Washington Interagency Community to meet in a 'non attribution' environment to craft multi-lateral, multi-disciplinary, interagency and interdepartmental approaches to the security challenges posed by environmental issues.