Commentary: Should Global Poverty be a U.S. National Security Issue? (Part 2)
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Environmental Change and Security Program
ECSP invited analysts to address whether global poverty should and can be a U.S. national security issue. Is poverty alleviation crucial to national and global security鈥攁nd if so, which policies should be highlighted? Or would 鈥渟ecuritizing鈥 such efforts weaken both the drive against poverty and the drive for security? And can poverty be linked to anti-terrorism efforts? The commentaries below provide an excellent and overdue entr茅e into these debates. Commentaries by Jeffery D. Sachs and John Sewell.
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Jeffrey Sachs
President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network; Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University; Convener, Science Panel for the Amazon
John W. Sewell
Former Global Fellow;
Former President of the Overseas Development Council (ODC)
Former President of the Overseas Development Council (ODC)
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