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POTENTIAL OF SOLAR THERMAL DESALINATION TO DEFUSE WATER AS A CONFLICT ISSUE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Proposal for Functional Cooperation in the Gulf of Aqaba

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Environmental Security and Environmental Management: The Role of Risk Assessment

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This author (Brauch 2005a) argued that the conceptual ideas of David Mitrany, George Marshall and Jean Monnet were instrumental for 60 years of peace in Europe and for European integration, and those of Mikhail Gorbachev for overcoming the Cold War and contributing to the reunification of the continent. Brauch (2003, 2005) contrasted different security perceptions of narrow national security threats with a widened security concept that includes economic, societal and environmental dimensions and other levels of analysis and referents, with a special focus on human security (Bogardi/ Brauch 2005).

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  1. Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science Peace Research and European Security Studies (AFES-PRESS), Free University of Berlin, Alte Bergsteige 47, Mosbach, 74821, GERMANY

    HANS GÜNTER BRAUCH

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    Benoit Morel

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BRAUCH, H. (2006). POTENTIAL OF SOLAR THERMAL DESALINATION TO DEFUSE WATER AS A CONFLICT ISSUE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Proposal for Functional Cooperation in the Gulf of Aqaba. In: Morel, B., Linkov, I. (eds) Environmental Security and Environmental Management: The Role of Risk Assessment. NATO Security Through Science Series, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3893-3_03

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