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The end of the Cold War in the early 1990s was not the positive turning point some thought it would be; instead it marked the start of new crises. Worldwide inequity is at record levels. Military spending is at the highest level in modern history. Fossil fuel resources have become more limited, threatening economic hardship, at the same time that their emissions are causing dangerous climate change.
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Murphy, P., Morgan, F. (2013). Cuba: Lessons from a Forced Decline. In: State of the World 2013. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-458-1_30
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