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Climate Change and the Politics of Military Bases
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Colgan, Jeff D. 1526-3800 1536-0091 MIT Press - Journals Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Political Science and International Relations Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Global and Planetary Change http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00443 <jats:p> How does climate change affect the politics of military bases? The United States alone has hundreds of overseas bases that require continuous coordination with host governments. I argue that climate change can create knock-on environmental problems associated with a base’s infrastructure or waste. Those knock-on problems create a mix of subnational, international, and transnational political contestation that raises the political costs of overseas bases and could even rupture an international relationship. I probe the plausibility of the theoretical framework using new evidence from Greenland. Between 1953 and 1967, the US Army maintained secret bases in Greenland as precursors for a nuclear ballistic missile complex. The bases were eventually abandoned, leaving considerable waste behind. Climate change is now poised to remobilize these pollutants into the surface water, creating a risk for human settlements. The case could be the proverbial canary in the coal mine for future politics surrounding overseas military bases. </jats:p> Climate Change and the Politics of Military Bases Global Environmental Politics |
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