HIAF 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Counter-Terrorism, Leapfrogging
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Hiaf 111 lecture 14 the environment, climate change, and the future. Fish emphasized in our diets more and more. Local people not being able to fish after the companies come in since the companies took all of the fish: even impacted in nearby countries. Instability following the end of the cold war, after american and russian interests dissipated. Foreign trawlers begin to come in and sweep the coastline: begins 1991, garbage, hazardous/nuclear waste being dumped off of the somali coast, high unemployment by the early 2000s. Fishermen on somali coast begin attacking foreign trawlers and demand compensation: origin of piracy off somali coast. Djibouti: militarization of us relations with africa, military base in lemonnier, capital city, presence framed in terms of counter-terrorism and counter-piracy, 12 african countries have us military presence. Global warming: africa smallest contributor to co2 emissions, with 3, africa may be more impacted than countries that contribute to this the most and could help the most.
