A food gap would remain even if the annual growth rate of food production doubled to 4 percent, and if family size were reduced by half. But there is a strong connection. He goes on, however, to say that without greatly increased relief measures both within the region and from outside, the prospect must be a continuing deterioration in the security situation. Ultimately, this book is a plea to incorporate the concepts of environmental security in policy decisions about how to respond to a range of severe international environmental problems. For U.S. policy-makers, the new world order looks very much like the old.
Military force remains the preferred means of addressing international conflict.
With the threat of nuclear war greatly diminished, the concerns that sparked the huge mobilizations of the nuclear freeze era are gone. Activists are searching for new directions that can revive citizen involvement. Peace Politics by Paul Joseph is a welcome if sometimes flawed attempt to address these challenges. Joseph's primary mission is to bridge the traditional gap between foreign and domestic policy. He outlines an alternative framework for national security and in the process defines a new form of peace politics.