WILDLIFE MIDTERM Flashcards
Greatest Threat and Challenge:
Rising Demand for Water
Climate Change
↘ Water Conflict between India and
Pakistan
● Date Started = 1947 - ongoing
● Conflict Country = India & Pakistan
● Resource = Water
Many communities in the Indus Basin face water scarcity under current usage and storage patterns.
Increasing Water Stress
occur between two or more countries that share a transboundary water source.
Inter-State Conflicts
take place between two or more parties in the same country.
Intra-State Conflicts.
Is the security and defense of a nation-state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is
regarded as a duty of government.
National Security
Population’s National Security
Concerns in the PH:
Territorial Disputes
Internal Conflicts
Environmental Threats
Corruption
Actions and positions against our national security which is a state or condition where our most cherished values and beliefs, our democratic way of life, our institutions of governance, and our unity, welfare, and wellbeing as a nation and people are permanently
protected and continuously enhanced.
External Threats
Typically defined as a potential danger or hazard to the safety, security, or stability of a society or community that is caused by internal rather than external factors.
Civil Threats
Example of External Threats:
Military Aggression
Espionage
Transaction Crime
Natural Disaster
Example of Civil Threats:
Civil Unrest
Insurgency
Cyberattacks
Domestic Terrorism
It predicts that when nations expand in size and strength, the global balance of power may be disrupted, possibly resulting in warsas new powers challenge more established ones.
It sees international relations as a flowing ladder where countries move up the ladder according to their power, which affects how they collaborate or rival one another.
Power Transition Theory
Category Of Country’s Wealth:
Dominant Nation
Middle Power- Sufficient Resour
Small Power- Limited Resour
Dependencies- weak state dominated by a powerful state
↘ 3 Variables that we must understand
easily the power of population
(1) Population Size
(2) Productivity (Economic)
(3) Political Capacity
As people Increase,does the demand for
resources like water, food, and energy.
Resource Strain