by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Oct 7, 2013 | Monitor
Recently, I wrote a piece on water insecurity as a climate-related threat; now I will discuss food scarcity and broader resource scarcity, mostly as related to agriculture, oil and minerals. Such scarcity has a high potential to cause conflict. The U.S. intelligence...
by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | Aug 7, 2012 | Monitor
The rare earth element Europium, used to make lasers, TV sets and fluorescent lamps. They’re used to build everything from stealth choppers to lasers and night vision goggles. They’re even essential to making smartphones and hybrid cars. They’re rare...
