1. Environment, 2. Health, 3. Operations in Hot Zones, 3.1. Venezuela, 3.2. Congo, 3.3. North Korea, 3.4. Syria, 4. BioChem. Previous Week 190512-Polemic.
Other topics: Politics, Drought, Famine, Attacks on Medical Facilities, Anthrax, Gas Shortages
-1. Environment: Warren Releases Plan to Tackle Climate Change Threats to Military.
-2. Health: Impunity Remains: Attacks on Health Care in 23 Countries in Conflict in 2018.
-3. Operations in Hot Zones:
-3.1. Venezuela. <ADDED 190519-181209-4>.
-3.2. DRC <ADDED 190519-180513-1.1>.
-3.3. North Korea. N. Korea Faces Drought amid Worsening Food Shortages. North Korea: Spring Drought Deepens Concerns over Food Shortages. North Korean Media Calls for Mass Mobilization to Combat Drought Damage to Crops. North Korea Drought: Children at Risk in Worst Crisis since 2001. With policy missteps, nuclear brinkmanship, this will add to the possibility of war.
-3.4. In Syria, Reports of 19 Medical Facilities Bombed since April 28, 190512-Polemic-3.4.
-4. BioChem: WOTR Countering WMD in the Digital Age: Breaking down Bureaucratic Silos in a Brave New World. Report of the International Seminar - Rapid International Response to Biological Incidents: Lessons for the Biological Weapons Convention. The Author of World War Z Is Worried About Germ Warfare, 190428-Polemic-4. A Seminal Event: A Review of Recounting the Anthrax Attacks, happening soon after the 9/11 attacks this set the current bioterror infrastructure.
Snapshot Version of 190519-Polemic. editor@warontherocks.com
Environmental change as a threats to military has become a campaign issue.
Venezuela’s gas shortages will degrade medial infrastructure further with decreased medical distribution and getting patients to health care, which contribute to the resurgence of diseases.
In the DRC attacks continue on Ebola Treatment Centers, but that may not even be news in some parts of the DRC. North Korea’s combination of drought and famine increase the possibility of war, while in Syria the bombing of medical facilities continues.
Countering WMD in the Digital Age: Breaking down Bureaucratic Silos in a Brave New World.
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