Inter Press Service: On Wednesday, the United States intelligence community unveiled a first-ever assessment of global water-security issues. A declassified version of the document, which looks forward through 2040, suggests that "during the next 10 years, water problems will contribute to instability in states important to U.S. national security interests." According to one of the assessment's lead authors, Major General Richard Engel, water-stressed countries, being forced to focus on pressing internal issues,...
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Enclosure: http://www.dni.gov/nic/ICA_Global%20Water%20Security.pdf
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