Food-security and water-security problems should already worry national leaders, with Jiang singling out China as not safely food secure and water as even more problematic than food.
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Water security
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He predicts strategic adaptation pressure on Gulf economies via water and energy vulnerability, with desalination dependence as a concrete trigger for humanitarian strain.
He treats Chinese dam building and water leverage around Tibet as a major existential threat to India.
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"Yeah, I mean, that's what I would certainly be tempted to if I were them. Steve Keen, what is your prediction? We've talked about..."
"look at the other side, the Arabian side, some of them have 96 % dependence upon desalination. If it goes that far, then we..."
"The idea of efficiency is, let's imagine the best case scenario and try to make as much money out of it as possible. Okay?..."
"And, again, I have to say this, but if you are any country here, what's going on here? If you're any country in this..."
"Yeah, so the Chinese -India relationship is extremely tense. This goes back to the border war between India and China around the year 1960...."
"India gets more water. China gets more water from that region. If China cuts off the water supply, then India is really screwed."
"...desert with no food security as you said 80 imported no water security the desalination cohesion in places like dubai for example 90 percent..."
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