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Praise for Earth Wars
"A brilliant analysis of how the world's geopolitics will be shaped by the global race for four strategic resources: food, water, energy and metals. Geoff Hiscock is at his best in Earth Wars!"
—Jagdish N. Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
"The near simultaneous development and rising aspirations of the world's only two billion-plus societies has awoken us to the limits of the earth. The scale of demand from China and India for food, water, energy and minerals has already reshaped the global economy and strategic landscape and will drive even more dramatic change in the years ahead. This book presents an accessible map of these developments, combining breadth with a careful eye to detail, while avoiding being bogged down in statistics. Earth Wars is essential reading for anyone interested in how the twenty-first century will unfold, and how this will affect peace and conflict, economies and societies."
—Dr. Michael Wesley, Executive Director, Lowy Institute for International Policy
"In the first three decades of the 21st Century, there's no more important story than the battle for global resources and Geoffrey Hiscock's analysis is a must-read for all of us."
—Professor Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia Journalism School, and co-founder, SAJA, South Asian Journalists Association
Maps vii
Introduction xv
Chapter 1 The Four Essentials 1 Food, Water, Energy, Metals
Chapter 2 Geographical Flashpoints 19
The Trouble with Lines on a Map
Chapter 3 The Key Players 37
Diggers, Drillers, and Dealers
Chapter 4 Food and Water 57
Where the Rivers Run
Chapter 5 “Going Out” for Energy 73
China and India Stake Their Claims
Chapter 6 Old Coal Still Burning Brightly 91
Chapter 7 Going Nuclear in a Post-Fukushima World 105
Chapter 8 New Energy—Clean, Green, and Expensive 123
Chapter 9 Coppery Red, the Colour of Earth’s True Love 139
Chapter 10 Finding Steel’s Essential Ingredients 155
Chapter 11 U.S. Energy 173
Hail to the Shale
Chapter 12 Japan after the Deluge 189
Chapter 13 BRACQK (Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Kazakhstan) Is the New BRIC 203
Chapter 14 The Up and Comers 229
Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Mexico
Chapter 15 What Happens Next 243
A Host of Global Opportunities
Conclusion 257
A World So Changed
Bibliography 263
Acknowledgments 269
About the Author 273
Index 275
Overview
Praise for Earth Wars
"A brilliant analysis of how the world's geopolitics will be shaped by the global race for four strategic resources: food, water, energy and metals. Geoff Hiscock is at his best in Earth Wars!"
—Jagdish N. Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
"The near simultaneous development and rising aspirations of the world's only two billion-plus societies has awoken us to the...