The Never Ending Conflict Over Resources - TruePublica
By content partner sharing.org – An
alarming consequence of humanity’s continued failure to share resources
is the escalation of interstate conflict over land, fossil fuel
reserves and other key industrial materials.
Almost every government now assigns a great strategic significance to
resource security, particularly in relation to oil and gas supplies.
The result is a new global landscape in which competition over vital
resources is becoming the governing principle behind the accumulation
and deployment of military power. With the proliferation of nuclear
weapons continuing unabated, however, any intensification of the
struggle to secure the world’s untapped natural resources increases the
likelihood of a catastrophic war among the major industrial powers.
an energy company registered in the Falkland Islands and headquartered
in London. Its business was based on exploring for offshore oil reserves
off the coast of the Falklands. It owned the right to extract oil from a
number of sectors to the east and the south of the islands. It found up
to 60 billion barrels of oil in all sectors – some would argue – worth
fighting for!
