… with scarce states are the primary focus of the book. … conflicts in the hinterland were caused
directly by the scarce state’s … of the weak state’s absence and inability to police its frontier. …

… this process unfolds: state failure and state exploitation. State failure conflicts occur when
population growth, environmental degradation, and resource inequality weaken the capacity, …

… the state filtering and parameter estimation problems for state space systems with scarce …
This paper considers the case with scarce states x ( t s ) being available and the case with …

… None is informed by analysis or evidence about the ways in which political man or the state
have in fact responded to scarcity or to analogous conditions. Nor do they provide scenarios …

… indefinite future; (4) an uninterrupted flow of affordable oil was an essential precondition
for the stability of the world economy; and (5) the United States (aided, where possible, by its …

… relati scarcity and absolute wants. It is argued that at the margin the opposite categories of
absolute scarcity and relative wants are more important, and that just as the implication of the …

… The Utility of Force in a John Orme World of Scarcity From the dawn of modern history to the
… , relations between states were conducted in an atmosphere darkened by the ever present …

… This paper reviews the extensive scope of the debate over the economic scarcity of natural
resources and assesses its current state. One significant change in recent years is a greater …

… the "sinews" of the state and a lack of revenue increases the risk of state collapse, then
the resource profile determines the … state spending determines how rulers actually use the …

… Water is a scarce and highly prized commodity in the arid Western states. Not surprisingly, …
Citizens hold multiple water values such as economic development and the protection of …