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Resource Security Watch: No. 7

September 28, 2017

The Islamic State's scorched earth strategy;

Cairo's hydrological diplomacy;

South Asia's rainy season;

Pakistan's population bomb;

A source or scarcity in Southeast Asia

Kim Would Regret War

September 26, 2017 James S. Robbins U.S. News & World Report

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un seems bent on making it easier for the United States to go to war. If he draws first blood, it may be the last thing he ever does.

On Monday, North Korea's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho said that his country has "every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country." Pyongyang has reportedly moved interceptor aircraft closer to the flight path of U.S. bombers that have been patrolling North Korea's periphery. Ri said that attacking U.S. forces was legal since "it was the U.S. who first declared war on our country," apparently referring to statements from President Donald Trump.