Argumentative Essay on the Coming of Anarchy Bu Robert Kaplan
The premise of Robert D. Kaplan’s book, The Coming of Anarchy offers a multitude of his dire assessment on potential future catastrophic views of the decline of our society leading to eventual anarchy and the destruction of our planet. The views of Kaplan on events leading us to eventual anarchy as “he addressed in the reading of The International Security Environment is crime, overpopulation, tribalism and disease.”1 I offer a different perspective by suggesting that the catastrophic events depicted by Kaplan will most likely only manifest itself, due to the resulting loss or massive food and water shortages or the dramatic loss of our current global geography.
In respect to possible population migrations, some people will be forced to relocate due to dramatic changes or the complete loss or degradation of the global geography. An stark example of this potential can be seen in the country of Bangladesh. A majority of this country is located in a low lying geographic region, making it highly susceptible to flooding from the Bay of Bengal and the two main rivers of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra flowing throughout the country. “ It is estimated that 20 million people of Bangladesh live in these low-lying areas near the coastline.”2 We have already witnessed the monsoonal effects in 2008, due to Cyclone Sidr, which resulted in mass evacuations of Bangladeshi’s that caused civilian chaos resulting in required International Aid commitments and reconstruction efforts. “If global climate change escalates in the future and the sea level continues to rise, there will be millions of Bangladeshi’s residing in the flood plains, who will be forced to migrate from their homes.”3 As Kaplan asserts, “water will be in dangerously short supply in certain diverse global locations in the 21st century that it could lead to war.”4 However, I believe the major impetus to war erupting would only occur if the basic human quantities for food or water became so critically low,
In respect to possible population migrations, some people will be forced to relocate due to dramatic changes or the complete loss or degradation of the global geography. An stark example of this potential can be seen in the country of Bangladesh. A majority of this country is located in a low lying geographic region, making it highly susceptible to flooding from the Bay of Bengal and the two main rivers of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra flowing throughout the country. “ It is estimated that 20 million people of Bangladesh live in these low-lying areas near the coastline.”2 We have already witnessed the monsoonal effects in 2008, due to Cyclone Sidr, which resulted in mass evacuations of Bangladeshi’s that caused civilian chaos resulting in required International Aid commitments and reconstruction efforts. “If global climate change escalates in the future and the sea level continues to rise, there will be millions of Bangladeshi’s residing in the flood plains, who will be forced to migrate from their homes.”3 As Kaplan asserts, “water will be in dangerously short supply in certain diverse global locations in the 21st century that it could lead to war.”4 However, I believe the major impetus to war erupting would only occur if the basic human quantities for food or water became so critically low,