This volume is a result of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Smart Materials for Energy, Communications and Security held in Marrakech, Morocco, December 2007 in frame of the NATO - Science for Peace program. Its objective is to overview several hot topics of materials physics related with tech
Raw Materials, Energy and Western Security
β Scribed by Hanns W. Maull (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 430
- Series
- Studies in International Security
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Minerals, Markets and Security....Pages 7-49
Energy....Pages 50-182
Non-fuel Minerals....Pages 183-325
Economic Security Risks in Minerals: Policy Responses....Pages 326-397
Back Matter....Pages 399-413
β¦ Subjects
International Relations; Environmental Management
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