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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Failing States, Collapsing Systems - BioPhysical Triggers of Political Violence

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Failing States, Collapsing Systems - BioPhysical Triggers of Political Violence

My new book which has just been published by the global science publisher, Springer, is called, Failing States, Collapsing Systems: BioPhysical Triggers of Political Violence (2017).

Published as part of the SpringerBriefs in Energy series, the book is a peer-reviewed scientific monograph on how state failures around the world are being driven by systemic crises driven by interconnected climate, energy, food and economic crises. The series editor is Prof Charles Hall, the founder of the concept of Energy Return on Investment (EROI) which measures the efficiency of an energy system by calculating the quantity of energy used to extract new energy from a particular resource.

Nafeez AhmedJanuary 5, 2017EROI, biophysical, civil unrest, climate change, collapse, crisisofcivilization, degrowth, energy, environment, food crisis, global system failure, peak oil, political violence, state failure, systemComment

The Triple Crunch - Facing Our Climate, Food, and Energy Challenges

Nafeez AhmedDecember 24, 2013climate change, crisis of civilization, economy, energy, food crisis, guardian, keith kloor, peak oil, recession, triple crunch, water scarcity Comments

Article round up - Obama climate plan, nuclear energy crunch and Egyptian unrest

Nafeez AhmedJuly 10, 2013IMF, Morsi, Obama, army, climate change, climate plan, egypt, food prices, nuclear power, peak oil, poverty, price spikes, unrest, uraniumComment

EXCLUSIVE: Oil industry, US govt, inflating shale gas reserve estimates fueling unsustainable economic bubble that could crash in five years

Nafeez AhmedJune 22, 2013David Hughes, Deborah Rogers, EIA, Energy Watch Group, US Energy Information Administration, bubble, collapse, economic crisis, estimates, natural gas, oil, peak oil, shale gasComment

Shock UK Ministry of Defence report warns of energy, environmental crises to destabilise UK: "imminent peak oil", food, water shortages, and "sustained recession" through to 2040 will create "internal unrest" from UK to China

Nafeez AhmedJune 5, 2013Defence Academy, Developments Concept and Doctrines Centre, Ministry of Defence, MoD, civil unrest, climate change, economic crisis, energy security, food, long recession, peak oil, recession, water Comments

Peak oil, climate change and pipeline geopolitics driving Syria conflict

Nafeez AhmedMay 15, 2013UK, USA, climate change, crisis of civilization, gas, geopolitics, oil, peak oil, pipeline, qatar, reform, syria Comments

Overcoming the Crisis of Civilization: Five Revolutions

Nafeez AhmedMarch 14, 2013#crisisofcivilization, Crisis Forum, US Army, climate change, conflict, economic crisis, food crisis, militarisation, new paradigm, peak oil, revolution, shale gas, sustainable, transitionComment

Why food riots are the new normal - Guardian environment piece

Nafeez AhmedMarch 7, 2013Arab Spring, FAO, Middle East, UN, casino capitalism, civil unrest, crisis of civilization, food prices, food riots, oil prices, peak oil, speculation, transitionComment

The Crisis of Civilization - over 200,000 youtube views in 8 months!

Nafeez AhmedJanuary 14, 2013#crisisofcivilization, 2013, Dean Puckett, climate change, crisis of civilization, economy, energy, film, food crisis, militarisation, peak oil, recession, terrorism, war, water scarcity Comments

The Great Oil Swindle: why the new black gold rush leads off a fiscal cliff

Nafeez AhmedDecember 20, 2012Saudi Arabia, carbon, damien carrington, energy, exxon mobil, george monbiot, international energy agency, leonardo maugeri, peak oil, shale gas, us national intelligence councilComment

The Frack Farce

Nafeez AhmedDecember 14, 2012BG Group, Chesapeake, Ed Davey, Exxon, crisis, debt, economics, energy, fracking, oil, peak oil, prices, shale gasComment

Fracking: A new dawn for misplaced optimism

Nafeez AhmedNovember 19, 2012Chesapeake, Exxon, Roy Tillerson, Saudi Arabia, Sir David King, energy crisis, fossil fuels, international energy agency, peak oil, shale gas, world energy outlook 2012Comment

ELEVATE THE APOCALYPSE? My Q&A for the Elevate Festival 2012, Graz, Austria

Nafeez AhmedOctober 23, 2012Arab Spring, apocalypse, breakdown, change, climate change, economic crisis, food crisis, new paradigm, occupy, old paradigm, peak oil, transitionComment

Water, Oil and Demographics: The Middle East Triple Crisis

Nafeez AhmedFebruary 16, 2011Arab world, climate change, collapse, peak oil, triple crisis, water conflict, water scarcity Comments

The Great Unravelling: Tunisia, Egypt and the Protracted Collapse of the American Empire

Nafeez AhmedFebruary 1, 2011Arab world, climate change, contagion, egypt, food crisis, food prices, oil, peak oil, protests, resistance, revolt, revolution, riots, shortages, tunisia Comments

The end of cheap oil - a critical view

Nafeez AhmedNovember 16, 20102006, international energy agency, optimistic, peak oilComment

The Age of Cheap Oil is Over

Nafeez AhmedNovember 16, 2010international energy agency, peak oil, world outlook 2010Comment

The Next Crisis: How business-as-usual will kill us all

Nafeez AhmedNovember 11, 2010climate change, finite planet, food crisis, global system failure, next crisis, peak oil, price shocksComment

Exclusive: Former BP Geologist Confirms 2005 Global Oil Peak

Nafeez AhmedOctober 29, 2010economic recession, peak oil, post-peak world, resource warsComment

The Great Transition (beyond carbon)

Nafeez AhmedOctober 8, 2010coal, consumption, energy crisis, energy depletion, gas crisis, nuclear power, peak energy, peak oil, post-carbon revolution, post-carbon, thorium, transition, uranium Comments