The US Department of Defence defines it as a "global threat multiplier" that exacerbates the risk of conflict over resources, ethnic tensions, poverty and economic discontent, the letter says.
In the past two years, public perception of the medical system has suffered even further, due to dwindling resources and tensions with unpaid and overworked staff, Suzie Francis Paul, a World Health Organization medical officer in South Sudan, told The WorldPost.
The arrival of so many displaced people has strained existing resources, creating tension locally.
He sees Culebra as a test-tube microcosm for global struggles over precious natural resources and the tensions between development and conservation.
Conflict was driven by inadequate government control, large long-term population displacements, competition over control of the region's vast natural resources, and interethnic tensions.
An influx of refugees — more than 100,000 Syrians have sought safety in Turkey — has tested government resources and raised tensions in border areas, prompting the Turkish government to try to relocate refugees further inland.
With that, the scenario of current activities, which is applicable to societies in which large companies possess considerable technological and human resources, could mitigate tensions between companies, the state, and its citizens (Heinonen [6]).
"The effects of climate change, population growth, rapid urbanization, and environmental degradation are contributing to greater competition for resources, adding to tensions and instability," he said.
The current period is "normal" in that rival powers are competing for resources and influence; tension and thus conflict is inevitable.
