Need for a focused approach on water, energy and food issues

The conventional notion of national security refers to a country’s capability to defend itself against, or to deter, military aggression. The central idea of security, though, is protection against downside risk, and that concept applies to a range of variables, though all of them ultimately feed into material well-being. In the modern world, risks come not just from deliberate attacks, but also from withdrawal of access (e.g., to goods, resources or technology) and simply from the forces of nature.

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