America’s Failed Militarized Foreign Policy
Many of today’s war zones share basic problems that lie at the root of their conflicts: poverty, natural disasters and rapidly growing populations. Yet the US persists in responding to symptoms rather than to underlying conditions by trying to address every conflict militarily.
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Many of today’s war zones – including Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Sudan – share basic problems that lie at the root of their conflicts. They are all poor, buffeted by natural disasters – especially floods, droughts, and earthquakes – and have rapidly growing populations that are pressing on the capacity of the land to feed them. And the proportion of youth is very high, with a bulging population of young men of military age (15-24 years).