The Next Wave of HIV/AIDS: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, India, and China
Posted on January 25th, 2005 by joshbusby
This 2002 National Intelligence Council report warned of a wave of new infections from China, Russia, India and other places. Very scary, and a good source of information.
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[…] There is no shortage of studies looking at the links between AIDS and security (the Council on Foreign Relations has a long study, Tony Barnett at the LSE has another, Stephan Elbe has a long piece in International Studies Quarterly, and P.W. Singer has a piece in Survival). There is also the famous National Intelligence Council report warning of the next generation of AIDS cases in China, India, and Russia. We’ve also blogged (and here) about the links between HIV and security. Despite these purported links, Alex de Waal in his recent book makes a pretty strong case for why AIDS hasn’t been much of a political issue yet which I think also causes us to wonder about whether or not AIDS will become a security challenge. […]