Climate Migration: Adding Fuel to the Ethnocentric Fire

John P. Sullivan and Keeley Townsend

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2022, vol. 34, issue 5, 914-925

Abstract: While conflict, crime, and terrorism are persistent geopolitical and human security threats, climate change can be a threat multiplier, affecting geopolitical stability on local, regional, and global scales. This paper provides a qualitative assessment of the literature and geopolitical trends related to climate change, migration, and ethnocentrism in order to evaluate the current situation and future potentials for climate-driven conflict, crime, terrorism, and ethnocentric extremism. The paper concludes that as climate change becomes a major driver of environmental degradation, natural disasters, mass migrations, and urbanization, this will escalate the impetus for violence against migrants, the exploitation of migrants, and anti-migrant politics. Potential implications in terms of terrorism and extremism are discussed.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2022.2069446

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