What role does resource scarcity play in exacerbating regional tensions?

1. Objective: We are One Earth, One Family, and we share One Future”, with the Partnerships, Unity and Equality of the member Nations, to work for the betterment of the Planet, People, Peace and Prosperity. 2. International Borders are the Scars on the Face of mother Earth: Even the minerals, the other than human populations of trees, rivers and lakes have been divided by the borders There are rivers whose source they claim to be Iranian and whose waters downstream to be Iraqi. Such absurd are the borders. Borders have left wounds from which Mother Earth bleeds

In a world trading with each other, resources often divided by boundaries are united by pricing. Resources (and goods) often flow from lesser priced locations to better priced locations. With sovereign and political will at play, impact of scarcity can be more complex than economic and mathematical given the spillover effect.

La energía es fundamental para el desarrollo de la economia de un pais, en el caso de los hidrocarburos son a la fecha las fuentes mas utilizada y la actividad mas demandante es el petróleo, con sus diferentes derivados. En este contexto actual de escasez y fluctuación de precios, es impotante poder contar con fuentes alternativas y tener como meta ser autosostenibles, es decir, lograr la seguridad energetica. Es importante, analizar los recursos disponibles en cada pais y poder desarrollar usos alternativos, en el caso del transporte, se puede explorar usos con gas natural, electromovilidad, biogas, teniendo en cuenta las fuentes energeticas disponbibles en cada pais.

It is important to have a strong vision of economic liberty and the need to assure access to resources. Many times sanctions are eluded by diverting trade and their effect diminishes. By all means it is important to avoid disputes on tariffs and trade, although the Uruguay Round in WTO has set clear procedures in the right direction.

Inequality is the mother of all problems and poverty, illiteracy, corruption are some of her children. In a capitalist world where supply chains are determined by money flow, scarcity acts as the vacuum in this flow. Government intervention is often required, and socialist measures need to be taken when scarcity is acute and can lead to unrest.

Environmental concerns are real, but they are deferment to different economic strata. To the rich it can be indirect and be in the form of scarcity of resources, inflation, unavailability. While to the poor it can be the forces of nature working against you. Addressing the environment is not an action but should be a habit to correct the current course of activities.