01-21-2005, 07:15 AM
However, NSSM 200 also states that 13 countries of "special U.S. political and strategic interest" would be primary targets. They are: India, Brazil, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey, Ethiopia and Colombia (page 15 of the introduction).(NO CHINA )
NSSM 200 states that population growth in the developing world threatens U.S. security in four basic ways:
First, certain large nations stand to gain significant political power and influence as a result of their growing populations. <i> (Like India)</i>
Second, the United States and its western allies have a vital interest in strategic materials which have to be imported from less-developed countries. <i> (Like India)</i>
Third, societies with high birthrates have large numbers of young people, who are more likely than older people to challenge global power structures. <i> (Like India)</i>
And last, population growth in relatively-disadvantaged countries jeopardizes U.S. investments.<i> (Like India)</i>
NSSM 200 repeatedly acknowledges suspicions about U.S. motives on the part of "LDC" (less-developed country) leaders, and recommends a strategy to deal with these reactions. "It is vital that the effort to develop and strengthen a commitment on the part of the LDC leaders not be seen by them as an industrialized country policy to keep their strength down or to reserve resources for use by the `rich' countries," says the study.
The document -- reprinted in Foreign Affairs, Summer 1991 as "Population Change and National Security" -- says that these changes "could create an international environment even more menacing to the security prospects of the Western alliance than was the Cold War for the past generation."
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NSSM 200 states that population growth in the developing world threatens U.S. security in four basic ways:
First, certain large nations stand to gain significant political power and influence as a result of their growing populations. <i> (Like India)</i>
Second, the United States and its western allies have a vital interest in strategic materials which have to be imported from less-developed countries. <i> (Like India)</i>
Third, societies with high birthrates have large numbers of young people, who are more likely than older people to challenge global power structures. <i> (Like India)</i>
And last, population growth in relatively-disadvantaged countries jeopardizes U.S. investments.<i> (Like India)</i>
NSSM 200 repeatedly acknowledges suspicions about U.S. motives on the part of "LDC" (less-developed country) leaders, and recommends a strategy to deal with these reactions. "It is vital that the effort to develop and strengthen a commitment on the part of the LDC leaders not be seen by them as an industrialized country policy to keep their strength down or to reserve resources for use by the `rich' countries," says the study.
The document -- reprinted in Foreign Affairs, Summer 1991 as "Population Change and National Security" -- says that these changes "could create an international environment even more menacing to the security prospects of the Western alliance than was the Cold War for the past generation."
COmpare this with the NIC report