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Ed Markey: You get into a very bad negative feedback loop, where the very thing that caused the problem, the instability or the…

On the recordJanuary 8, 2014
You get into a very bad negative feedback loop, where the very thing that caused the problem, the instability or the food insecurity, fighting for smaller and smaller and smaller amounts of natural resources, then lead to the conflict.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the cycle of conflict and resource scarcity exacerbated by instability.

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