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Although the contributors do not deny that resource scarcity and environmental degradation may become sources of contention, they argue that these conditions also provide the impetus for cooperation, coordination, and negotiation between states. The book examines aspects of environmental conflict and cooperation in detail, across a number of natural resources and issues including oil, water, climate change, ocean pollution, and biodiversity conservation. The contributors argue that increasing scarcity and degradation generally induce cooperation across states, but when conditions worsen (and a problem becomes too costly or a resource becomes too scarce), cooperation becomes more difficult. Similarly, low levels of scarcity may discourage cooperation because problems seem less urgent. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from scholars in international relations, economics, and political science, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Resource Wars\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive and robust investigation of the links among scarcity, environmental degradation, cooperation, and conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eShlomi Dinar is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShlomi Dinar is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth R. DeSombre is Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Wellesley College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFlagging Standards: Globalization and Environmental, Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLabor Regulations at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press, 2006) and other books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ. Samuel Barkin is Associate Professor in the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance in the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. 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