Political Science

To be the person responsible for the welfare of the whole nation is not a laughing matter. To be president or to be anyone who is holding the highest position in the land requires facing different issues every single day in trying to figure out how to make the country the best place to live in for its citizens. Out of all the national security policies in the country, global warming seems to be the most relevant issue today that requires the highest attention from the president.

Global Warming as a National Security Threat
What does global warming bring and why is it considered the biggest threat to national security today Global warming why, in a span of ten years, our nation will have to face the effects of pandemics and drought. Global warming will cause mass migration. It will bring violent storms to the country.

Because of these effects of global warming, national security is threatened in such a way that all crises caused by climate-related changes can knock off the balance of regions. Terrorists will find it easy to create movements. It is a threat to national security because the effects have the power to collapse the entire government of the United States.

Intelligence studies have arrived at a conclusion that in the decades to come, other countries in the world will experience flooding, water shortages and food shortages. Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Vietnam to be exact, was recently devastated by typhoon Ketsana.

Different countries, specifically the United States, pledged financial assistance to these nations. In the years to come, catastrophic shortages and flooding will become worse, and the United States will again be demanded for response, which can be in the form of military assistance, funding, or any kind of humanitarian relief.

According to John Broder of the New York Times, intelligence planners, including the military, know that climate-related changes are indeed something to be worried about. The president has in fact made global warming the center of the administrations policies (Broder, 2009).

The military is threatened by global warming  the military, being the defenders of national security. Recent mechanisms that were put up by the military were all susceptible to storm and sea surges. In 1992, Homestead Air Force Base, which is located in Florida, was devastated by a hurricane (Broder, 2009).

Six years ago, another hurricane destroyed Naval Air Station Pensacola. Two more major stations in the United States, which are located at San Diego and Virginia, are now the center of the militarys attention. All planners are creating ways to protect these stations from the adverse effects of global warming (Broder, 2009).

The military is also confronted by the threat arctic melting brings. Ice caps are melting. If it melts faster than the military and the scientists prediction, then it will pose a great danger to the shipping channel. The opening of this channel is what the military is trying to protect because beneath it are various underwater resources.

Conclusion
As long as global warming is affecting the different parts of the country and of the world, there will be demand for humanitarian responses. This will affect military structures and transportation since the demands for assistance will force the government to tax these military resources. If this happens, the strategies and readiness of the military will be significantly affected, including all its operations. The effects of global warming are here, and various nations are exhausting all they can to help those who need assistance the most. Global warming should indeed be the governments focus as it involves not only the welfare of the flora and fauna, but also human lives.