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Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2019

Michael Mason
Michael Mason*
Affiliation:
Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London; e-mail: [email protected]
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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , November 2019 , pp. 626 - 628
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