Treating climate change as a national security problem is not a liberal position but a hardheaded realist one. Today, Social Security is one of the most popular US government programs. This framing of national security also endured after the 9/11 attacks. After Hurricane Milton, Americans should ask themselves: Are they safer now from threats like climate change and pandemics? And if not, isn’t it time for a real discussion of what truly constitutes national security to begin?

Source: CNN October 11, 2024 20:56 UTC