Slate: French troops are currently planning a swift exit from Mali, but the local government's battle with Islamist insurgents rages on. Meanwhile, the international community continues to ask itself what went wrong in a country once seen as a model for the region. But some climate analysts say they saw the civil war brewing--and, more importantly, that climate change could be an increasingly prominent factor in crises in the region.
There's a lot of debate in the global security establishment about...