| dc.description.abstract | Weather warfare or in other words weather modi cation, nds its place in warfare history
in the past and emerging technologies in the present context. During di erent eras
of the world history amidst been challenged for its legality and environmental impact,
weather modi cations survived under the shield of scienti c purposes. In this backdrop,
weather warfare being the elephant in the room in power rivalry, this paper nds it
imperative to evaluate its futuristic aspects in terms of alternative futures. Therefore,
the problem statement of this paper is to answer the plausibility of weather warfare in
alternative futures. In order to nd feasible solutions, the methodology adopted in this
paper is qualitative based on secondary sources including media and internet and it is
further analyzed using the four alternative scenarios for future. The discussion includes
to evaluate the usage of weather warfare in the past, elaborate the usage of weather
warfare in the present context, to revisit the possible methods of weather warfare based
on inventions in the world history, to critically examine the legality of weather warfare
and nally to analyze weather warfare as a possible game changer in future world power
rivalry. As a result, the main objective of this study is to unveil the plausibility of weather
modi cation as a military strategy in alternative futures with its’ possibility to identify as
a game changer in world power rivalry. | en_US |
