By John Conger, Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell In the absence of a public hearing and release of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s "Worldwide Threat Assessment" this year, it is instructive to look at last year’s assessment to see what the…
Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia
Parthemore Highlights Critical Lessons for Pandemic Response
The Council on Strategic Risks’ CEO, Christine Parthemore - previously Senior Advisor to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs - recently spoke to Tom Temin of the Federal News Network to highlight critically…
Media Advisory: The Council On Strategic Risks Offers Expertise On Biological Threats to Assist With COVID-19 Response
Media Advisory Date: March 13, 2020Contact: Francesco Femia, ffemia at csrisks dot org THE COUNCIL ON STRATEGIC RISKS OFFERS EXPERTISE ON BIOLOGICAL THREATS TO ASSIST WITH COVID-19 RESPONSE Washington, DC - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is focused on anticipating, analyzing and addressing core…
Briefer: Climate Risks to India’s Internal Security
By Sarang Shidore and Joshua Busby CSR’s three tiered study analyzes the complex climate and nuclear security nexus in India. This second briefer, “Climate Change Risks to India's Internal Security,” by Sarang Shidore and Joshua Busby, analyzes how climate change could…
RELEASE: Can the U.S. Make Bioweapons Obsolete?
The Council on Strategic Risks and Sandia National Laboratories Help Set Vision to Reach Ambitious Goal Livermore, CA, March 3, 2020 — The coronavirus outbreak that began in China not long ago has already killed over 3800 people worldwide. This…
RELEASE: Future Climate Change Presents High-to-Catastrophic Security Threat, Warn U.S. National Security, Military and Intelligence Experts in New Assessment
Washington, DC, February 24, 2020 — In a comprehensive report released today by the “National Security, Military and Intelligence Panel (NSMIP)” of the Center for Climate and Security, experts warn of High-to-Catastrophic threats to security from plausible climate change trajectories…
Council on Strategic Risks Named Best New Think Tank
The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) was named a “Best New Think Tank” in the 2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. It’s an annual assessment of leading think tanks worldwide produced by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP)…
Climate Change More Prominent Than Ever at Munich Security Conference with “World Climate Security Report 2020” Release
Munich Security Conference Main Stage Event on Climate and Security, Feb 15, 2020. From Left: Jennifer Morgan (GPI), Kent Walker (Google), Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (UNFCCC), Lindsey Graham (U.S. Senator), General (Ret) Tom Middendorp (International Military Council on Climate and Security),…
RELEASE: International Military Council Issues “World Climate and Security Report 2020” at Munich Security Conference
Munich, Germany, February 13, 2020 — This year climate change is more central than ever at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), the leading international forum for senior military, security and foreign policy leaders, with the release of the inaugural “World…
BRIEFER: Climate Change and the India-Pakistan Rivalry
By Sarang Shidore CSR's forthcoming three tiered study analyzes the complex climate and nuclear security nexus in India. This first briefer, "Climate Change and the India-Pakistan Rivalry," by Sarang Shidore, investigates how climate change & fresh water supplies could impact…