By Chris Fall, Yong-Bee Lim, and Christine Parthemore The COVID-19 crisis has forcefully demonstrated both the seriousness of the threat posed by natural and anthropogenic biological risks and the incredible strides gained in modern biotechnology to address these risks, such…
Read More BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats – Part 2
June 21 2021 — The Council on Strategic Risks’ Converging Risks Lab and the Woodwell Climate Research Center release a new report today, Temperatures and Tensions Rise: Security and Climate Risks in the Arctic. The publication includes groundbreaking new analysis…
By Lily Feldman The Indo-Pacific is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change impacts. For its part, Australia is already experiencing record-breaking bushfires and droughts, among other environmental security risks. The country also must deal…
The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) has accepted a diverse group of 5 professionals, servicepeople, and innovators into the 2021-22 class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs. Together, through mentorship and exchanges of ideas with key leaders in the…
Read More CSR Announces 2nd Class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs
Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the United States of America Joseph Biden in Geneva, on 16 June 2021. By Christine Parthemore The first in-person summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded…
Read More The Biden-Putin Summit: Pivoting in the Right Nuclear Direction
Bilateral meeting Putin-Biden, March 10, 2011 By Steve Brock and Roger Ullman When Presidents Biden and Putin meet today on the shores of Lake Geneva they won’t be short of contentious topics to discuss. With the bilateral relationship at its…
June 24, 2021 9 AM - 5 PM MT/11 AM - 7 PM ET Register here. The Center for Climate and Security is pleased to partner with the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs and Prime Movers Lab on the…
Read More EVENT: Jackson Hole Global Forum 2021: Climate Change and National Security
In this episode, Dr. Natasha Bajema, Director of the Converging Risks Lab, hosts a follow-on discussion with Colonel (ret) Ron Fizer and the Honorable Andy Weber about the criteria for determining what belongs to the category of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or weapons of…
Read More On the Verge – Criteria for Weapons of Mass Effect (011)
In this episode, Evan Barnard, Research Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security, hosts a discussion with Captain Steve Brock, US Navy (Ret), about the International Military Council on Climate and Security’s (IMCCS) 2021 World Climate and Security Report…
Read More On the Verge – Climate Security with US Navy Captain (Ret) Steve Brock (010)
June 7, 2021 — Today the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released its second annual World Climate and Security Report, which warns of the compound security threats posed by the convergence of climate…
