coronavirus
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Let’s Not Get Caught Flat-Footed on the Next Crisis: Coronavirus, Climate Change, and American Security
By Christine Parthemore and Hon. Sherri Goodman The devastating COVID-19 crisis is driving a national conversation on how we define our security. While this debate is overdue, calls for the nation to reallocate resources from national defense, to threats like the novel coronavirus, are overly simplistic. In the face of complex transnational risks like pandemics and climate…
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International Response to Pandemics: Is there a need for a new international institution?
By Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Senior Advisor, The Council on Strategic Risks The whole world is suffering from the devastating effects of the coronavirus. The human losses can only be compared with the consequences of a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) use. No country is immune, regardless of its power and wealth. Most striking and indeed…
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The Geopolitics of COVID-19 and Climate Change
By Shiloh Fetzek The Stockholm Environment Institute and Mistra Geopolitics hosted a webinar on the Geopolitics of COVID-19 and Climate Change on 3 April. It covered how the ongoing crisis might impact climate ambition in the near term, whether or not global cooperation around the Covid response might increase resilience and counteract trends toward nationalism…
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America’s Military is Demonstrating it Should Play a Leading Role in Combatting Coronavirus — Look No Further Than New Rochelle
By Sherri Goodman and Greg Douquet Former Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld famously said you go to war with the army you have, not the army you want. Fortunately, the army we have is ready to go to war against a new enemy: the rapidly spreading coronavirus that poses a grave danger to our neighbors in all 50 states. When America recruits young men and women…
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How the U.S. Should Counter Coronavirus Disinformation Campaigns
On March 30, Defense One published an excellent article by the Council on Strategic Risks’ Natasha Bajema and Christine Parthemore on COVID-19 disinformation campaigns, and how the U.S. could most effectively combat them. Below is a short excerpt from the article. For the full piece, click here. How to Counter China’s Coronavirus Disinformation CampaignBeijing is using…
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Last Year, the U.S. Intelligence Community Warned of a Coronavirus Pandemic: Will We Heed their Climate Warnings?
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 nation’s intelligence professionals were predicting. The following passage was particularly striking: We assess that the…
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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 important lessons and ways forward for pandemic response, including for COVID-19. Below is an excerpt…
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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 systemic risks to security – and we have a team of experts with significant experience on the…