Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.9, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # The Council on Strategic Risks Anticipating, Analyzing, and Addressing Systemic Risks ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [New Findings on Food Security are an Omen of Instability](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/07/01/new-findings-on-food-security-are-an-omen-of-instability/) - New reports from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) paint a concerning picture for global food security, and without urgent, coordinated action, it is likely to get much worse. - [Warsaw Biosecurity Dialogue: Bolstering  Bioresilience to Deter Hybrid Biothreats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/30/warsaw-biosecurity-dialogue-bolstering-bioresilience-to-deter-hybrid-biothreats/) - Biothreats have entered a new and more dangerous phase, converging with hybrid "gray-zone" aggression, disinformation, and cyber operations, underscoring that bioresilience is the foundation of biodeterrence. - [Biotech and Biosecurity Policymakers Must Elevate Their Focus on Data](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/26/biotech-and-biosecurity-policymakers-must-elevate-their-focus-on-data/) - As AI transforms biotechnology, investments in biological data generation, security, and standardization are essential to strengthening biosecurity and biodefense. - [AI in Professional Military Education: Debate Summary](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/24/ai-in-professional-military-education-debate-summary/) - The first session of the Converging Risk Lab's (CRL) AI Debates series examined the impact of artificial intelligence on areas of national security. - [Verifying the Prohibition on the Placement of Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space: Legal, Technical, and Policy Pathways](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/25/verifying-the-prohibition-on-the-placement-of-nuclear-weapons-in-outer-space-legal-technical-and-policy-pathways/) - CSR, GCSP, and SWF convened a Track 1.5 dialogue in Geneva in May 2026 to examine legal, technical, and policy pathways for verifying compliance with the OST. - [MiRCH Roundup February 2026 - May 2026: Militaries respond to extreme weather events in 22 countries](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/22/mirch-roundup-february-2026-may-2026-militaries-respond-to-extreme-weather-events-in-22-countries/) - From February - May 2026, #MiRCH tracked 30 military deployments across 22 countries to address climate hazards ranging from wildfires to cyclones and extreme precipitation. - [Event: Stability Multipliers: Food and Climate Security in a Fractured World](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/08/event-stability-multipliers-food-and-climate-security-in-a-fractured-world/) - Join the Center for Climate & Security (CCS) for a co-hosted, high-level panel discussion exploring the intersections of food, climate change, and international security. - [Going Dark: Why Dismantling America’s Ocean Sensors Is a Security Risk](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/15/going-dark-why-dismantling-americas-ocean-sensors-is-a-security-risk/) - Dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is a dangerous approach to navigating a more volatile ocean amidst today’s complex, cascading risk environment. - [Call for Applications: CSR Mid-Career Biodefense Bootcamp Fellowship (2026)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/18/call-for-applications-csr-mid-career-biodefense-bootcamp-fellowship-2026/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is announcing an open call for applications for our 2026 Mid-Career Biodefense Bootcamp. - [CCS Survey: Food Insecurity Top Security Threat from Historic El Niño, Experts Say](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/12/ccs-survey-food-insecurity-top-security-threat-from-historic-el-nino-experts-say/) - A new global survey of climate security experts conducted by the Center for Climate and Security has identified food insecurity as the top national security risk at the intersection of El Niño, the Iran conflict, and climate change. - [Escalation and Ambiguity: Advancing Japan’s Preparedness Against Hybrid Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/11/escalation-and-ambiguity-advancing-japans-preparedness-against-hybrid-biological-threats/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is collaborating with Japan's biosecurity and infectious disease experts to anticipate the biological risk landscape and improve global resilience. - [Global Breadbaskets: Food System Resilience as a Strategic Imperative](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/09/global-breadbaskets-food-system-resilience-as-a-strategic-imperative/) - Climate change is sharply increasing the risk of crop failures in global breadbaskets, which poses serious threats to Europe, the NATO alliance, and global stability. - [Climate Intervention at High Latitudes: A 2030 Security Scenario](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/05/climate-intervention-at-high-latitudes-a-2030-security-scenario/) - An exploration of the security dynamics of a fictional but plausible proposed SAI deployment in 2030. - [Event: The Iran War: Implications for Food, Water, and Energy Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/09/event-the-iran-war-implications-for-food-water-and-energy-security/) - Join the Center for Climate & Security (CCS) for a webinar and audience Q&A on the food, water, & energy implications of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. - [Webinar: AI in Professional Military Education: Friend, Foe, or Frenemy?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/22/webinar-ai-in-professional-military-education-friend-foe-or-frenemy/) - On June 4, the Converging Risks Lab will convene a virtual Oxford Union–style debate on the merits of regulating AI tools in Professional Military Education (PME). Four speakers will make their case, the audience will vote before and after, and someone's opinion will change. (We hope.) - [CSR in the News: May 2026](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/03/csr-in-the-news-may-2026/) - In May 2026, CSR experts made 9 external media appearances and shared perspectives on renewable energy, the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, and the War in Iran. - [New CSR Additions: Board of Directors Grows, CCS and CRL Welcome New Staff](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/06/02/new-csr-additions-board-of-directors-grows-ccs-and-crl-welcome-new-staff/) - This spring, the Council on Strategic Risks continued to expand its network, bringing new experts and partners on board. - [Report Launch: Food System Resilience as a Strategic Imperative](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/29/report-launch-food-system-resilience-as-a-strategic-imperative/) - On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, join authors Tom Ellison, Noah Fritzhand, Alexandra Naegele, and Monica Caparas for a lively discussion on the report's findings and what it can mean for policy going forward. - [Extreme Weather, Disinformation, and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/18/extreme-weather-disinformation-and-security/) - Join the Center for Climate and Security team for a webinar on the intersection of climate, security, and mis- and disinformation. - [Biodefense in the US President’s FY27 Budget Request](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/26/biodefense-in-the-us-presidents-fy27-budget-request/) - While biodefense continues to be articulated as a priority for the administration, general programmatic cuts and agency-specific reorganizations have restricted and eliminated key programs, clouding budgetary transparency and weakening US deterrence efforts. - [The Pacific Under Pressure: War, El Niño, and Implications for Pacific Islands in the Coming Months](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/29/the-pacific-under-pressure-war-el-nino-and-implications-for-pacific-islands-in-the-coming-months/) - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific are among the countries most at risk of medium- and long-term consequences of the war in Iran. - [CSR Recommends Antitrust Guidelines Update to Permit AI Companies to Share Data on Biorisks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/27/csr-recommends-antitrust-guidelines-update-to-permit-ai-companies-to-share-data-on-biorisks/) - A replacement for the rescinded 2000 Guidelines should include current challenges at the intersection of AI applications in bioengineering and biosecurity—termed the AIxBio nexus. - [Event: Did an LLM Write This? And other questions from the convergence of AI and national security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/11/event-did-an-llm-write-this-and-other-questions-from-the-convergence-of-ai-and-national-security/) - Over the course of 2026, CRL will hold a series of Oxford Union-style debates with experts in the AI, national security, intelligence, and military domains. Each debate will revolve around a motion and put two teams in the Proposition and Opposition camps to explore the contours of the topic. - [CCS Provides Comments During Public Consultation for EU Integrated Framework for Climate Resilience](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/22/ccs-provides-comments-during-public-consultation-for-eu-integrated-framework-for-climate-resilience/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) submitted comments on the call for an integrated framework for European climate resilience and risk management. - [Article: The Past and Future of Deterrence is Arms Control](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/18/article-the-past-and-future-of-deterrence-is-arms-control/) - The degradation of quantitative-focused arms control with the loss of New START and other agreements is an unwelcome development for strategic stability at a time when international norms on the use of force are already disintegrating. But it is not too late to refocus national strategies and thinking to identify those measures that maximize stability. - [Essay: How Trump Can Play a Strong Hand at the Beijing Summit](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/14/essay-how-trump-can-play-a-strong-hand-at-the-beijing-summit/) - Despite the difficulty of this moment, the intractability of these issues, and the unpredictability of current great-power relations, paths still exist for meaningful engagement. Here are cards President Trump could and should play in Beijing this week to improve US national security and global stability. - [Making Deterrence by Denial a Reality: Key Biological Defense Tools and Technologies](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/30/making-deterrence-by-denial-a-reality-key-biological-defense-tools-and-technologies/) - As deterrence by denial is increasingly explored as a framework to reduce vulnerabilities to and dissuade deliberate biological risks, more actors are examining the technological toolkit that would make this approach a reality. Through an application of deterrence theory to deliberate biological threats and an overview of specific technical abilities, this paper posits that a credible deterrence by denial strategy to address biological threats is maintained through four key pillars: detection, response, mitigation, and attribution. A cursory overview of the technologies comprising each pillar, such as early warning, disease surveillance, rapid diagnostics, genomic sequencing, and medical countermeasure development, provides the basis for what a robust framework would require and could possibly achieve. Additionally, it examines the considerations and challenges for successful implementation and further questions regarding the unique interactions between deterrence signaling, necessary transparencies, and an ever-complicated information environment. States have a wide range of options set for reducing biological risks—many of which, if used together, can confer a robust and credible deterrent against potential adversaries’ use of biological weapons. The paper concludes by situating the deterrence by denial framework into the larger discourse of national and global strategies to address biological risks, arguing that the core component across frameworks is the readiness and availability of key capabilities outlined across the four pillars outlined above. - [Putin, Permafrost, and Propaganda: Russian Information Manipulation in a Changing Climate](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/01/putin-permafrost-and-propaganda-russian-information-manipulation-in-a-changing-climate/) - Exploring key aspects of Russian information and influence activities related to climate change and security. - [Exploring the Collision of Extreme Weather, Information Manipulation, and Security Threats in Florida](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/15/exploring-the-collision-of-extreme-weather-information-manipulation-and-security-threats-in-florida/) - Participants heard from senior homeland security and defense speakers, then engaged in a facilitated scenario exercise exploring a plausible extreme weather, information, and national security crisis in Florida. The discussion highlighted several key themes. - [Shrinking or Abolishing FEMA is a Grave Risk to US National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/01/shrinking-or-abolishing-fema-is-a-grave-risk-to-us-national-security/) - Cutting FEMA, an agency dedicated to disaster response and military readiness, risks severely degrading US national security. - [State-Level Climate Security Education: Colorado](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/04/state-level-climate-security-education-colorado/) - This briefer examines how intensifying extreme weather and climate hazards threaten lives, infrastructure, military bases, and local economies in Colorado. - [Reframing the Conversation on Climate Intervention and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/05/reframing-the-conversation-on-climate-intervention-and-security/) - Two new reports exemplify how focusing on SRM through an extreme security lens alone can undermine productive research and governance. - [Testimony: Mallory Stewart on Space Security Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/05/01/testimony-mallory-stewart-on-space-security-before-the-house-committee-on-foreign-affairs/) - On April 29, the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs convened a hearing on space security entitled "Orbits of Influence: Emerging Threats to U.S. Space Security and Foreign Policy Implications." Witnesses included The Hon. Kari A. Bingen, Dr. Scott Pace, and CSRs Chief Executive Officer, Mallory Stewart. - [El Niño Will Supercharge Shocks Like the Iran War](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/04/29/el-nino-will-supercharge-shocks-like-the-iran-war/) - The event will amplify the effects of conflict, highlighting the importance of climate resilience to global security. - [Journal Article: Enabling the Decisive Advantage](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/11/01/journal-article-enabling-the-decisive-advantage/) - There are numerous open questions, new technologies, emerging threats, and broader challenges that are not yet addressed in the existing international rules and principles. That is where this community will be instrumental in leading to our collective advantage. In fact, you already have been instrumental in developing rules of responsible behavior to address new challenges. - [Fires and Falsehoods in California](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/04/20/fires-and-falsehoods-in-california/) - Information manipulation around extreme weather, climate resilience, and the clean energy transition will continue to proliferate as climate change impacts worsen. - [AI’s 1911 Moment: An Artificial Intelligence Primer for National Security Professionals](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/30/ais-1911-moment-an-artificial-intelligence-primer-for-national-security-professionals/) - National security professionals must understand key AI concepts to separate hype from real capability, establish effective policy guardrails, and recognize when adversaries gain an edge. - [CSR’s Parthemore & Gower Speak at the 24th International Conference on Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/26/csrs-parthemore-gower-speak-at-the-24th-international-conference-on-chemical-weapons-demilitarisation/) - In September of 2022, CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) Christine Parthemore and Senior Advisor Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE, served as featured speakers at the 24th International Conference on Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation in London. Their address, titled “The Outsized Importance of Addressing Chemical Weapons Threats,” described why it is increasingly important - [CSR Recommends Putting AI’s Applications to Biosecurity at the Center of the National AI R&D Strategic Plan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/29/csr-recommends-putting-ais-applications-to-biosecurity-at-the-center-of-the-national-ai-rd-strategic-plan/) - CSR appreciates the opportunity to provide input on challenging topics via submitting a response to a request for information (RFI) by the National Science Foundation. - [The Electrified Battlespace: China's Clean Tech Lead and America's Missed Opportunity](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/04/13/the-electrified-battlespace-chinas-clean-tech-lead-and-americas-missed-opportunity/) - China is leveraging its dominance in “clean tech” to build battlefield capability, and if the United States doesn’t adapt soon, it risks losing its strategic advantage. - [What Happens to Human Thinking When AI Does the Thinking for Us?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/04/10/what-happens-to-human-thinking-when-ai-does-the-thinking-for-us/) - The purpose of this opening debate was to review what the science says about AI’s effects on the brain—and the areas where the jury is still out. - [Managing Disaster at the US Department of Defense](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/04/02/managing-disaster-at-the-us-department-of-defense/) - It’s said that you can’t manage what you can’t measure, and the GAO issued a new report in February that asserts the military is failing to measure the impacts of natural disasters. - [US Intelligence Community’s 2026 Annual Threat Assessment Ignores Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/26/us-intelligence-communitys-2026-annual-threat-assessment-ignores-climate-change/) - Last week, the US Director of National Intelligence provided Congress with the US intelligence community’s annual threat assessment (ATA) of the top security risks facing the United States. While the hearing itself focused largely on the war in Iran, the submitted written testimony provides a snapshot into what the intelligence community (IC) is focused on and why. - [We’re Hiring: Research Fellow for the Center for Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/06/were-hiring-research-fellow-for-the-center-for-climate-and-security-2/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire a full-time Research Fellow for the Center for Climate and Security (CCS). This is an entry-level position supporting research on addressing climate security risks and solutions. - [Feeding Resilience: The Conflict, Climate, and Food Nexus of the War in Iran](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/20/feeding-resilience-the-conflict-climate-and-food-nexus-of-the-war-in-iran/) - The war in Iran is another tragic example of how conflict and climate shocks intersect with one another to negatively affect food security worldwide. - [Event Summary: The Opportunities and Challenges of Cloud Laboratories in Producing AI-Ready Biological Data](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/18/event-summary-the-opportunities-and-challenges-of-cloud-laboratories-in-producing-ai-ready-biological-data/) - In coordination with the BIOTech Caucus, CSR and the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC) co-hosted a bipartisan briefing on Capitol Hill exploring how Congress can strengthen US leadership at the intersection of biotechnology and AI. - [Briefing: Harnessing AI and Robotics to Strengthen America’s Biotechnology Leadership and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/23/briefing-harnessing-ai-and-robotics-to-strengthen-americas-biotechnology-leadership-and-security/) - On March 3, 2026, CSR and EBRC, in coordination with the BIOTech Caucus, are co-hosting a bipartisan Hill briefing exploring how Congress can strengthen U.S. leadership in this rapidly evolving space. - [Op-ed: Iran War Is Yet Another Reminder That Fossil Fuels Are a Bad Bet](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/12/op-ed-iran-war-is-yet-another-reminder-that-fossil-fuels-are-a-bad-bet/) - Oil and gas dependence leaves economies exposed to conflict, coercion and cascading price shocks. - [Essay: AI is the New Plastics. Can We Govern it Better?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/12/essay-ai-is-the-new-plastics-can-we-govern-it-better/) - Without regulation demarcating the line separating valuable and frivolous cases for AI inclusion, or a populace able to make informed and active decisions about which side of that line they want to be on, AI will likely continue to rapidly diffuse. - [Watch: The Iran War: Implications for Food, Water, and Energy Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/11/watch-the-iran-war-implications-for-food-water-and-energy-security/) - Watch the recent webinar where CCS experts discuss the energy, water, and food implications of the ongoing war in Iran. - [The War in Iran Exemplifies the National Security Rationale for Renewables](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/05/the-war-in-iran-exemplifies-the-national-security-rationale-for-renewables/) - The US-Israeli war against Iran exposes energy risks for countries reliant on fossil fuel imports from the Middle East, underscoring the energy security benefits of clean energy. - [The National Security Rationale for Japan’s Transition to Renewable Energy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/20/the-national-security-rationale-for-japans-transition-to-renewable-energy/) - Renewable energy can play a role in realizing Japan's national security goals, which not only depend upon a reliable stream of energy but also the geopolitical flexibility that energy self-sufficiency provides. - [Event Summary: Food on the Frontlines? Evaluating the Future of Defense in an Unstable Climate (Munich Security Conference 2026)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/26/event-summary-food-on-the-frontlines-evaluating-the-future-of-defense-in-an-unstable-climate-munich-security-conference-2026/) - CCS and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) lead an official MSC 2026 Side Event as part of CCS’ Feeding Resilience Program to discuss the nexus of climate change, food, and national security in the NATO context. - [The Pentagon Can Revolutionize Biodefense for 2% of its Proposed Spending Increase](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/03/02/the-pentagon-can-revolutionize-biodefense-for-2-of-its-proposed-spending-increase/) - Committing just 2% of the new $500 billion proposed spending toward biodefense would significantly augment the US ability to deter and respond to such threats, leveraging the strongest biodefense technology landscape that the nation has ever had. - [WATCH: How Might Solar Geoengineering Affect Global Security?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/25/watch-how-might-solar-geoengineering-affect-global-security/) - CCS Director Erin Sikorsky joined SRM360 for a live webinar on the nexus of national security and solar geoengineering. - [The Resilience Brief Episode 12: Foresight within NATO: The future](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/20/the-resilience-brief-episode-12-foresight-within-nato-the-future/) - So far, The Resilience Brief series has discussed a wide range of themes, to identify the environmental threat, risks and opportunities to militaries, both now and in the future. But how is NATO cohering this plethora of activity and what is it prioritising moving forwards? The Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (NATO) joins the virtual recording studio to share his signal to The Resilience Brief community in our final episode. - [CSR Takes Main Stage at the 2026 Munich Security Conference](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/18/csr-takes-main-stage-at-the-2026-munich-security-conference/) - CSR experts offered key observations and analysis as the world convened to solve our most pressing security challenges at the Munich Security Conference. - [Event: US Biothreat Monitoring: Scaling Pathogen-Agnostic Detection](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/18/us-biothreat-monitoring-scaling-pathogen-agnostic-detection/) - On March 2, 2026, join CSR for “US Biothreat Monitoring: Scaling Pathogen-Agnostic Detection,” an in-person event in Washington, DC, followed by a networking reception. - [CSR, SWF, and GCSP Launch Dialogue to Strengthen Outer Space Treaty](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/18/csr-swf-and-gcsp-launch-dialogue-to-strengthen-outer-space-treaty/) - CSR, in partnership with the Secure World Foundation and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, is thrilled to announce a new policy program to reinforce legally-binding restrictions against the deployment and use of nuclear weapons in space. - [The Consequences of Tactical Nuclear Weapons Use](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/23/the-consequences-of-tactical-nuclear-weapons-use/) - A Foresight Approach to Weapons Effects and Response Pathways - [Respiratory PPE as Day-Zero Defense Against Biothreats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/09/respiratory-ppe-as-day-zero-defense-against-biothreats/) - This briefer recommends that to ensure adequate PPE availability during crises, the military should prioritize EHMR stockpiling for baseline protection while exploring vendor-managed and innovative manufacturing approaches to enhance surge capacity, including for FFRs and PAPRs. - [Watch: CCS Virtual Event on AI’s Implications for Climate Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/10/watch-ccs-virtual-event-on-ais-implications-for-climate-security/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) convened a webinar on the security implications and climate change impacts of AI systems. - [The Resilience Brief Episode 11: Technological solutions to achieving climate resilience and the personnel touch](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/06/the-resilience-brief-episode-11-technological-solutions-to-achieving-climate-resilience-and-the-personnel-touch/) - This episode discusses the problem of aligning military knowledge and understanding with the expertise of industry. Experts from academia and industry share their view on the role of personnel in facilitating research and development as they conduct the search for technological solutions to climate challenges. - [mRNA Technology as a National Security Asset](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/05/mrna-technology-as-a-national-security-asset/) - In January, Johns Hopkins, the Foundation for mRNA Medicines, and CSR convened national security experts, scientists, business leaders, and former defense and intelligence officials in Washington to examine the role mRNA technology plays in protecting America from biological threats. - [MiRCH Roundup November 2025 - January 2026: Militaries Scramble Across South and South-East Asia to Respond to Back-to-Back Disasters](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/04/mirch-roundup-november-2025-january-2026-militaries-scramble-across-south-and-south-east-asia-to-respond-to-back-to-back-disasters/) - From November 2025 through January 2026, MiRCH documented 41 military deployments in 15 countries to address climate hazards. - [Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/27/climate-change-artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-security/) - Join the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) for a webinar on the security implications and climate change impacts of AI systems. - [MiRCH Updates, June - October 2025:  Militaries Intervene Worldwide During Wildfire and Tropical Cyclone Season](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/11/13/mirch-updates-june-october-2025-militaries-intervene-worldwide-during-wildfire-and-tropical-cyclone-season/) - From June through October 2025, the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) tracker documented 80 military deployments in response to tropical cyclones, torrential rain, wildfires, and severe storms and flooding. - [UC Berkeley Risk and Security Lab and the Council on Strategic Risks Launch Fellowship to Drive Leadership at the Intersection of AI and Nuclear](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/03/uc-berkeley-risk-and-security-lab-and-csr-launch-fellowship-to-drive-leadership-at-the-intersection-of-ai-and-nuclear/) - This project seeks to develop expert talent and establish pathways to leadership by providing seven fellows with 10 months of mentored research, networking, professional development opportunities, and guidance. - [Protecting Korea’s National Security with Renewable Energy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/02/protecting-koreas-national-security-with-renewable-energy/) - An accelerated transition to renewable energy—particularly wind and solar—could strengthen South Korea’s national security, economic resilience, and energy sovereignty. - [재생에너지로 한국의 국가 안보 보장](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/02/02/재생에너지로-한국의-국가-안보-보장/) - 한국의 현행 국가안보전략과 기후 및 에너지 계획을 연계하여, 로렌스 버클리 국립연구소의 모델링뿐만 아니라 안보 이점과 과제에 대한 분석을 함께 제시한다. - [A Dose of Realism: Geopolitical and Security Dimensions of Solar Radiation Modification](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/22/a-dose-of-realism-geopolitical-and-security-dimensions-of-solar-radiation-modification/) - Assessing the security challenges of Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) research requires pragmatic approaches that acknowledge the risks while avoiding exaggeration. - [Op-ed: Managing the Security Risks of Geoengineering](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/14/managing-the-security-risks-of-geoengineering/) - Governments and research funders must focus on the social and political side of the geoengineering equation, not just the science. - [Geoengineering and Climate Change in an Age of Disinformation and Strategic Competition](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/23/geoengineering-and-climate-change-in-an-age-of-disinformation-and-strategic-competition/) - The United States must lead the development of guardrails and norms to manage the scientific challenges and geopolitical security risks associated with geoengineering. - [Climate Security and Misinformation: A Baseline](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/23/climate-security-and-misinformation-a-baseline/) - Mis- and disinformation challenges go beyond climate denialism, and are present across the breadth of climate security risks. - [Climate Disinformation, Peace and Security: Good News, Bad News, and Key Questions](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/07/10/climate-disinformation-peace-and-security-good-news-bad-news-and-key-questions/) - As climate-driven disasters intensify worldwide, it’s time to address the security implications of climate misinformation. - [Sandia Publishes Consensus Report on Northeast Asia Chemical and Biological Security Roundtable](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/28/sandia-publishes-consensus-report-on-northeast-asia-chemical-and-biological-security-roundtable/) - The risks posed by North Korea’s illegal CBW programs present a complex challenge that requires the type of collaborative environment and engagement centered on regional expertise that CMC kept at the forefront with formulating and moderating the roundtable discussion. - [The Resilience Brief Episode 10: Geographical climate change: NATO and the adversary in the global North and global South](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/23/the-resilience-brief-episode-10-geographical-climate-change-nato-and-the-adversary-in-the-global-north-and-global-south/) - In this episode, guest speakers examine how approaches to climate change vary geographically, specifically looking at how our allies and adversaries are tackling the global north and global south. - [Stability Multipliers: Food Security, Climate Change, and the Future of NATO Resilience](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/20/stability-multipliers-food-security-climate-change-and-the-future-of-nato-resilience/) - An examination of how NATO currently integrates climate risks into their strategic thinking, where important connections are emerging, and where gaps persist, all at a critical moment when new defense and security investments could either reduce long-term vulnerability or lock in avoidable risk. - [Climate & Food Security on Stage at the Munich Security Conference](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/02/28/climate-food-security-on-stage-at-the-munich-security-conference/) - Almost a year after the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine began, it was no surprise that the 2023 Munich Security Conference focused on the importance and implications of the ongoing conflict. This focus included a look at the second-order effects of the conflict, such as global food insecurity and the energy transition – a recognition that tackling such transnational challenges are integral to what the conference report identified as a need for “A re-envisioned liberal, rules-based international order…to strengthen democratic resilience in an era of fierce systemic competition with autocratic regimes.” - [Changing Tone, Shifting Priorities and Continuing Progress: Lessons from a House Armed Services Committee Hearing under the New Republican Majority](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/13/changing-tone-shifting-priorities-and-continuing-progress-lessons-from-a-house-armed-services-committee-hearing-under-the-new-republican-majority/) - On February 28, 2023, the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee held its first hearing of the new Congress, with new Chairman Mike Waltz (R-FL) presiding, a handful of new Members joining the Subcommittee, and a newly minted Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment, Brendan Owens, joining his service counterparts to discuss the installations portfolio. While the hearing was held in advance of the submission of the President’s Budget Request, there was still much to learn both from new voices and from old voices in new roles. - [Workshop Readout: Clean Energy is National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/05/workshop-readout-clean-energy-is-national-security/) - A Tabletop Game for Security & Foreign Policy Leaders in Japan, February 8–9, 2024 - [Workshop Readout: Clean Energy is National Security (ROK)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/31/workshop-readout-clean-energy-is-national-security-rok/) - A Tabletop Game for Security & Foreign Policy Leaders in South Korea, June 13, 2024. - [Indonesia’s Climate Security and Renewable Energy Nexus: A Landscape Assessment](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/08/08/indonesias-climate-security-and-renewable-energy-nexus-a-landscape-assessment/) - An examination of Indonesia's climate security landscape, underscoring the national security imperative of a renewable energy transition. - [Protecting Japan’s National Security with Renewable Energy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/08/20/protecting-japans-national-security-with-renewable-energy/) - To meet its security and energy needs in the 21st century, Japan’s government should increase collaboration across energy, diplomacy, and defense policymaking; accelerate renewables deployment; consider climate security risks to energy supplies; and proactively address the security challenges associated with renewables, such as China’s dominance of supply chains. - [Defense Leaders Call for Clean Energy Investments As Part of NATO Spending Goals](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/23/defense-leaders-call-for-clean-energy-investments-as-part-of-nato-spending-goals/) - Today, more than a dozen distinguished European and UK defense leaders released an open letter calling for clean energy investments to be included in NATO’s 1.5% non-core defense spending target, set at the summit in June 2025. - [A Climate Security Plan for the UK Home Office](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/04/a-climate-security-plan-for-the-uk-home-office/) - Organizations like the Home Office cannot escape the consequences of climate change, the only question is whether they will prepare to respond proactively or get stuck in a reactive, crisis mode. - [Watch: CCS Expert Webinar Explores Extreme Weather and Disinformation](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/14/watch-ccs-expert-webinar-explores-extreme-weather-and-disinformation/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) convened a webinar on the intersections of climate security, information manipulation, and democratic governance. - [CSR Announces 2025-26 Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Class](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/12/csr-announces-2025-26-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-class/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is thrilled to welcome six remarkable individuals into its sixth cohort of Ending Bioweapons Fellows. - [The Resilience Brief Episode 9: Championing climate innovation at the lowest level: top-down, bottom-up solutions to resilience](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/09/the-resilience-brief-episode-9-championing-climate-innovation-at-the-lowest-level-top-down-bottom-up-solutions-to-resilience/) - Across society, strategies are constructed, cohered and enacted by a range of senior individuals. To date, The Resilience Brief has reflected the influence of these prominent, resilience champions, hosting a range of senior leaders. But innovation thrives within the masses - those who face the impacts of climate related challenges first-hand on a daily basis. So, what are the benefits of ‘top-down, bottom-up leadership’ and what does it look like in practice? - [Op-ed: Biodefense is Core Defense](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/08/op-ed-biodefense-is-core-defense/) - Similar to how NATO maintains situational awareness for space and cyber, a biodefense capability target should focus on ensuring that every NATO nation’s military base has biological threat detection and early warning assets in place, as soon as possible. - [Diagnostics as Deterrence: Modernizing Biosecurity with Aptamer Technology](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/06/diagnostics-as-deterrence-modernizing-biosecurity-with-aptamer-technology/) - Aptamer-based diagnostics could be the key to achieving this, offering faster, cheaper, and more scalable pathogen detection than traditional antibody-based tests. - [JPAND Special Issue: Deterrence by Denial and the Long Journey of Addressing Biological Weapons Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2026/01/05/jpand-special-issue-deterrence-by-denial-and-the-long-journey-of-addressing-biological-weapons-risks/) - This month, the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (JPAND) released a special issue on “deterrence by denial” to address biological weapons threats, guest edited by Andy Weber and Christine Parthemore. This comes at an essential time for the international community, given how the biological risk landscape is changing rapidly. - [CCS Updates Archive of Climate Security Documents](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/31/ccs-updates-archive-of-climate-security-documents/) - In an ongoing effort to maintain an accessible archive of key climate, security, and development documents, the Center for Climate & Security (CCS) has made several updates to its Resource Hub. - [Op-ed: Trump’s New ‘Battleship’ Should Not Carry Nukes](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/29/op-ed-trumps-new-battleship-should-not-carry-nukes/) - Among the eye-opening details of President Trump’s plans for an eponymous class of giant warships is one that appears to contravene an earlier policy position: these “battleships” are to be armed with a new nuclear-armed cruise missile. - [2025 AIxBio Wrapped: A Year in Review and Projections for 2026](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/22/2025-aixbio-wrapped-a-year-in-review-and-projections-for-2026/) - An overview of the major AIxBio milestones in 2025, including research breakthroughs, new US policies on AI and biotech, and policy recommendations. - [Biodefense in the FY26 NDAA](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/19/biodefense-in-the-fy26-ndaa/) - On December 18th, 2025, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 was signed into law by the President. Experts at the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) identified at least 24 provisions within the NDAA that directly affect US biodefense. - [Preparing for Disaster: Climate-Related Provisions in the FY26 NDAA](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/19/preparing-for-disaster-climate-related-provisions-in-the-fy26-ndaa/) - While the tone of both the Pentagon and Congress has shifted in recent years, and explicit discussion of climate change as a national security issue has been deprioritized, the operational impacts of climate-driven hazards are clearly reflected in this year’s legislation. - [The Resilience Brief Episode 8: Integration climate resilience across domains: Multi-Domain Operations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/23/the-resilience-brief-episode-8-integration-climate-resilience-across-domains-multi-domain-operations/) - Episodes 5-7 of TRB considered how Defence is tackling climate resilience on operations within individual domains – land, sea and air. But operations are rarely conducted in isolation. How does the conversation differ when synchronizing planning and execution across multiple domains? TRB invites two MDO experts to find out more. - [The Resilience Brief Episode 7: Resilience in the Air: Jet Zero or zero chance?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/12/the-resilience-brief-episode-7-resilience-in-the-air-jet-zero-or-zero-chance/) - Aviation fuel emissions have been an enduring issue for air forces in the fight for climate resilience. However, with developments in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) driven by mandates, what else is on the radar for air operations? - [Climate Adaptation in High-Security Risk Countries](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/11/05/climate-adaptation-in-high-security-risk-countries/) - A Practitioner-Focused Evaluation of Key Cases - [Food Trade Chokepoints & US National Security in 2040](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/16/food-trade-chokepoints-us-national-security-in-2040/) - A strategic foresight approach examining plausible future scenarios for global food trade and exploring potential chokepoint disruptions and their cascading risks. - [Event: Center for Climate and Security Director to Speak to Congress Today on Climate Change Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/14/event-center-for-climate-and-security-director-to-speak-to-congress-today-on-climate-change-threats/) - UPDATE (7/15/2020): A recorded video of the event can now be found here. At 3pm EST today, the Center for Climate and Security's Director, the Hon. John Conger, will speak to the House Democratic Caucus National Security Task Force about climate change threats to security, in the wake of a new report from the House - [Online Event | Burning Sand: MENA and Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/02/online-event-burning-sand-mena-and-climate-change/) - This is a cross-post from the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum. Written By Patrik Kurath https://zoom.us/j/91788674458Meeting ID: 917 8867 4458 By the end of the century, the Persian Gulf could be too hot for human habitation. Water sources like the Golan Heights and the Nile are sources of tensions. With the effects of climate - [EVENT: US Navy War College: The National Security Significance of a Changing Climate, January 8](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/01/event-us-navy-war-college-the-national-security-significance-of-a-changing-climate-january-8/) - On January 8, the US Naval War College will host a public conference, The National Security Significance of a Changing Climate: Risk and Resilience in the 21st Century. Center for Climate and Security (CCS)CCS Advisory Board member, the Hon. Alice Hill, will serve as the keynote speaker, and panels feature many members of the CCS - [Event: U.S. Climate Security Investments: Changing Plans into Actions](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/08/event-u-s-climate-security-investments-changing-plans-into-actions/) - By Brigitte Hugh Join the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) on June 14, 2022 at 2 p.m. EST for a panel discussion featuring senior U.S. government officials to discuss the climate funding included in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Budget Request (register here). Panelists include: Joe Bryan, Senior Advisor for Climate, Office of the - [Event: The American Pandemic Preparedness Plan: One Year of Progress & The Path Forward](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/02/event-the-american-pandemic-preparedness-plan-one-year-of-progress-the-path-forward/) - In this webinar, Dr. Matthew Hepburn and Dr. Carly S. Cox will discuss the 2022 Annual Report on the American Pandemic Preparedness Plan, which was released on September 1st - [Event: Building Capacities for Addressing Future Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/15/event-building-capacities-for-addressing-future-biological-threats/) - In this webinar, experts will discuss the changing biological threat landscape and some key avenues to improve preparedness and response capabilities for addressing future biological threats. - [Event: The Security Implications of the Pakistan Floods: A Roundtable Discussion](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/21/event-the-security-implications-of-the-pakistan-floods-a-roundtable-discussion/) - The Center for Climate and Security will convene a public roundtable discussion on Friday. September 30th, from 9 to 10 am EST, to discuss the wide security implications of the unprecedented flooding in Pakistan. - [Event Summary: The American Pandemic Preparedness Plan—One Year of Progress & The Path Forward](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/05/event-summary-the-american-pandemic-preparedness-plan-one-year-of-progress-the-path-forward/) - On September 8th, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted a webinar entitled “The American Pandemic Preparedness Plan: One Year of Progress & The Path Forward.” The event was part of a broader engagement to introduce the 2022 Annual Report on the American Pandemic Preparedness Plan, which was released by the White House on September 1st. - [RECAP: Congressional Biosecurity Luncheon](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/06/recap-congressional-biosecurity-luncheon/) - By Jackson du Pont On Tuesday, September 27th, the Council on Strategic Risks partnered with Building Stronger Futures to host a Congressional Luncheon with Congressman Ritchie Torres [D-NY] and Dr. Beth Cameron. Rep. Torres introduced Dr. Cameron, who currently serves as a Professor at the Brown University School of Public Health and Senior Advisor to - [Event Summary: Building Capacities for Addressing Future Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/06/event-summary-building-capacities-for-addressing-future-biological-threats/) - On September 20th, CSR hosted a webinar titled “Building Capacities for Addressing Future Biological Threats.” The webinar featured a keynote address from Dr. David Christian Hassell, followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Pardis Sabeti and Dr. Akhila Kosaraju. - [Event Summary: The Security Implications of the Pakistan Floods: A Roundtable Discussion](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/12/event-summary-the-security-implications-of-the-pakistan-floods-a-roundtable-discussion/) - Panelists Ameera Adil, Faraz Haider, Andrea Rezzonico, and Jumaina Siddiqui discussed the ongoing flooding crisis in a discussion moderated by CCS Director Erin Sikorsky. The conversation first scoped the intersecting climate and security risks in Pakistan before exploring solutions to bolster climate justice, good governance, and community resilience. - [Event: Understanding the Army, Navy, and Air Force Climate Strategies](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/25/event-understanding-the-army-navy-and-air-force-climate-strategies/) - On Thursday, November 3rd, from 2:00-3:30 pm, The Center for Climate and Security will convene representatives from each military department to discuss their climate plans and answer questions. - [Event Summary: Understanding the Army, Navy, and Air Force Climate Strategies](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/17/event-summary-understanding-the-army-navy-and-air-force-climate-strategies/) - Panelists Ed Oshiba, Paul Farnan, Jim Balocki, and Rachel Ross spoke with Sherri Goodman and moderator John Cogner on how each of their Departments is approaching climate change in their strategy documents. - [EVENT: China’s Climate Security Vulnerabilities](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/28/event-chinas-climate-security-vulnerabilities/) - In an era increasingly defined by climate change, the United States and China stand out as the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases—but neither country is immune to its impacts. China, home to nearly 20% of the world’s population and 6.5% of the Earth’s land surface, faces a number of climate security challenges. A recent report published by the Center for Climate and Security identified three categories of risk: (1) direct risks to military and critical infrastructure; (2) compounding risks to internal political stability as climate change threatens food and water security; and (3) external risks as competition over shared resources is heightened and China contends with the impacts of climate on its more vulnerable neighbors. - [EVENT: Climate Security in NATO’s Backyard: A Discussion with Young Leaders](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/04/04/event-climate-security-in-natos-backyard-a-discussion-with-young-leaders/) - On April 23, IMCCS will welcome the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith and NATO 2030 Young Leader Katarina Kertysova for a conversation on a future vision for peace and security. - [EVENT: Managing Unavoidable Climate Security Risks: U.S. Investments in Resilience](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/04/13/event-managing-unavoidable-climate-security-risks-u-s-investments-in-resilience/) - On April 27th, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) will host the virtual roundtable, “Managing Unavoidable Climate Security Risks: U.S. Investments in Resilience” from 2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern Time. - [Event: Advancing Biomanufacturing: U.S. Policies and Plans](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/05/08/event-advancing-biomanufacturing-u-s-policies-and-plans/) - On May 16 at 12:00pm ET, CSR will host a public event focused on this critical area of progress in U.S. biomanufacturing resilience. - [Event Summary: Reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act—Perspective from Previous ASPR Leaders](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/05/31/event-summary-reauthorizing-the-pandemic-and-all-hazards-preparedness-act/) - On May 12th, CSR hosted an event with former leaders from HHS's Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) on reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA). - [Event Summary: Advancing Biomanufacturing: U.S. Policies and Plans](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/05/31/event-summary-advancing-biomanufacturing-u-s-policies-and-plans/) - On May 16th, The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted an event on the federal government’s strategy for driving innovation in biomanufacturing. The panel event featured expert perspectives from Dr. Georgia Lagoudas, Mr. Maynard Holliday, and Dr. Anup Singh. The panelists discussed how the federal interagency is positioning itself to capitalize on the transformative effects of biotechnology through investments in biomanufacturing. - [Young Leaders Hope for Action After the NATO Summit](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/08/24/young-leaders-hope-for-action-after-the-nato-summit/) - In light of climate change’s particularly profound impact on young people and increasing importance to NATO, the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS), with support from the U.S. Mission to NATO, sent us - a delegation of young leaders - to the 2023 NATO Public Forum in Vilnius. Our group included Pau Alvarez Aragones (Spain), Diana Garlytska (Ukraine/ Lithuania), Marieke Jacobs (Netherlands), Michelle Ramirez (United States), George Tavridis (Greece), and Ytze de Vries (Netherlands), accompanied by the Center for Climate and Security’s Elsa Barron and IMCCS Secretary General Sherri Goodman. We entered the Public Forum with a set of climate security priorities identified by a larger young leaders network and left Vilnius with three revitalized recommendations for NATO, below. - [Event Summary: Feeding Resilience and the House Climate Solutions Caucus](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/09/event-summary-feeding-resilience-and-the-house-climate-solutions-caucus/) - On December 1, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) held a policy briefing with the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus, to discuss the recent report, Feeding Resilience, which explores the nexus of climate change, food insecurity and national security and presents policy recommendations for the United States for addressing those issues. The presenters highlighted - [A CSR Award Ceremony and Dinner with the Commission on Nuclear Energy and Climate Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/10/a-csr-award-ceremony-and-dinner-with-the-commission-on-nuclear-energy-and-climate-security/) - On October 12, 2023, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted a reception for the Commission on Nuclear Energy and Climate Security, a group composed of U.S. leaders across key sectors including climate change, nuclear energy, foreign policy, defense, national security, and organized labor. The event in Washington, D.C. included more than 80 distinguished leaders - [CCS Webinar: Locking in Progress: Climate Security Priorities for 2024](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/19/ccs-webinar-locking-in-progress-climate-security-priorities-for-2024/) - Join the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) for a virtual event: Locking in Progress: Climate Security Priorities for 2024 on 1 February from 10:30-12:00 PM EST. This public, on the record event will feature former US government officials and outside experts discussing how to ensure the climate security gains made over the past three years are solidified, and where gaps remain as we enter the final year of this presidential term. The goal of this event is to identify key climate security priorities for the US government in 2024. - [Event Summary: U.S.–UK Strategic Dialogue on Biosecurity](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/22/event-summary-u-s-uk-strategic-dialogue-on-biosecurity/) - A central theme of the discussion was the acknowledgment that the biological threat landscape is rapidly changing and presents a pacing challenge for our collective biodefense capabilities. - [Event Summary: Kazakhstan’s Actions to Address Nuclear and Biological Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/02/16/event-summary-kazakhstans-actions-to-address-nuclear-and-biological-risks/) - The Jan 30, 2024 discussion centered around the complexities faced by Kazakhstan in the early years of independence from the Soviet Union, including the brave decision to relinquish its nuclear arsenal and its biological weapons program. - [The Center for Climate and Security Joins Nexus25 Project as it Launches Phase 2, Hosts MSC Side Event](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/02/26/the-center-for-climate-and-security-joins-nexus25-project-as-it-launches-phase-2-hosts-msc-side-event/) - On February 16, 2024, the Nexus25 project organized an official side event at the Munich Security Conference, marking the official launch of Phase 2 of the project. - [Launching the Global Biosecurity Accelerator at the Helsinki Biosecurity Dialogue](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/08/14/launching-the-global-biosecurity-accelerator-at-the-helsinki-biosecurity-dialogue/) - Across the dialogue’s speakers and guests, a strong, overarching theme was clear: a bold vision for all nations to work collaboratively to take disease threats off the table. - [CCS to Launch New Report on Food, Climate, and National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/10/ccs-to-launch-new-report-on-food-climate-and-national-security/) - Join the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) for the launch event of The Feeding Resilience Plan, a report synthesizing research on food, climate change, and US national security. - [Event Summary: Arctic Security - A Tabletop Game for the World House Student Fellows Program](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/07/event-summary-arctic-security-a-tabletop-game-for-the-world-house-student-fellows-program/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) facilitated an Arctic security scenario exercise for the World House Student Fellows Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House to educate future decision makers on the ways in which climate change intersects with existing security risks. - [CCS Director Testifies Before US Senate and UK Parliament on Climate Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/16/ccs-director-testifies-before-us-senate-and-uk-parliament-on-climate-security/) - This week CCS Director Erin Sikorsky testified before the US Senate Budget Committee in a hearing, “Budgeting for the Storm: Climate Change and the Costs to National Security,” and the UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee as part of its inquiry into climate security. - [The Story of Nuclear Weapons is a Human Story](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/21/the-story-of-nuclear-weapons-is-a-human-story/) - Jackson du Pont stressed the importance of centering human narratives around nuclear weapons during a post-film panel discussion. - [Event Summary: Fortifying Global Biosecurity in the Face of High-tech Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/23/event-summary-fortifying-global-biosecurity-in-the-face-of-high-tech-threats/) - Experts convened to discuss the role of advancing technologies in addressing today’s most pressing global security challenges. - [Event: The Story Behind Climate Security and What it Means for US Foreign Policy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/18/event-the-story-behind-climate-security-and-what-it-means-for-us-foreign-policy/) - On October 1, the Center for Climate and Security and the Wilson Center will host a dialogue on the impact of climate change on global security risks. - [Food, Climate Change and National Security: The Feeding Resilience Plan and USAID’s Feed the Future Accelerator](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/23/food-climate-change-and-national-security-the-feeding-resilience-plan-and-usaids-feed-the-future-accelerator/) - Exciting news for the intersection of food, climate change, and US national security last week as CCS launched its new Feeding Resilience report and USAID announced its Feed the Future Accelerator initiative. - [CCS and USIP on Partnerships at the Food-Climate-Security Nexus: Event Summary & Recommendations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/17/ccs-and-usip-on-partnerships-at-the-food-climate-security-nexus-event-summary-recommendations/) - On 25 September, the CCS and USIP convened key stakeholders on the sidelines of UN Climate Week in New York to discuss opportunities for forward-thinking partnerships at the food-climate-security nexus - [Event Recap: Feeding Resilience: Interagency Coordination and Foresight](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/04/event-recap-feeding-resilience-interagency-coordination-and-foresight/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) gathered experts from across sectors to discuss topics that the Feeding Resilience program deemed essential to progress at the nexus of food systems, climate change, and US national security. - [Event Summary: Progressing Efforts on the Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery, and Peace](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/12/event-summary-progressing-efforts-on-the-declaration-on-climate-relief-recovery-and-peace/) - Nearly one year after the signing of the Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery, and Peace at COP28, CCS, ICRC, Mercy Corps, and CSIS gathered to assess progress on climate resilience initiatives and share lessons learned. - [The Story Behind Climate Security and What it Means for US Foreign Policy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/13/the-story-behind-climate-security-and-what-it-means-for-us-foreign-policy/) - As climate change intensifies, its impact on global security worsens—driving conflict and instability. CCS and the Wilson Center co-hosted an event to take a deep dive into these issues. - [Event: Project Sapphire at 30](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/26/event-project-sapphire-at-30/) - Join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Council on Strategic Risks as we recognize the 30th anniversary of Project Sapphire as key participants reflect on this successful effort and commemorate decades of partnership to address the risks posed by weapons of mass destruction. - [Event Summary: Nexus25 2025 UN Climate Week Roundtable](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/20/event-summary-nexus25-2025-un-climate-week-roundtable/) - The Nexus25 team convened a roundtable discussion at the nexus of climate change, food security, and conflict during NY Climate Week. - [Event Summary: Reducing Supply Chain Vulnerabilities through Biotechnology](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/29/event-summary-reducing-supply-chain-vulnerabilities-through-biotechnology/) - Relying solely on market forces has not yet enabled biotechnology to deliver economic benefits and national security advantages for the United States. However, by leveraging its purchasing power, offering financial incentives, and implementing more effective regulatory pathways for emerging technologies, the US government can help drive such gains as a global biotechnology leader. - [The Center for Climate and Security at Climate Week NYC](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/23/the-center-for-climate-and-security-at-climate-week-nyc/) - Members of the Center for Climate & Security (CCS) team are in New York this week for Climate Week NYC, one of the largest gatherings of leaders, policymakers, and civil society convening to drive climate action. - [Event Summary: Resilience in the Face of Global Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/10/event-summary-resilience-in-the-face-of-global-risks/) - On December 10, 2024, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted an end-of-year symposium, Resilience in the Face of Global Risks, to bring together leaders across our mission set to strategize and rally around this unique time in risk reduction. With all three of our institutions—the Center for Climate & Security, the Converging Risks Lab, and the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons—hosting breakout sessions centered around guest engagement and collaboration, we plan to carry the partnerships and strategies of the event forward into the future as we prepare for the incoming Trump Administration and beyond. - [Dispatch from New York City: The Center for Climate and Security at Climate Week and UNGA](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/03/dispatch-from-new-york-city-the-center-for-climate-and-security-at-climate-week-and-unga/) - From renewable energy to food security, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) team convened events on a broad range of security topics during NY Climate Week and the UN General Assembly. - [Feeding Resilience: Recap of CCS and Kansas State Event on Risk and Readiness in Food Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/23/feeding-resilience-recap-of-ccs-and-kansas-state-event-on-risk-and-readiness-in-food-security/) - As part of CCS' Feeding Resilience program, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and Kansas State University held a conference on the nexus of climate change, agriculture, and global security. - [Book Event: Climate Change on the Battlefield: International Military Responses to the Climate Crisis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/09/book-event-climate-change-on-the-battlefield-international-military-responses-to-the-climate-crisis/) - Join the Council on Strategic Risks for a conversation about Center for Climate and Security Director Erin Sikorsky’s new book, "Climate Change on the Battlefield." - [Report Launch: The Consequences of Tactical Nuclear Weapons Use](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/21/launch-event-the-consequences-of-tactical-nuclear-weapons-use/) - Join authors Andrew Facini and Lily Boland, and moderator Eliana Johns from the Federation of American Scientists, for an open conversation on the latest CSR report, The Consequences of Tactical Nuclear Weapons Use. - [CSR's 2025 in Review](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/17/csr-2025-in-review/) - CSR’s outputs in 2025 included creating deep analysis of underlying trends plaguing security dilemmas worldwide, producing sharp policy-focused work offering timely recommendations, and building durable tools which will better equip practitioners in the months and years ahead. And of course, we led the way in our main portfolios: climate security, biosecurity and nuclear security, and converging risks. - [Essay: We Might Regret Golden Dome’s Greatest Ambition](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/11/essay-we-might-regret-golden-domes-greatest-ambition/) - Though it may be tempting to dismiss exotic weapons like Burevestnik and Poseidon and their purported justifications as cynical political stunts, the most likely impact of Golden Dome is to incentivize America’s adversaries to double down on such destabilizing behavior by further developing long-range cruise missiles, hypersonic systems, undersea platforms, and even space-based offensive weapons systems. Taken together, these systems are much more concerning than any one type of weapon, and strategists should take steps now to avoid incentivizing a world with a greater reliance on them. - [US Biodefense Budget Breakdown: Fiscal Year 2026 Update](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/09/us-biodefense-budget-breakdown-fiscal-year-2026-update/) - The Biodefense Budget Breakdown tracks biodefense investments since 2019 across three steps in the budget cycle: what was requested (R) by the President, what was enacted (E) by Congress and signed into law, and actual (A) levels of funding. This year’s update includes FY 2024 actual, FY 2025 enacted, and FY 2026 requested funding. - [Essay: Embracing Climate Realities: The Climate Security Implications of COP30](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/09/essay-embracing-climate-realities-the-climate-security-implications-of-cop30/) - The optimistic era of climate diplomacy, epitomized by the 2015 Paris Agreement, has given way to a more fragmented world in which climate change has taken a back seat. - [An Exciting Update from CSR](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/08/an-exciting-update-from-csr/) - It has been a true honor to lead CSR in the CEO seat for six amazing years, for which I’m grateful to our staff, our Board, and our vast network of partners and supporters. - [Mallory Stewart to Assume CEO Role for The Council on Strategic Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/08/mallory-stewart-to-assume-ceo-role-for-the-council-on-strategic-risks/) - The former Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance will succeed Christine Parthemore, who will remain on as Director of the Nolan Center after six years of service as CEO. - [Christine Parthemore Chosen as New CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/01/07/christine-parthemore-chosen-as-new-ceo-of-the-council-on-strategic-risks/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is pleased to announce Christine Parthemore as its new Chief Executive Officer. Christine has deep experience addressing issues ranging from the security implications of climate change to countering weapons of mass destruction, including in the U.S. Department of Defense, security think tanks, and academia. She is also Director of CSR’s - [Key Biodefense Elements in the FY2024 President’s Budget Request](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/07/27/key-biodefense-elements-in-the-fy2024-presidents-budget-request/) - This briefer provides an overview of proposed biodefense spending in the U.S. government’s FY24 budget across all relevant federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and others. The Nolan Center's analysis is designed to highlight notable changes in funding, potentially important new programs, and areas for improvement in vital policy areas. - [Biodefense in the FY25 President’s Budget Request](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/19/biodefense-in-the-fy25-presidents-budget-request/) - A few promising investments, but numerous cuts to biodefense spending. - [Introducing CSR’s New Biodefense Budget Breakdown](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/07/introducing-csrs-new-biodefense-budget-breakdown/) - The Biodefense Budget Breakdown is a resource dedicated to providing transparency into total biodefense investments within the U.S. federal budget - [CSR Biodefense Scorecard: Highlighting Progress on U.S. Policies & CSR Recommendations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/09/06/csr-biodefense-scorecard-highlighting-progress-on-u-s-policies-csr-recommendations/) - As new strategies enter implementation stages, CSR is kicking off a writing series to publicly highlight the progress we are monitoring. This is the first in an ongoing series that will highlight the status of key Nolan Center recommendations we made in the past. - [Mitigating Biological Threats Through Clean Indoor Air](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/04/mitigating-biological-threats-through-clean-indoor-air/) - This briefer serves as a summary for policymakers on the importance of clean indoor air, outlining why indoor air matters, how indoor air facilitates pathogen transmission, and what technologies can mitigate airborne transmission. - [State Level Climate Security Briefers: Colorado, Hawaii, and Washington](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/04/state-level-climate-security-briefers-colorado-hawaii-and-washington/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) has released the latest in a series of subnational climate security briefers focused on the US states Colorado, Hawaii, and Washington. - [State-Level Climate Security Education: Washington](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/04/state-level-climate-security-education-washington/) - This briefer examines how intensifying extreme weather and climate hazards threaten lives, infrastructure, military bases, and local economies in Washington. - [State-Level Climate Security Education: Hawaiʻi](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/12/04/state-level-climate-security-education-hawaiʻi/) - This briefer examines how intensifying extreme weather and climate hazards threaten lives, infrastructure, military bases, and local economies in Hawaiʻi. - [The Resilience Brief Episode 6: In Hot Water: Climate Challenges for Naval Forces](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/11/28/the-resilience-brief-episode-6-in-hot-water-climate-challenges-for-naval-forces/) - Like land forces, navies are faced with the breadth and scale of climate related risks, so how is climate science informing conversations around maritime platforms and the future demands upon naval services? - [Essay: We’re Not Ready for Nuclear War on Social Media](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/11/21/essay-were-not-ready-for-nuclear-war-on-social-media/) - Without active intervention, the mass media ecosystem is destined to fail when it will be needed the most. - [Nuclear Energy & American Leadership](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/10/nuclear-energy-american-leadership/) - A Blueprint for the Future - [The Resilience Brief Episode 5: The Ground Truth: Resilience in the Land Domain](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/11/14/the-resilience-brief-episode-5-the-ground-truth-resilience-in-the-land-domain/) - The threat of climate change on global security means it is an area where Armed Forces must pay increasing attention. But with the challenge varying across domains, how does has it manifested into operational risks for land forces and how are they mitigating them? - [The Resilience Brief Episode 3: The Interoperability Conundrum](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/17/the-resilience-brief-episode-3-the-interoperability-conundrum/) - NATO define interoperability as “The ability to act together coherently, effectively and efficiently to achieve Allied objectives”. But what does it mean to achieve, or even contribute to, interoperability to achieve wider resilience? - [The Resilience Brief Episode 2: The Future Operating World](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/07/the-resilience-brief-episode-2-the-future-operating-world/) - Armed forces must act now to address the risks of tomorrow, but what should we do or engage with when trying to imagine the future world and the risks presented to military operations? - [Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future? Taking Stock of Global Food Security after the 2025 World Food Forum](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/11/12/hand-in-hand-for-better-foods-and-a-better-future-taking-stock-of-global-food-security-after-the-2025-world-food-forum/) - This year’s World Food Forum spotlighted partnerships for sustainable agriculture and youth-led innovation, yielding strong global commitments. Yet, questions remain about whether these pledges will translate into action. - [Preventing Water-Related Conflict to Promote US National Security and Build Global Stability](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/11/10/preventing-water-related-conflict-to-promote-us-national-security-and-build-global-stability/) - Increasing global water stress poses a threat to both human and national security, making it essential to address these challenges to protect US national security and promote global stability. - [CCS Recommendations Shape Initial Steps on Climate Security in the UK Home Office, Amid Political Barriers](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/11/04/ccs-recommendations-shape-initial-steps-on-climate-security-in-the-uk-home-office-amid-political-barriers/) - Drawing on research, in-person interviews in the United Kingdom, and virtual roundtables on key issues, the CCS report outlines the direct and indirect climate-related risks affecting the Home Office’s responsibilities for issues like emergency services, homeland security, immigration, public safety, gender-based violence, and organized crime and fraud. - [Announcing the first AI & National Security Convergence Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/31/announcing-the-first-ai-national-security-convergence-fellows/) - This is the first Fellowship of its kind to focus on the intersection of AI’s rapid evolution and the demands on the US national security workforce to keep pace in order to take maximum advantage of this technology. - [The Resilience Brief Episode 4: Disaster Mode: Activated](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/31/the-resilience-brief-episode-4-disaster-mode-activated/) - Defence has a tradition of short-termism when implementing climate related policies, routinely seeking to deprioritise resilience initiatives to overcome budgetary shortfalls. In this instance, Generals sight the likelihood of a significant climate related disaster as low while environmentalists might argue otherwise. Is there a trend of failing to recognise or plan appropriately and what are the unintended consequences of a worst-case scenario? - [Essay: Navigating Crises With a Lower Bar to Nuclear War](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/29/essay-navigating-crises-with-a-lower-bar-to-nuclear-war/) - How can two countries slide from limited conventional skirmishes to nuclear signaling in a single afternoon? While the proximate answers lie in the long histories and dynamics between the two rivals, a critical accelerant is found in the presence of—and reliance on—so-called tactical nuclear weapons. - [From Hybrid Threats to Stability Multipliers: Meeting the Climate Security Moment](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/28/from-hybrid-threats-to-stability-multipliers-meeting-the-climate-security-moment/) - Climate change does not just multiply existing threats; it creates entirely new ones. Too few militaries and security institutions grasp this. As I argue in Climate Change on the Battlefield, “even militaries that take climate change seriously tend to see it as something that merely alters or adds to their existing missions instead of considering the potential for climate change to fundamentally reshape or reorient their core duties.” - [Commentary: Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant: Open-Source Monitoring of the BWC](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/27/commentary-sunlight-is-the-best-disinfectant-open-source-monitoring-of-the-bwc/) - OSINT offers a vital, albeit imperfect, solution to enhance BWC compliance in this environment. - [Investing in the Future of Nuclear Deterrence](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/01/investing-in-the-future-of-nuclear-deterrence/) - The S&T base must be viewed as a tool of deterrence and national strength in and of itself—and there are multiple ways that it should be bolstered and evolve. - [CSR Announces its Inaugural Cohort of International Mid-Career Biosecurity Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/21/csr-announces-its-inaugural-cohort-of-international-mid-career-biosecurity-fellows/) - CSR’s new International Mid-Career Biosecurity Fellowship is part of CSR’s broader effort to both prepare the talent pipeline to meet current and future biological weapons threats and build peer-to-peer and other network relationships to reduce these threats as much as possible in the near term. - [Op-ed: U.S. Intelligence Is Being Blinded by Trumpian Politics](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/20/u-s-intelligence-is-being-blinded-by-trumpian-politics/) - Doing away with the Global Trends report, combined with other steps that the Trump administration has taken to dismantle US capabilities to ascertain future threats, will make the United States less prepared, less resilient, and less safe. - [CCS and CRL Personnel Update: New Advisors and Affiliations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/20/ccs-and-crl-personnel-update-new-advisors-and-affiliations/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) saw a month of growth and momentum, welcoming new experts and partners, and highlighting exciting updates from CCS and CRL staff. - [CCS Welcomes 2025-2026 Sullivan Climate and Ecological Security Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/17/ccs-welcomes-2025-2026-sullivan-climate-and-ecological-security-fellows/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) is pleased to announce the 2025-2026 class of the Gordon R. Sullivan Climate and Ecological Security Fellowship. - [The Resilience Brief Episode 1: Climate Change, Resilience and Defence](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/19/the-resilience-brief-episode-1-navigating-climate-in-the-context-of-operational-resilience/) - Climate change and sustainability has become a distinct strand of research in the defence sector, but the relationship between these insights and the actions required to enhance the resilience of military operations is not always apparent or easy to access. This episode attempts to navigate some of the key challenges and opportunities for defence practitioners. - [The Urgency of Raising Global Standards for Pandemic-Potential Pathogens](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/16/the-urgency-of-raising-global-standards-for-pandemic-potential-pathogens/) - What is critical is that multiple actors begin to step up and chart the highest-impact paths forward—and then pursue such work rapidly—to put nations and the world on the best possible track for averting future pandemic-scale events. - [Council on Strategic Risks Announces the Summer 2025 Mid-Career Biodefense Bootcamp Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/15/council-on-strategic-risks-announces-the-summer-2025-mid-career-biodefense-bootcamp-fellows/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) was thrilled to welcome twelve mid-career experts to its latest cohort of Biodefense Bootcamp Fellows. - [Call for Applications: AI & National Security Convergence Fellowship](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/24/call-for-applications-ai-national-security-convergence-fellowship/) - Applications are now open for the project’s AI and National Security Convergence Fellowship, which is aimed at mid-career professionals with experience in the national security and emerging technology/AI fields. - [Op-ed: Military Planning Must Take Climate Change into Account](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/09/op-ed-military-planning-must-take-climate-change-into-account/) - From the Arctic to the desert, NATO allies have a responsibility to prepare for the operational environment of the future. - [State-Level Climate Security Education: South Carolina](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/30/state-level-climate-security-education-south-carolina/) - From hurricanes to rising sea levels, South Carolina’s geography makes the state highly susceptible to the impacts of climate change. - [Op-ed: AI’s Hidden National Security Cost](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/10/01/op-ed-ais-hidden-national-security-cost/) - There is growing evidence that GenAI levies a silent cost on our own cognitive skills. At scale, this will have a grave consequence for the U.S. national security workforce that depends upon—and who we collectively require to have—razor-sharp critical thinking skills. - [Feeding Resilience: Ethiopia](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/24/feeding-resilience-ethiopia/) - A new case study exploring security, food, and climate issues in Ethiopia from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and the Woodwell Climate Research Center. - [Climate Security Policy Recommendations for the New Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/13/climate-security-policy-recommendations-for-the-new-administration/) - This briefer describes in more detail the pathways of climate security risk that are most concerning to the United States and outlines policy actions the incoming administration can take in the coming year to address these risks. - [The Leaders Summit on Climate is a Historic Moment in Global Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/22/todays-leaders-summit-on-climate-is-a-historic-moment-in-global-security/) - By Kate Guy Starting today, the Biden Administration is bringing together global leaders and Heads of State to catalyze ambition in the first ever Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by the U.S. Government. But this Summit is also historic in another way: the inclusion of a high-level conversation on the “global security challenges posed by - [On the Verge - Climate Security with Rachel Fleishman (009)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/24/on-the-verge-climate-security-with-rachel-fleishman-009/) - By Evan Barnard 2021 is a critical year for multilateral climate security dialogue, with climate change as a prominent topic at high-level fora including the Munich Security Conference and the United Nations Security Council. Security leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will participate in the upcoming IISS Shangri-La Dialogue and the ASEAN - [Climate Security Elements of the America COMPETES Act ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/07/climate-security-elements-of-the-america-competes-act/) - By Elsa Barron The America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength Act of 2022, or the America COMPETES Act, passed in the House of Representatives on Friday. The bill is focused on U.S. competition with China and includes several provisions that acknowledge the risks posed by climate change and are designed - [Survey of Security Experts Warns of Potentially Catastrophic Climate Threats in the Next 20 Years](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/19/survey-of-security-experts-warns-of-potentially-catastrophic-climate-threats-in-the-next-20-years/) - Respondents found a variety of different climate security phenomena to pose risks, depending on the time period in question. A few risks were consistently deemed more severe than others, specifically Increased Natural Disasters, Infectious Diseases, Forced Displacement, Precipitation Change, Increased Inequality, and Population Center Disruptions. Interestingly, this surveyed group of defense and security experts were - [Pivoting Toward Climate Security: An Interview with Lt. Gen. Richard Nugee (ret.)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/04/20/pivoting-toward-climate-security-an-interview-with-lt-gen-richard-nugee-ret/) - Lieutenant General Richard Nugee (ret.) recently joined the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) as a senior advisor. He is the Non-Executive Director for Climate Change and Sustainability for the UK Government. Previously, he spent a year leading the Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach at the Ministry of Defence at the end of his 36-year military career. The following conversation reflects on his pivot toward climate security and his priorities and hopes for future action. It has been edited for length and clarity. - [The Council on Strategic Risks Welcomes Erin Sikorsky as Deputy Director of its Center for Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/17/the-council-on-strategic-risks-welcomes-erin-sikorsky-as-deputy-director-of-its-center-for-climate-and-security/) - The Council on Strategic Risks is delighted to welcome Erin Sikorsky as the new Deputy Director of its Center for Climate and Security (CCS), and Director of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). Previously, Ms. Sikorsky served as the Deputy Director of the Strategic Futures Group on the US National Intelligence Council (NIC), where - [An Interview with CS2P Co-Founder, Sofia Kabbej, on “Questions of Climate Security & Peace”](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/08/an-interview-with-cs2p-co-founder-sofia-kabbej-on-questions-of-climate-security-peace/) - By Elsa Barron The Climate Security & Peace Project (CS2P) is a team of “young researchers, professionals and students from diverse fields and backgrounds,” and aims to build knowledge on the links between climate and environmental challenges and threats to human security, peace, and international stability. CS2P has worked closely in collaboration with the French - [Call for Submissions: Young Leaders: NATO and Climate Security in my Backyard](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/12/12/call-for-submissions-young-leaders-nato-and-climate-security-in-my-backyard/) - By Elsa Barron Are you a young person concerned about the impacts of climate change on well-being and security in your home community? Is your community pursuing innovative approaches to managing climate risks that increase safety and security for your neighbors? Do you have a message to share with policymakers across NATO nations about the - [New Report: Climate Security Scenarios in the Balkans](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/05/09/new-report-climate-security-scenarios-in-the-balkans/) - The Balkans region will experience significant climate change-related hazards, including droughts, heatwaves, tropical storms, and wildfires. Given the region’s reliance on hydropower, and its position as a highly trafficked land route for migration to the European Union, these climate impacts could result in cascading security risks. In an interactive scenario exercise hosted by the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) Expert Group, adelphi, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at the Berlin Climate Security Conference - hosted by adelphi and the German Federal Foreign Office - in October 2022, exercise participants identified two of the most important, or diagnostic, and uncertain drivers of change in the region – primary external investment sources (e.g. European Union [EU]/NATO or China) and regional cohesion. Participants then created four future scenarios which explored how these drivers would combine with climate impacts to create security risks. Analysis of these scenarios yielded five key recommendations for NATO countries and EU leaders: - [Do Not Underestimate the Links Between Climate Change and Conflict, Experts Warn](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/27/do-not-underestimate-the-links-between-climate-change-and-conflict-experts-warn/) - General Tom Middendorp (ret.), Chair of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS), is one of more than a dozen leaders in the fields of climate science, peacebuilding, and security to have endorsed a joint statement released on April 27th calling for the links between climate change and conflict to inform a broad - [New French Climate & Defense Strategy Foreshadows a Wave of Climate Security Plans in Europe](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/07/11/new-french-climate-defense-strategy-foreshadows-a-wave-of-climate-security-plans-in-europe/) - By Elsa Barron This April, the French Ministry for the Armed Forces released its Climate & Defence Strategy. The strategy closely followed the release of the EU’s Strategic Compass in March which set a demand to EU’s member states to elaborate national climate and defense strategies prior to 2024. France’s Climate & Defence strategy is - [Just and Comprehensive Action on Climate Security in Australia and Beyond: An Interview with Cheryl Durrant](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/03/just-and-comprehensive-action-on-climate-security-in-australia-and-beyond-an-interview-with-cheryl-durrant/) - By Elsa Barron The Australian Security Leaders Climate Group (ASLCG), a partner of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS), is working to reframe the climate debate in Australia to address the multifaceted security risks posed by climate change. The group recently released its second report, an Australian Climate and Security Risk Assessment - [Renewed Urgency of Climate Security Action: Launch of the 2022 World Climate and Security Report Series](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/07/01/renewed-urgency-of-climate-security-action-launch-of-the-2022-world-climate-and-security-report-series/) - By Elsa Barron The Russian invasion of Ukraine has set off a tsunami of global effects, including food, fuel, fertilizer, and finance crises, explained Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center of Adaptation at the International Military Council on Climate and Security’s (IMCCS) 2022 World Climate and Security Report Series Launch. In the midst - [New Climate Security Report has Implications for NATO and COP26](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/24/new-climate-security-report-has-implications-for-nato-and-cop26/) - By Danice Ball and Lily Feldman Earlier this month, the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released the World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021, the second in an ongoing series of annual reports. The report dives into climate security risk assessments for a few hotspot regions, including Europe - [RELEASE: International Military Council Issues “World Climate and Security Report 2021” Warning of Catastrophic Climate Risks and Urging Significant Greenhouse Gas Reductions](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/07/release-international-military-council-issues-world-climate-and-security-report-2021-warning-of-catastrophic-climate-risks-and-urging-significant-greenhouse-gas-reductions/) - The report launch is timed ahead of the G7 and NATO Summit where confronting climate change will be at the top of the agenda. Leaders at these meetings can look to the WCSR 2021 for guidance on addressing climate security risks. Report authors identify opportunities to further “climate proof” international security, including how to take - [RELEASE: As ASEAN Meets on Disaster Relief, New Report from Military Analysts Urges Indo-Asia Pacific Leaders to Make Climate Change a “Security Priority”](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/12/release-as-asean-meets-to-talk-disaster-relief-new-report-from-military-analysts-urges-indo-asia-pacific-leaders-to-make-climate-change-a-security-priority/) - Washington, DC, August 12, 2020 – As ASEAN convenes the 13th Meeting of its Joint Task Force on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released a new report urging leaders to make climate change a “security priority” in the Indo-Asia Pacific. The IMCCS - [RELEASE: Decarbonized Defense: Kicking off the World Climate and Security Report 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/07/release-decarbonized-defense-kicking-off-the-world-climate-and-security-report-2022/) - June 7, 2022 — Today the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS Expert Group) launched a new report, Decarbonized Defense: The Need for Clean Military Power in the Age of Climate Change, the first in a series of papers comprising the third annual World Climate and Security Report. The - [Climate Change More Prominent Than Ever at Munich Security Conference with "World Climate Security Report 2020" Release](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/02/19/climate-change-more-prominent-than-ever-at-munich-security-conference-with-world-climate-security-report-2020-release/) - The panel video above is worth watching in full, but for those particularly interested in General Middendorp's contributions, we have transcribed those below: 43:42: General Middendorp: "...I come from a different angle. I'm not a politician. I don't work on the world level. I come from the field. I've been in the military for forty - [RELEASE: International Military Council Issues Reports Urging Action to Drastically Reduce Emissions and Prepare for Escalating Climate Risks in Asia](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/03/release-international-military-council-issues-reports-urging-action-to-drastically-reduce-emissions-and-prepare-for-escalating-climate-risks-in-asia/) - Washington, D.C. Feb 3, 2021 -- Today, the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released two new reports, one on South Asia and the other on Southeast Asia, warning that climate change is threatening stability and security in the region, and calling for urgent action to both drastically reduce - [RELEASE: International Military Council Issues “World Climate and Security Report 2020” at Munich Security Conference](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/02/13/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 Climate and Security Report 2020” by the Expert Group of the International Military Council on - [A Growing Crisis: The Launch of the World Climate and Security Report 2021](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/26/a-growing-crisis-the-launch-of-the-world-climate-and-security-report-2021/) - Background The world has spent the past year mired by crises that have tested our collective health, resilience, and security. These global shocks should be seen as warning signs of disasters to come if the world continues on its current trajectory of climate change, which is already harmfully impacting security environments, infrastructure, institutions, lives and - [REPORT: IMCCS Contributes Chapter on Security to Global Center on Adaptation 2022 Report](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/16/report-imccs-contributes-chapter-on-security-to-global-center-on-adaptation-2022-report/) - By Brigitte Hugh and Elsa Barron Ahead of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Global Center on Adaptation released the State and Trends in Africa Report 2022 (STA22) which completes an overview of the present and projected climate risks in - [RELEASE: New Report from Military Leaders Urges Brazil to Make Climate Change and Counter-Deforestation a “Security Priority”](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/30/release-new-report-from-military-leaders-urges-brazil-to-make-climate-change-and-counter-deforestation-a-security-priority/) - Washington, DC, November, 30 2020 – The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released a new report today urging Brazilian leaders to make climate change and counter-deforestation a “security priority," and to “climate-proof” the nation's security. The IMCCS is a group of senior military leaders, security experts, and security - [The Making of a Climate General: An Interview with IMCCS Chair, Retired General Tom Middendorp](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/08/04/the-making-of-a-climate-general-an-interview-with-imccs-chair-retired-general-tom-middendorp/) - By Elsa Barron The chair of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS), Gen. Tom Middendorp (Ret.) recently published a book titled Klimaatgeneraal, or “Climate General.” The book builds on his tenure as the Chief of Defense of the Netherlands to illustrate the relationship between climate change and security risks, before turning to - [IMCCS at the 75th NATO Summit](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/16/imccs-at-the-75th-nato-summit/) - Last week, IMCCS helped ensure climate risks were a key part of the conversation at the 75th NATO Summit in Washington, DC. - [IMCCS Welcomes Two New Institutional Partners](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/02/02/imccs-welcomes-two-new-institutional-partners/) - As IMCCS kicks off another year of climate security action, the network is excited to announce two new institutional partners: the Climate Change & (In)Security Project and the Swedish Defence University. I - [IMCCS and NATO at the Munich Security Conference on the Eve of Conflict: Addressing Catastrophic Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/28/imccs-and-nato-at-the-munich-security-conference-on-the-eve-of-conflict-addressing-catastrophic-risks/) - By Elsa Barron The threat of a likely Russian invasion of Ukraine hung over the recent 2022 Munich Security Conference, held from February 18-20. Events and discussions regarding NATO’s role in responding to this immediate geopolitical, and potential humanitarian, crisis were many. Devastatingly, these conversations that were at the time hypothetical are now coming to - [The State of Human Mobility at the Nexus of Climate, Food, and Conflict](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/09/the-state-of-human-mobility-at-the-nexus-of-climate-food-and-conflict/) - Weakening investments in climate security and migration governance are fueling food insecurity and displacement. - [Call for Applications: AIxNuclear Research Fellowship](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/05/call-for-applications-aixnuclear-research-fellowship/) - Fellows will engage in Al and nuclear research, participating in workshops, briefings, and experiential learning trips to develop skills needed for future public service. - [Mixed Signals on Biodefense in Trump's FY26 Budget Request](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/04/mixed-signals-on-biodefense-in-trumps-fy26-budget-request/) - The administration's cuts to federal spending on biodefense and biosecurity programs undermine America's global biodefense leadership and deterrence capabilities. - [20+ National Security Leaders and the Center for Climate & Security Critique the US Department of Energy Climate Report](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/09/02/20-national-security-leaders-and-the-center-for-climate-security-critique-the-us-department-of-energy-climate-report/) - CCS and nearly two dozen senior national security leaders find DOE’s latest climate report to be wholly inadequate in addressing the national security risk posed by climate change. - [再生可能エネルギーで日本の国家安全保障を守る](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/08/20/protecting-japans-national-security-with-renewable-energy-jp/) - 21世紀の安全保障とエネルギーのニーズに対応するため、日本政府はエネルギー、外交、防衛政策の連携を強化し、再生可能エネルギーの導入を加速し、エネルギー供給における気候安全保障上のリスクを考慮し、再生可能エネルギーに関連する安全保障上の課題（例えば、中国によるサプライチェーン支配）に積極的に取り組むべきである。 - [Op-ed: Three Risks Looming Over the Trump-Putin Meeting](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/08/14/op-ed-three-risks-looming-over-the-trump-putin-meeting/) - In Alaska, Trump must be careful not to diminish any US, NATO, Ukrainian, or European defensive capabilities in order to placate a misplaced perception that Russia can stop destabilizing the region only if it has no more insecurities. - [Keynote Speech: The Berlin Biosecurity Dialogue](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/07/28/keynote-speech-the-berlin-biosecurity-dialogue/) - Delivered by Susanne Riegraf, Deputy of the Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control, on June 19, 2025. - [Call for Applications: Gordon R. Sullivan Climate and Ecological Security Fellowship 2025-2026](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/08/12/call-for-applications-gordon-r-sullivan-climate-and-ecological-security-fellowship-2025-2026/) - Sullivan Fellows will learn what it takes to become climate-informed national security practitioners through hands-on exercises with peers and engaging with climate security experts. - [Cutting the Nuclear Weapons Enterprise Serves No Strategy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/02/14/cutting-the-nuclear-weapons-enterprise-serves-no-strategy/) - Weakening the enterprise benefits neither a build-up or build-down approach and potentially ties the hands of negotiators. - [Review: Climate Security in the 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/08/08/review-climate-security-in-the-2025-state-of-food-security-and-nutrition-in-the-world-report/) - In the absence of systemic changes, policymakers must take action to mitigate the security risks posed by global hunger and malnutrition. - [Japan Workshop Readout: Renewable Energy is National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/03/04/japan-workshop-readout-renewable-energy-is-national-security/) - Launch of The Renewable Energy is National Security (RENS) Community of Practice, February 10, 2025. - [BRIEFER: Are U.S. Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles Necessary? A Japanese Security Analysis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/09/briefer-are-u-s-nuclear-sea-launched-cruise-missiles-necessary-a-japanese-security-analysis/) - By Dr. Michiru Nishida Today, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is releasing a new briefer exploring whether U.S. nuclear sea-launched cruise missiles are necessary based on an analysis from the Japanese security perspective. As the briefer states: “In 2021 and the first months of 2022, the Biden administration has been in the process of - [The Spirit of Asilomar Entreaty Against Biological Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/26/the-spirit-of-asilomar-entreaty-against-biological-weapons/) - We, our colleague Josh Wentzel, and a number of other group attendees, had the honor of developing the entreaty on “Condemning & Making Obsolete Biological Weapons,” which was ultimately endorsed by more than 100 conference participants. - [Assessing Dual-Use Issues at the AIxBio Convergence](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/07/31/the-aixbio-landscape/) - A backcasting exercise conducted with AIxBio experts and follow-up engagement with key stakeholders yielded a practical framework and tangible recommendations for the US government to achieve the best-case scenario for societal resilience to AIxBio risks over the next five years. - [The Next Administration’s Nuclear Posture](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/31/the-next-administrations-nuclear-posture/) - A Principled Guide to Maintaining a Safe, Secure, and Effective Nuclear Deterrent - [Preparing for the Next Crisis: The EU's Updated Approach to Biological Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/07/30/preparing-for-the-next-crisis-the-eus-updated-approach-to-biological-risks/) - The EU's new preparedness strategies represent a fundamental recognition that preparedness is vital not only to detect and protect against health emergencies but also serves as a deterrent against deliberate biological threats. - [The Council on Strategic Risks on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/25/the-council-on-strategic-risks-on-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/) - As a non-partisan policy institute focused on security risks, peace, and stability, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) acknowledges the extraordinarily dangerous situation facing the world. Despite significant efforts to avert this outcome by numerous nations and international organizations, Russia’s attacks on Ukraine and invasion of its sovereign territory mark a tragic moment for Ukraine - [Review: Biosecurity Enforcement in the White House’s AI Action Plan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/07/28/review-biosecurity-enforcement-in-the-white-houses-ai-action-plan/) - The White House's new AI Action Plan marks a meaningful step toward recognizing and addressing the biosecurity risks posed by AI. - [The Berlin Biosecurity Dialogue: Deepening Early Warning Interoperability](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/07/28/the-berlin-biosecurity-dialogue-deepening-early-warning-interoperability/) - Over two days, participants discussed topics including an examination of the opportunities and challenges of early warning system adoption and implementation, how to troubleshoot whole-of-government biological resilience approaches, the potential for frontier capabilities to improve disease surveillance, and how to catalyze public-private collaboration. - [Biological Threats in the US Annual Threat Assessment: A Consistent View Reinforces the Need for Continued Action](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/04/biological-threats-in-the-us-annual-threat-assessment-a-consistent-view-reinforces-the-need-for-continued-action/) - Amid escalating global biosecurity threats, ODNI's 2025 Annual Threat Assessment makes one thing clear: urgent action is needed to safeguard US national security. - [New on the CCS Bookshelf: Climate Change on the Battlefield](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/07/24/new-on-the-ccs-bookshelf-climate-change-on-the-battlefield/) - CCS Director Erin Sikorsky releases new book, Climate Change on the Battlefield: International Military Responses to the Climate Crisis. - [The Nolan Center Welcomes New Class of the 2023 Nuclear Risk Reduction Fellowship](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/10/05/the-nolan-center-welcomes-new-class-of-the-2023-nuclear-risk-reduction-fellowship/) - By Sahil V. Shah The Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons is pleased to announce that it has accepted six remarkable individuals into its second class of early-career fellows working to reduce nuclear risks. Through mentorship and exchanges of ideas with key leaders in the field, the fellowship will enable participants to collaboratively explore the current - [Call for Applications: Fellowship for Reducing Nuclear Weapons Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/26/call-for-applications-fellowship-for-reducing-nuclear-weapons-risks/) - Through this six-month program, early-career professionals will work with leading experts from CSR’s team and network to develop a better understanding of practical risk reduction concepts and generate new ideas. - [CSR Fellows See What Undergirds Strategic Deterrence On Visit to Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/16/csr-fellows-see-what-undergirds-strategic-deterrence-on-visit-to-los-alamos-and-sandia-national-laboratories/) - Fellows interacted with professionals at both LANL and SNL to gain more personalized understanding of how these labs have contributed to strategic deterrence over the decades. - [Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons (2025 - 2026)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/07/14/call-for-applications-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-2025-2026/) - Fellows will gain deep knowledge of what it takes to address biological weapons activities and a strengthened network among biosecurity and biotechnology experts. - [Reshaping Multilateralism Episode 8: Multilateralism Back in the Hands of the Global South](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/07/02/reshaping-multilateralism-episode-8-multilateralism-back-in-the-hands-of-the-global-south/) - Listen to episode eight of the Reshaping Multilateralism podcast, “Multilateralism Back in the Hands of the Global South.” - [Call for Applications: Mid-Career Biodefense Bootcamp Fellowship (2025)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/11/call-for-applications-mid-career-biodefense-bootcamp-fellowship-2025/) - Fellows will gain deep knowledge of what it takes to address biological weapons activities and a strengthened network among biosecurity and biotechnology experts. - [Mallory Stewart Joins CSR as Executive VP; Scott Stinson as COO; New Senior Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/27/mallory-stewart-joins-csr-as-executive-vp-scott-stinson-as-coo-new-senior-fellows/) - As momentum for organizational expansion continues, the Council on Strategic Risks is pleased to announce a new round of hires across its programs and key additions to its leadership team. - [As NATO Countries Pledge to Up Defense Spending, Will Food and Climate Security Have a Seat at the Table?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/27/as-nato-countries-pledge-to-up-defense-spending-will-food-and-climate-security-have-a-seat-at-the-table/) - As NATO countries ramp up defense spending, food and climate security risk being sidelined across Europe. - [NOAA’s Critical Contributions to US National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/03/05/noaas-critical-contributions-to-us-national-security/) - NOAA’s research programs, vessels, satellites, science centers, laboratories, and extensive pool of distinguished scientists and experts play key roles in protecting human lives and economic prosperity both domestically and internationally. - [Building Climate Security at the State and Local Level](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/04/building-climate-security-at-the-state-and-local-level/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) convened experts across sectors for a roundtable discussion on key climate security risks, challenges, and opportunities for states and cities. - [MiRCH Update: Military Responses to Climate Disasters Across the United States](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/02/12/mirch-update-military-responses-to-climate-disasters-across-the-united-states/) - Documenting 501 deployments in 97 countries between June 2022 and February 2025, MiRCH has a wealth of information about global military responses to climate disasters. - [Occupations and Ecological (In)Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/12/occupations-and-ecological-insecurity/) - Protracted occupations can inflict lasting damage on ecosystems, threatening the ecological security of occupied territories. - [Energy Transitions and Ecological Security Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/12/energy-transitions-and-ecological-security-risks/) - As the world accelerates the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, it’s critical not to overlook the ecological harms this shift may cause. - [Call for Applications: Mid-Career Biodefense Bootcamp Fellowship (2024)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/02/29/call-for-applications-mid-career-biodefense-bootcamp-fellowship-2024/) - Fellows will gain deep knowledge of what it takes to address biological weapons activities and a strengthened network among biosecurity and biotechnology experts. - [What the Nation Stands to Lose Without climate.gov](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/11/what-the-nation-stands-to-lose-without-climate-gov/) - Climate.gov serves an essential function in American society: it acts as a bridge between highly trained scientists who generate climate data and the general public that needs to understand and use it. - [Military Response to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker: February-May 2025 Update](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/11/military-response-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker-february-may-2025-update/) - From February to May 2025, MiRCH identified 42 military deployments in 20 countries in response to climate hazards like wildfires, extreme precipitation, and flooding. - [Climate Security Questions Ahead of US Secretary of Commerce Lutnick Budget Hearings](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/04/climate-security-questions-ahead-of-us-secretary-of-commerce-lutnick-budget-hearings/) - Congress has an opportunity to educate Secretary Lutnick on the importance of NOAA for US national security and push for different decisions for this critical agency. - [CSR Reviews the UK’s 2025 Strategic Defense Review](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/06/04/csr-reviews-the-uks-2025-strategic-defense-review/) - An Ambitious Start, But More to Do On Funding and Transnational Risks - [Climate Security Questions Ahead of Secretary of State Rubio’s Senate Testimony](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/16/climate-security-questions-ahead-of-secretary-of-state-rubios-senate-testimony/) - Next week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on the FY2026 State Department Budget Request. CCS has prepared a series of questions members of Congress should raise with Secretary of State Rubio related to climate change, extreme weather, food systems, and national security. - [The Devil is in the Details: Minerals, Batteries, and US Dependence on Chinese Imports](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/30/the-devil-is-in-the-details-minerals-batteries-and-us-dependence-on-chinese-imports/) - The United States' growing dependence on China for critical minerals and battery supply chains poses a significant national security concern. - [CSR's Ending Bioweapons Fellows Visit Companies, Experts in Boston](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/28/csrs-ending-bioweapons-fellows-visit-companies-experts-in-boston/) - From April 23 to 25, CSR convened its latest class of Early-Career Ending Bioweapons Fellows in the Boston area for an experiential learning trip. - [CSR Announces 2024-25 Class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/01/csr-announces-2024-25-class-of-its-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-programs/) - CSR is excited to announce the newest class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs. - [CCS Welcomes New Non-Resident Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/28/ccs-welcomes-new-non-resident-fellows/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) welcomes eight new non-resident fellows who will contribute to the organization’s mission of tackling systemic climate and ecological security risks. - [Nexus25 SIPRI Conference Workshop: Leader or Left Behind? The EU in a Euro-Mediterranean Polycrisis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/20/nexus25-sipri-conference-workshop-leader-or-left-behind-the-eu-in-a-euro-mediterranean-polycrisis/) - In May, the Nexus25 team hosted a panel discussion and scenario exercise at the 2025 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development. - [Op-ed: Ceding American Biodefense Is a Gift to Russia](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/19/op-ed-ceding-american-biodefense-is-a-gift-to-russia/) - The world banned biological weapons 50 years ago, but the threat is still growing. - [We’re Recruiting: 5-month Consultant for CSR’s Work Examining Climate/Ecological Security and Emerging Diseases](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/29/were-recruiting-5-month-consultant-for-csrs-work-examining-climate-ecological-security-and-emerging-diseases/) - CSR is seeking an independent consultant with a strong background in climate change and ecological issues, and knowledge or eagerness to learn about how these issues are affecting the risk of disease spillover. - [Call for Applications: Early-Career Fellowship for Reducing Nuclear Weapons Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/04/20/call-for-applications-early-career-fellowship-for-reducing-nuclear-weapons-risks/) - CSR is committed to developing achievable nuclear weapons risk reduction measures, and to mentoring—and learning from—potential future leaders in this field of work. - [Ending Tactical Nuclear Weapons: A Brief History and a Path Forward](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/08/01/ending-tactical-nuclear-weapons/) - It is a dangerous time in history, and the complexity of security risks is not likely to diminish anytime soon. Yet normalizing nuclear threats, and possibly the use of nuclear weapons, is not the answer. - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web, March–April 2025](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/12/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-march-april-2025/) - March and April saw ongoing and tumultuous US policy shifts and continued funding cuts under the new Administration in the first 100 days. These decisions have affected climate, energy, foreign policy, and defense. - [Don’t Succumb to Climate Fatalism](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/08/dont-succumb-to-climate-fatalism/) - Building resilience to a warmer world should be pursued, but not at the expense of trying to reduce emissions. It is more important than ever to resist climate fatalism. Leading banks and foreign policy thought leaders promoting these views need to realize that they aren’t passive observers. Their reactions can become self-fulfilling prophecies. - [Rose Gottemoeller Awarded the 2025 Thérèse Delpech Memorial Award](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/05/01/rose-gottemoeller-awarded-the-2025-therese-delpech-memorial-award/) - The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has awarded Rose Gottemoeller in recognition of her “exceptional service to the nongovernmental nuclear policy community.” - [Op-ed: For Nuclear Deterrence, US Policymakers Must Rely on Facts, not Hype](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/29/op-ed-for-nuclear-deterrence-us-policymakers-must-rely-on-facts-not-hype/) - Maintaining deterrence requires clear-eyed assessments of our own nuclear and conventional weapons, their doctrines for use, the health of the enterprise that operates them and the trade-offs inherent in all defense investments. - [Reshaping Multilateralism Episode 7: What’s Next for the Sahel?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/29/reshaping-multilateralism-episode-7-whats-next-for-the-sahel/) - Listen to episode seven of the Reshaping Multilateralism podcast, “What’s Next for the Sahel?” - [Reshaping Multilateralism Episode 6: Entering the Post-Biden Era](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/02/27/reshaping-multilateralism-episode-6-entering-the-post-biden-era/) - This month, Erin Sikorsky hosts a discussion between Matthew Ince and Janani Vivekananda on how European climate leaders are interacting with the new US Administration, potential implications of a less-engaged United States for the multilateral system, and how other powers like China and the BRICS are navigating this transition - [Op-ed: America Will Regret DOGE’s Cuts to Our Nuclear Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/24/op-ed-america-will-regret-doges-cuts-to-our-nuclear-security/) - One potential target of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should alarm Americans across the political spectrum: the CTR Program. Its comprehensive nuclear strategies have guided the U.S. for over thirty years. - [Destabilization From ‘Within’: A “Termite Theory” of Climate’s Pathway to Violence](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/23/destabilization-from-within-a-termite-theory-of-climates-pathway-to-violence/) - Climate change isn’t just an external driver of violence, in many cases, it quietly erodes the structures that help prevent it from within, like a termite. - [US Commercial Honeybee Crisis and National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/22/us-commercial-honeybee-crisis-and-national-security/) - US honeybee colony deaths are expected to rise this year—a sharp uptick that could signal greater risks to global food systems and national security. - [Climate Change and Health Featuring CSR’s Andrea Rezzonico](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/21/climate-change-and-health-featuring-csrs-andrea-rezzonico/) - On October 18, Andrea Rezzonico, Deputy to the CEO and Deputy Director of the Converging Risks Lab, was featured on the Jacobs Sparks Podcast alongside Dr. Nino Kharaishvili, Global Solutions Director of Health Systems Governance at Jacobs. In the interview, Andrea and Dr. Kharaishvili discusses the intersection of climate change and global health issues, including: - [Managing Complex Emergencies in Complex Times - Lessons from Japan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/26/managing-complex-emergencies-in-complex-times-lessons-from-japan/) - Anticipating and preparing for complex and simultaneous emergencies is critical as we move further into the 21st century. The coming decades will be characterized by significant disruptors including climate change, biological hazards, natural disasters, rapid technological change, growing geopolitical tensions, an increase in fragile states, and persistent economic shocks. These issues will not exist independently of each other - they will intersect and very possibly lead to cascading effects that strain entire systems. - [The State of Compliance with Weapons of Mass Destruction-Related Treaties](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/21/the-state-of-compliance-with-weapons-of-mass-destruction-related-treaties-2/) - The findings of the newly released Department of State’s annual Compliance Report drive home the importance of prioritizing work to address chemical, biological, and nuclear risks. - [Building a Sustainable World Bank Group Strategy for Fragility, Conflict, and Violence](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/17/building-a-sustainable-world-bank-group-strategy-for-fragility-conflict-and-violence/) - With the World Bank Group’s FCV strategy expiring in 2025, this Nexus25 briefer offers guidance for strengthening global approaches to conflict and fragility. - [Call for Applications: International Mid-Career Biosecurity Fellowship (2025)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/03/call-for-applications-international-mid-career-biosecurity-fellowship-2025/) - CSR is pleased to announce this call for applications for our newest program, the International Mid-Career Biosecurity Fellowship, a month-long program to commence virtually mid-May and conclude with in-person sessions to be held from June 17 to 20, 2025 in Germany. - [China Seizes an Opportunity from the United States in Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Response](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/11/china-seizes-an-opportunity-from-the-united-states-in-humanitarian-aid-and-disaster-response/) - The withdrawal of US humanitarian aid and the dissolution of USAID has created a soft power vacuum in the Pacific, one that China is quickly looking to fill. - [Call for Applications: Executive Vice President](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/11/call-for-applications-executive-vice-president/) - CSR is seeking to hire an Executive Vice President to help lead the organization’s next phases of impact and growth. - [Congressionally Established Commission Lays the Groundwork to Maintain US Leadership in Biotechnology](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/04/11/congressionally-established-commission-lays-the-groundwork-to-maintain-us-leadership-in-biotechnology/) - NSCEB's final report encourages urgent US action to preserve global biotechnology leadership and mitigate emerging biological threats. - [Devastating Los Angeles Wildfires Highlight National Security Risks Too](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/16/devastating-los-angeles-wildfires-highlight-national-security-risks-too/) - The unprecedented nature of the fires and other recent disasters across America, like Hurricanes Milton and Helene, and their broader consequences, underscore the security imperative of planning for future risks and recalibrating the national security apparatus to handle such “actorless” threats that do not derive from any one state or non-state adversary. - [2025 Annual Threat Assessment First in Over A Decade to Omit Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/03/26/2025-annual-threat-assessment-first-in-over-a-decade-to-omit-climate-change/) - ODNI's omission of climate change in the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment jeopardizes US national security. - [The United States Risks Undermining Its Pacific Power By Withdrawing Disaster Relief and Food Security Support](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/03/14/the-united-states-risks-undermining-its-pacific-power-by-withdrawing-disaster-relief-and-food-security-support/) - Gutting foreign assistance limits our ability to address challenges in the Pacific, especially climate change, disaster response, and food security. - [Biosecurity and the Republic of Georgia: Maintaining Progress in an Uncertain Future](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/03/12/biosecurity-and-the-republic-of-georgia-maintaining-progress-in-an-uncertain-future/) - While Georgia’s future as a democracy will surely be tested in the near term, its critical contributions to regional biosecurity should not be forgotten or allowed to grow weak. - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | January-February 2025](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/03/05/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-january-february-2025/) - See how CCS experts weighed in on wide-ranging policy shifts and funding cuts under the new Administration in January and February. - [The Converging Risks of “Efficiency” in Government](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/02/26/the-converging-risks-of-efficiency-in-government/) - Firing scientists and slashing research is actively anathema to building a stronger, more resilient country—one that can surge to new threats when they emerge, be they from a novel virus or a state actor. - [Make or Break Moment for German Climate Security ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/02/25/make-or-break-moment-for-german-climate-security/) - While Merz, the CDU, and the future coalition government face a challenging domestic and geopolitical environment ahead, they must ensure that efforts to bolster European defense don’t overshadow work to build Germany’s resiliency against climate risks. - [CCS Advances Climate and Food Security at the 2025 Munich Security Conference](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/02/19/ccs-advances-climate-and-food-security-at-the-2025-munich-security-conference/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) traveled to the 2025 Munich Security Conference (MSC) for a series of events on climate security, food security, and other converging risks. - [USAID Provides Critical Benefits to US National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/02/04/usaid-provides-critical-benefits-to-us-national-security/) - Addressing national security priorities requires a robust approach to US foreign policy, and the Trump Administration's effort to shut down USAID puts the country at risk. - [Feeding Resilience: The National Security Imperative of USAID’s Food Security Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/31/feeding-resilience-the-national-security-imperative-of-usaids-food-security-programs/) - Amid multiplying threats, food security initiatives like Feed the Future and FEWS NET are essential to national security. - [Bolstering US Biodefense: Recommendations for the New Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/02/04/bolstering-us-biodefense-recommendations-for-the-new-administration/) - The convergence of these various risk and threat vectors highlights both the complexity and importance of addressing biological threats from all sources: natural, accidental, and deliberate. The Trump administration should prioritize implementing proven biodefense policies to mitigate the risk posed by deliberate, natural, and accidental biological threats. - [China’s Massive Hydropower Project in Tibet Illustrates Climate Security Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/02/04/chinas-massive-hydropower-project-in-tibet-illustrates-climate-security-risks/) - Climate risks, geopolitical tension, and a lack of transparency are among the many concerns surrounding China's massive dam project in Tibet. - [Biosecurity in the Next Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/31/biosecurity-in-the-next-administration/) - Establishing a Task Force to Strengthen “Know Your Customer” Synthesis Screening - [Roots of Resilience: Building Peace in an Era of Food and Climate Shocks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/30/roots-of-resilience-building-peace-in-an-era-of-food-and-climate-shocks/) - This backgrounder unpacks the food-climate-conflict nexus and its associated risks while presenting near-term solutions. - [Resource: US Government Climate Security Analysis, Strategies, and Policies Across Republican and Democratic Administrations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/28/resource-us-government-climate-security-analysis-strategies-and-policies-across-republican-and-democratic-administrations/) - The Center for Climate and Security's (CCS) Resource Hub archives US government documents on strategies and policies related to climate security. - [Climate Security and the New US Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/21/climate-security-and-the-new-us-administration/) - The truth is, regardless of these orders, climate-driven hazards will continue to threaten the American people, the country’s critical infrastructure, its military readiness, and its competitiveness on the world stage. - [CSR Impact on US Government Handling of Biological Data and Artificial Intelligence](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/17/csr-impact-on-us-government-handling-of-biological-data-and-artificial-intelligence/) - We commend the transparency and efforts to gather broad expertise that these examples showed, and urge US policymakers to continue utilizing these mechanisms in the years ahead. - [Handbook for Nuclear Decision-making and Risk Reduction in an Era of Technological Complexity](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/12/19/release-experts-publish-handbook-on-how-emerging-technologies-increase-the-risk-of-miscalculation-misinterpretation-and-escalation-in-nuclear-weapons-decisions/) - In the next crisis between nuclear-armed states, national decision-makers may confront a much denser fog of war, an increased pressure to act, and a grave lack of understanding about the features of their operating environment—to name just a few of the changes on the horizon—due to a suite of emerging and disruptive technologies including social media, deep fakes, cyber weapons, drones, satellites, machine learning, autonomous systems, hypersonic weapons, and quantum computing. - [Derailment of the Fifth Working Group of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/16/derailment-of-the-fifth-working-group-of-the-biological-and-toxin-weapons-convention/) - This article provides a synopsis and brief explanation of the major technical issues faced by the fifth working group and offers practicable recommendations for making progress—with an emphasis on iteratively strengthening the convention through the incremental adoption of capabilities. - [The US Government Takes Actions to Protect Vital Biological Datasets](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/15/the-us-government-takes-actions-to-protect-vital-biological-datasets/) - There are rising bipartisan efforts between the executive and legislative branches to protect US biotechnology and biological data from exploitation by actors outside the country. - [As the World Health Organization Meets on the 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak, an Early Examination of U.S. Responses](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/27/as-the-world-health-organization-meets-on-the-2022-monkeypox-outbreak-an-early-examination-of-u-s-responses/) - By Dr. Dan Regan The World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded that the ongoing outbreak of monkeypox, a disease endemic in parts of Africa and newly spreading in many countries in which it is extremely uncommon, is not currently a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). While this disease is very different from COVID-19, - [A Must-Read by the Global Challenges Foundation: Global Catastrophic Risks 2021](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/24/a-must-read-by-the-global-challenges-foundation-report-global-catastrophic-risks-2021/) - This week, the Global Challenges Foundation released its annual report on Global Catastrophic Risks. CSR experts Dr. Natasha Bajema and Andrea Rezzonico contributed to the report, and its mission of addressing the complex intersections of diverse global catastrophic risks. The report is a wake-up call. It delves into key existential risks we are facing in - [Biden Convenes Summit on COVID-19 Urging Unity on the Path Forward](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/23/biden-convenes-summit-on-covid-19-urging-unity-on-the-path-forward/) - On Wednesday, September 22, President Biden convened a global virtual summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss plans for addressing the COVID-19 crisis. President Biden emphasized three key areas of focus: producing and administering vaccines, supporting current public health needs, and building strong infrastructure to prepare for future pandemics. Vice - [The White House Proposes a $65 Billion Plan for an “Apollo”-like Pandemic Preparedness Program](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/09/the-white-house-proposes-a-65-billion-plan-for-an-apollo-like-pandemic-preparedness-program/) - By: Dr. Yong-Bee Lim and Christine Parthemore As we enter our second year and fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are very real numbers that shed some light on the devastation that this biological event has wrought on the world. There have been over 220 million global cases of COVID-19, including over 4.5 million - [December 2024 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/07/december-2024-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In December 2024, MiRCH identified 4 military deployments regarding climate-related disasters. - [Climate Security Provisions in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2025/01/06/climate-security-provisions-in-the-2025-national-defense-authorization-act/) - The bill does not significantly cut the Department’s climate-related investments, though most of the cuts in previous years showed up in the defense appropriations bill rather than the defense authorization. Resolution on appropriations levels will likely have to wait until the spring. - [We're Hiring: Biosecurity-AI Fellow](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/18/were-hiring-biosecurity-ai-fellow/) - The Council on Strategic Risks is seeking to is seeking to augment its team with someone focused on the intersection of AI and biosecurity. This individual will help maximize our contributions to safe, secure outcomes in the next few years. - [Call for Applications: CSR Chief Operating Officer](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/14/call-for-applications-csr-chief-operating-officer/) - CSR is seeking to hire someone with a passion for empowering and guiding teams as its first-ever Chief Operating Officer (COO), to help lead the organization’s next phases of impact and growth. - [The 2024 Seoul and Tokyo Biosecurity Dialogues](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/17/the-2024-seoul-and-tokyo-biosecurity-dialogues/) - On 18th and 20th November 2024 in Seoul and Tokyo respectively, CSR convened dialogues with biosecurity experts from the Republic of Korea, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and NATO, concluding with a series of practicable recommendations. - [November 2024 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/16/november-2024-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In November 2024, MiRCH identified 18 military deployments in response to climate-related disasters in 11 countries, including responses to a series of four typhoons in the Philippines and sustained recovery efforts after October’s catastrophic flooding in Spain. - [Project Sapphire: Lessons for a New Era of Global Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/13/project-sapphire-lessons-for-a-new-era-of-global-security/) - On December 4, 2024, CSR, the Embassy of Kazakhstan, and the Carnegie Endowment co-hosted a discussion on the legacy of Project Sapphire, a pivotal 1994 initiative in global nonproliferation. - [CSR Biodefense Scorecard: Winter 2024 Update](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/12/csr-biodefense-scorecard-winter-2024-update/) - Positive sustained action is tracked across four key recommendations within the Depts. of Defense, State, Commerce, and HHS. - [Establishing an Ecological Security Framework for Southeast Asia](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/10/establishing-an-ecological-security-framework-for-southeast-asia/) - From deforestation to food insecurity, how can Southeast Asia address complex, interconnected environmental challenges using an ecological security framework? - [Reshaping Multilateralism Episode 3: Europe’s Climate Inflection Point](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/25/reshaping-multilateralism-episode-3-europes-climate-inflection-point/) - Listen to episode three of the Reshaping Multilateralism podcast, "Europe's Climate Inflection Point." - [Peace and Security at COP29](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/09/peace-and-security-at-cop29/) - Riddled with disputes and geopolitical tension, COP29 fell short when it came to addressing critical issues of climate finance, fossil fuel phaseouts, and food security. - [Geopolitics and the COP](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/09/geopolitics-and-the-cop/) - While geopolitics proved to be a hindrance during COP29—halting climate finance discussions and fueling conflict—it can also be helpful in driving climate action. - [CCS Comments on the First National Nature Assessment Zero Order Draft](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/06/ccs-comments-on-the-first-national-nature-assessment-zero-order-draft/) - CCS broadly supports the themes and framework in the Zero Order Draft, providing commentary that emphasizes the importance of expanding NNA1's geographic focus and analyzing risks of maladaptation to human security and US national security. - [Reshaping Multilateralism Episode 5: The Economics of Food Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/12/04/reshaping-multilateralism-episode-5-the-economics-of-food-security/) - Listen to episode five of the Reshaping Multilateralism podcast, "The Economics of Food Security." - [The Feeding Resilience Plan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/16/the-feeding-resilience-plan/) - As global food insecurity worsens—threatening national security—the US must navigate the nexus of conflict and climate change to build a more resilient food system. - [Reshaping Multilateralism Episode 4: Recent Climate Security Successes and Opportunities for 2025](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/27/reshaping-multilateralism-episode-4-recent-climate-security-successes-and-opportunities-for-2025/) - Listen to episode four of the Reshaping Multilateralism podcast, "The Biden Administration's Climate Policy (For Now)." - [Nexus 25 Project Launches New Podcast, “Reshaping Multilateralism”](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/19/nexus-25-project-launches-new-podcast-reshaping-multilateralism/) - The Nexus25 project officially launched a new podcast, “Reshaping Multilateralism,” a series at the intersection of food, climate, security, and migration. - [Reshaping Multilateralism Episode 2: The View from the Front Lines - Nexus Challenges in South Asia](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/30/reshaping-multilateralism-episode-2-the-view-from-the-front-lines-nexus-challenges-in-south-asia/) - Listen to episode two of the Reshaping Multilateralism podcast, “The View from the Frontlines: Nexus Challenges in South Asia." - [Reshaping Multilateralism Episode 1: The View from the Munich Security Conference](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/01/reshaping-multilateralism-episode-1-the-view-from-the-munich-security-conference/) - On March 28, the Nexus25 project released its first full episode of Reshaping Multilateralism, a podcast at the climate-insecurity-migration nexus. Listen to the first episode, “The View from MSC: Sustainable Security in a Hot and Hungry World.” - [The National Security Need to Optimize the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/22/the-national-security-need-to-optimize-the-drug-supply-chain-security-act-dscsa/) - Increasing America’s Trust, Transparency, and Reliability in its Medicines - [Fostering Leadership in NATO on Climate and Women, Peace and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/21/fostering-leadership-in-nato-on-climate-and-women-peace-and-security/) - As 2025 approaches, how will NATO ensure that the impacts of climate change and gender inequality on women and girls remain a top priority? - [Event Summary: CCS-Nexus25-ETTG Policy Conference: EU-Africa Relations in Transition](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/19/event-summary-ccs-nexus25-ettg-policy-conference-eu-africa-relations-in-transition/) - The Policy Conference centered on enhancing EU-African partnerships from the lens of mitigation, adaptation, and the energy transition. - [Finland’s Accession to NATO: An Opportunity to Bolster Europe’s CBRN Defense](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/07/05/finlands-accession-to-nato-an-opportunity-to-bolster-europes-cbrn-defense/) - Finland’s long tradition of close security cooperation with NATO places the country in a unique position to lead the alliance in building toward the strategic concept of deterrence by denial across the full spectrum of CBRN threats. - [Lessons from Kazakhstan for 2024: On the Front Lines of Nuclear and Biological Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/30/lessons-from-kazakhstan-for-2024/) - Of the countries working hard to address WMD risks, Kazakhstan is playing two unique roles this year. - [A Biomanufacturing Plan to Confront Future Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/04/a-biomanufacturing-plan-to-confront-future-biological-threats/) - Expert Panel Policy Review and Near-Term Recommendations - [Pathogen Early Warning: A Progress Report & Path Forward](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/12/13/release-national-security-and-health-experts-release-report-on-how-to-improve-pathogen-early-warning/) - In this report, a team of experts assess the current state of domestic and global pathogen early warning systems and lay out important steps for improving capabilities. - [Looking at Nuclear Weapons by Type: Introducing the Nuclear Weapon Systems Project](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/29/introducing-the-nuclear-weapon-systems-project/) - Diving into CSR's launch of a clear, concise repository of deployed nuclear weapons across their history. - [October 2024 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/13/october-2024-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In October 2024, the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) tracker identified 48 military deployments in response to severe storms, floods, and wildfires. - [August and September 2024 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/09/august-and-september-2024-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In August and September 2024, the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) tracker identified 72 military deployments in response to hurricanes, extreme precipitation, wildfires, and drought. - [Gone Fishing: A Biodiversity Loss Security Scenario in the Lake Victoria Basin](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/11/12/gone-fishing-a-biodiversity-loss-security-scenario-in-the-lake-victoria-basin/) - Addressing transboundary challenges requires regional collaboration and coordination. - [Preparing for Ecological Disruption](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/24/preparing-for-ecological-disruption/) - A Strategic Foresight Approach to Ecological Security - [Nuclear Energy and National Security: Emerging Technologies and Their Roles in a Nuclear Future](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/30/emerging-technologies-and-their-roles-in-a-nuclear-future/) - While advancements in nuclear reactors themselves often see media coverage and policy attention, there is significant and exciting science and technological innovation occurring that needs consistent investment. - [Marketplace Podcast Highlights Center for Climate and Security Experts](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/28/marketplace-podcast-highlights-center-for-climate-and-security-experts/) - CCS experts discuss topics at the intersection of climate change and national security in the latest season of Marketplace's "How We Survive" podcast. - [Climate Change & Crime: A big, bad, largely overlooked nexus](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/17/climate-change-crime-a-big-bad-largely-overlooked-nexus/) - What impact does climate change have on crime? From petty theft to violent assaults, explore how climate change contributes to and exacerbates crime in almost every category. - [New “Gene Synthesis Screening Guidance” in the UK: A Positive Step Towards Responsible Innovation](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/10/new-gene-synthesis-screening-guidance-in-the-uk-a-positive-step-towards-responsible-innovation/) - The tone and approach to regulating the burgeoning UK biotechnology sector are commendable, and set the foundation for a thriving ecosystem that holds safety at its core. - [Expert Reflections on the Latest NPT Review Conference](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/01/expert-reflections-on-the-latest-npt-review-conference/) - CSR nuclear weapons experts react to the disappointing conclusion of this year’s RevCon, and look to what may yet be accomplished before the next one. - [Briefer: Climate, Water and Militias: A Field Study From Southern Iraq](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/01/11/briefer-climate-water-and-militias-a-field-study-from-southern-iraq/) - "The real exodus didn’t begin until the worst of the summer heat set in and water flow through the marsh fell to its lowest level in years." - [Climate Change and the National Defense Authorization Act](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/07/05/backgrounder-climate-change-and-the-national-defense-authorization-act/) - In this backgrounder, we track key provisions that have been included in NDAAs from Fiscal Year FY18 through FY22, building from the initial, bipartisan declaration in 2017 that climate change was a direct threat to national security, to requirements for vulnerability assessments, resilience authorities, strategy requirements, and mainstreaming consideration of climate impacts on mission. - [CSR Announces 2022-23 Class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Program](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/07/12/csr-announces-2022-23-class-fellowship-ending-bioweapons-program/) - The Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons at CSR is pleased to announce that it has accepted six remarkable individuals into the 2022-2023 class of the Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons. - [RELEASE: Amid European Heat Wave, International Military Network Releases Report Warning of Security Risks of Climate Change in the Balkans](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/07/25/release-amid-european-heat-wave-international-military-network-releases-report-warning-of-security-risks-of-climate-change-in-the-balkans/) - Intensifying climate change impacts may heighten existing post-conflict tensions, threaten Europe’s broader climate goals, and increase the region's susceptibility to influence from the Russian and Chinese governments. - [U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Beccera to Give Preparedness and Response its Own Division](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/07/26/u-s-health-and-human-services-secretary-beccera-to-give-preparedness-and-response-its-own-division/) - ASPR’s new elevated role would make it the lead agency for internal hiring, as well as deploying and working with the industrial base via purchasing contracts to prepare for strong responses to future infectious disease outbreaks. - [CSR Announces New Staff, Fellow Additions, Board Updates](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/08/11/csr-announces-new-staff-fellow-additions-board-updates/) - Continuing a period of rapid growth, CSR is very excited to announce several new additions to our research team and our core staff. - [The Ongoing Review of Dual-use Research Policy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/08/11/the-ongoing-review-of-dual-use-research-policy/) - This post highlights important recommendations on DURC to frame what outcomes we hope to see from the NSABB Review. - [The Future of Climate Security Scholarship: An Interview with Dr. Josh Busby](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/08/15/the-future-of-climate-security-scholarship-an-interview-with-dr-josh-busby/) - Brigitte Hugh speaks with Dr. Josh Busby about his recently-published book, States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security. - [Papua New Guinea, Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/06/briefer-papua-new-guinea-climate-and-security/) - This briefer focuses on key PNG security risks, and the role of climate change in shaping security outcomes in the country. It highlights both risks and opportunities, and offers policy makers targeted recommendations to prevent instability and conflict in a complex, climate-stressed environment. - [100 Days of Monkeypox: Evaluating the U.S. Response to the Emerging Global Outbreak](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/13/briefer-100-days-of-monkeypox-evaluating-the-u-s-response-to-the-emerging-global-outbreak/) - This Briefer details the early dynamics of the outbreak, evaluates the testing, vaccination, and therapeutic rollout, and provides an outlook and analysis meant to help the United States prevent and address similar biological threats. - [Outcomes of Biological Weapons Convention 2022 Consultative Meeting: No Countries Support Russia’s False Allegations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/13/outcomes-of-biological-weapons-convention-2022-consultative-meeting-no-countries-support-russias-false-allegations/) - There is a real risk that BWC implementation could slow or stall by the end of this year. This is unacceptable given how biological risks are rising. It would also create an unacceptable dent in confidence in international cooperation for addressing the world's biggest systemic risks. - [The Security Implications of the Pakistan Floods](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/19/briefer-the-security-implications-of-the-pakistan-floods/) - Efforts to address the immediate humanitarian crisis as well as develop longer-term climate adaptation and resilience measures are not just the right thing for Western countries to do—such investments will also provide security benefits as they contribute to a more stable Pakistan in the future. - [Areas for Reducing Risk: Rose Gottemoeller Testifies Before the SASC on Nuclear Strategy and Policy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/29/areas-for-reducing-risk-rose-gottemoeller-testifies-before-the-sasc-on-nuclear-strategy-and-policy/) - A readout from Hon. Rose Gottemoeller's testimony on nuclear strategy and policy before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sept 20, 2022. - [And Air Force Makes Three… Comparing the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force Climate Plans](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/05/and-air-force-makes-three-comparing-the-u-s-army-navy-and-air-force-climate-plans/) - Just as the three military departments have their own distinct cultures and personalities, these three climate plans are quite different, even as they all move toward a common set of goals. - [We're Hiring: Strategic Foresight Fellow](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/11/were-hiring-strategic-foresight-fellow/) - The Council on Strategic Risks seeks to hire a full-time Strategic Foresight (Senior) Fellow. This newly-created role will be key to the successful implementation of CSR’s work focused on forecasting and other methodological approaches to analyze converging risks - [Expert Reactions to the Updated U.S. Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Steps](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/18/expert-reactions-to-the-updated-u-s-biodefense-strategy-and-implementation-steps/) - Nolan Center experts examine the Biden Administration's new National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan and its accompanying National Security Memorandum. - [Improving Response to Disease Outbreaks: Ambassador Üzümcü Makes the Case for New International Biotech Organization](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/24/improving-response-to-disease-outbreaks-ambassador-uzumcu-makes-the-case-for-new-international-biotech-organization/) - Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, presented the case for The International Biotech Organization (IBTO) to the Biological Sub-Working Group of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction on October 6, 2022. - [On the Verge – "Fishwars" – An Interview with Johan Bergenas on the Nexus of Ocean Health, Fisheries, Climate Change and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/02/on-the-verge-fishwars-an-interview-with-johan-bergenas-on-the-nexus-of-ocean-health-fisheries-climate-change-and-security/) - Andrea Rezzonico interviews Johan Berganas, Senior Vice President of Oceans at WWF-US. They discuss the geopolitical concept of ‘fishwars’, and how it centers on a converging nexus of climate change, IUU fishing, ocean health, and more. - [New Report: Climate Security in Mainland Southeast Asia: A Scenarios Based Assessment](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/09/new-report-climate-security-in-mainland-southeast-asia-a-scenarios-based-assessment/) - By John Lichtefeld | Project managed by Brigitte Hugh | Edited by Francesco Femia A new report from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), Climate Security in Mainland Southeast Asia: A Scenarios Based Assessment, explores the socio-political, technological, demographic, diplomatic, military, and economic drivers that may shape the converging threats of climate change and - [We're Hiring: Two Research Positions](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/09/were-hiring-two-research-positions/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire two team members: A Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and a Research Fellow for its Ecological Security Program. - [Climate Change a “Top Tier Threat” in the 2022 U.S. National Security Strategy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/14/briefer-climate-change-a-top-tier-threat-in-the-2022-u-s-national-security-strategy/) - By Sherri Goodman, Holly Kaufman, and Pauline Baudu The Biden Administration’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), released in October 2022, elevates attention and focus on climate security beyond any prior NSS. The security risks of climate change get the attention in the NSS they have long deserved. Climate change is in fact framed as a - [Risk Roundup: The Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/15/risk-roundup-the-nuclear-sea-launched-cruise-missile/) - By Andrew Facini and Christine Parthemore The proposal to return nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCM-N) to American naval vessels has been touted as a solution to a narrowly imagined deterrence problem. Instead, SLCM-N could undermine deterrence and create operational complications, and its presence alone in regional conflict zones would serve to destabilize—and potentially escalate—conflict between - [A Theater View on the Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N): Does Optionality Outweigh Warfighting Costs?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/16/briefer-a-theater-view-on-the-nuclear-sea-launched-cruise-missile-slcm-n-does-optionality-outweigh-warfighting-costs/) - By John Moulton Recent world events, new U.S. policy decisions, and budget requests have led to renewed discussion on a specific type of nuclear weapon: the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear (SLCM-N). The following article examines the utility of SLCM-N, considering a geographic combatant command or theater perspective, in terms of stated U.S. policy, military planning doctrine, - [CSR Announces New Staff, Board Additions](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/22/csr-announces-new-staff-board-additions/) - Continuing a period of rapid expansion, the Council on Strategic Risks is thrilled to announce a new round of hires across its programs and additions to its Board. - [New Report: China’s Climate Security Vulnerabilities](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/29/new-report-chinas-climate-security-vulnerabilities/) - explores China's security vulnerabilities in the face of expected climate change effects, focusing on its key risks, the Chinese response so far, and identifies important uncertainties as conditions continue to develop. The report also makes several recommendations for the United States as it addresses what the Department of Defense has called the "pacing threat" from China. - [Statement to the Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference from the Council on Strategic Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/30/statement-to-the-biological-weapons-convention-review-conference-from-the-council-on-strategic-risks/) - As presented by Dr. Yong-Bee Lim in Geneva, 29 November 2022. - [Climate Security and the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/12/23/climate-security-and-the-fiscal-year-2023-national-defense-authorization-act/) - While the bill includes thousands of provisions addressing issues across the DoD, its biggest impact on climate security this year is its broad support of the efforts the DoD proposed in its budget request. - [Climate Change as a “Threat Multiplier”: History, Uses and Future of the Concept](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/01/03/briefer-climate-change-as-a-threat-multiplier-history-uses-and-future-of-the-concept/) - This briefer provides an account of the history of the “threat multiplier” term from its creation in the context of the environmental security era in 2007 to its progressive adoption by military, policy, and academic circles in the United States and abroad. - [CSR’s Nolan Center Announces Inaugural Class of Nuclear Risk Reduction Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/01/09/csrs-nolan-center-announces-inaugural-class-of-nuclear-risk-reduction-fellows/) - The fellowship will enable participants to collaboratively explore the nuclear threat landscape and work on tangible solutions. - [Call for Applications: Ecological Security Fellowship](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/01/18/call-for-applications-ecological-security-fellowship/) - The Council on Strategic Risks is pleased to announce a call for applications for its Ecological Security Fellowship, as part of its broader Ecological Security Program. - [Breaking Silos—Climate Change, Security, and Humanitarian Action—Roundtable Summary](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/01/31/briefer-breaking-silos-climate-change-security-and-humanitarian-action-roundtable-summary/) - The convergence of climate change, security, and humanitarian action, including in places affected by conflict, demands nuanced consideration and dialogue among decision makers at all levels. In response to this need for dialogue, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) brought together representatives from a variety of U.S. government agencies as well as academic institutions, think tanks, and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) approaching these issues from different but complementary vantage points. - [We’re Hiring: Full Time Position for Addressing Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/02/01/were-hiring-full-time-position-for-addressing-biological-threats-2/) - The Council on Strategic Risks seeks to hire a full-time team member focused on addressing biological threats. This may be a Fellow or Senior Fellow role, depending on the expertise of the applicants. - [Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons (2023–2024)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/02/15/call-for-applications-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-2023-2024/) - CSR is announcing a call for applications for the 2023–2024 class of our Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons. - [CCS and IMCCS to Host Events on Food Security and the Clean Energy Transition at the Munich Security Conference](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/02/16/ccs-and-imccs-to-host-events-on-food-security-and-the-clean-energy-transition-at-the-munich-security-conference/) - The Center for Climate and Security and the International Military Council on Climate and Security in partnership with NATO look forward to hosting innovative conversations on key climate security issues, including food security and the clean energy transition, at the Munich Security Conference set to take place February 17-19, 2023. - [Announcing the 2023 Cohort of Ecological Security Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/20/announcing-the-2023-cohort-of-ecological-security-fellows/) - The Center for Climate and Security is pleased to announce its 2023 class of Ecological Security Fellows. This initiative is a part of CCS’s Ecological Security Program, supported by the VK Rasmussen Foundation. - [Seeking Out Moscow’s Early Nuclear Gravity Bombs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/09/seeking-out-moscows-early-nuclear-gravity-bombs/) - With these six new additions, we now count 145 types of nonstrategic nuclear systems deployed by the P5 from 1945 to today. Russia, previously an undercounted entry, now has 71 of these. - [CSR Announces New Staff](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/09/csr-announces-new-staff/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is thrilled to announce a new round of hires across its programs. - [A New Biosecurity Strategy for the World to Follow](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/07/a-new-biosecurity-strategy-for-the-world-to-follow/) - As the world contends with increased biosecurity threats, a successful international response will depend, in part, on the effectiveness of our medical countermeasures and how rapidly we can deploy new innovations globally. - [We’re Recruiting: 3-4 Month Consultant for Center for Climate and Security Projects and Events](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/04/were-recruiting-3-4-month-consultant-for-center-for-climate-and-security-projects-and-events/) - CCS is seeking contract support from a candidate with a knack for project management and event planning, familiarity with the US policymaking landscape, and an interest in climate change and security. - [CCS Welcomes 2024-2025 Class of the Sullivan Climate and Security Fellowship](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/03/ccs-welcomes-2024-2025-class-of-the-sullivan-climate-and-security-fellowship/) - The 14 fellows of the 2024-2025 class come from US state and federal government, Congress, private industry, non-governmental organizations, and think tanks, and represent an equally diverse set of educational and geographic backgrounds. - [Reforming the Australia Group to Better Combat Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/03/reforming-the-australia-group-to-better-combat-biological-threats/) - Companies or individuals residing in Australia Group nations no longer need US export control licenses for select biological materials and technologies. Here's what that means. - [The UK Can Lead Again on Climate Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/03/the-uk-can-lead-again-on-climate-security/) - With the Foreign Secretary’s comments as a foundation, the new Labour government has an opportunity to elevate and reinvigorate the UK’s existing climate security approach—starting with the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) this fall. - [Pathogen Detection, Testing & Monitoring the H5N1 Outbreak](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/10/02/pathogen-detection-testing-monitoring-the-h5n1-outbreak/) - The zoonotic transmission of H5N1 from avian species to dairy cattle has introduced new challenges in controlling the outbreak. - [Critical Steps in Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/12/critical-steps-in-bidens-nuclear-posture-review/) - By Christine Parthemore President Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) will be released soon. When it is, it will make several policy changes that should greatly benefit U.S. security and international leadership. One is that the NPR will reportedly declare that the fundamental purpose of nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attacks. I and several colleagues - [Risk Reduction’s Rise – Readouts from RevCon](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/08/16/risk-reductions-rise-readouts-from-revcon/) - There is a gathering energy here in New York among the delegates that current geopolitical tensions demand forward progress—and perhaps a reset in our approach to nonproliferation widely. - [From Warfighting to a Fundamentally Limited Deterrent: Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/27/from-warfighting-to-a-fundamentally-limited-deterrent-bidens-nuclear-posture-review/) - Despite continued expenditures, Biden’s NPR stands as a sober and useful response to Russia’s irresponsibility. - [Climate Security at the 79th UN General Assembly and Climate Week: What to Watch](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/17/climate-security-at-the-79th-un-general-assembly-and-climate-week-what-to-watch/) - How will climate security be addressed at the 79th UN General Assembly and Climate Week? - [Paint the B-52s Brightly: Reducing Confusion Between Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Is Essential](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/18/paint-the-b-52s-brightly-reducing-confusion-between-conventional-and-nuclear-weapons-is-essential/) - What if the next war goes nuclear because one side mistakes a conventional missile for a nuclear one, and responds accordingly? - [Signs of Progress on Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/12/signs-of-progress-from-the-working-group-on-strengthening-the-bwc/) - CSR was heartened to witness the largely constructive discussions, most notably the progress on measures related to scientific and technological developments, and international cooperation and assistance. - [CSR Announces its Second Cohort of Mid-Career Biodefense Bootcamp Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/08/29/csr-announces-its-second-cohort-of-mid-career-biodefense-bootcamp-fellows/) - The Mid-Career Biodefense Bootcamp Fellowship is part of CSR’s broader effort to prepare the talent pipeline to meet current and future biological weapons threats and build network relationships to reduce these threats as much as possible. - [Call for Applications: Gordon R. Sullivan Climate and Ecological Security Fellowship 2024-2025](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/08/28/call-for-applications-gordon-r-sullivan-climate-and-ecological-security-fellowship-2024-2025/) - Sullivan Fellows will learn what it takes to become climate-informed national security practitioners through hands-on exercises with peers and engaging with climate security experts. - [Strategic Stability’s Very Bad Week](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/08/strategic-stabilitys-very-bad-week/) - When advocates want to return to a 2,500-warhead arsenal, or place nuclear weapons on conventionally armed submarines, the prior experiences of doing so—and learning to undo those decisions—must be a core part of the rationale. - [We’re Hiring: Full-Time Research Fellow for Addressing Biological Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/06/13/were-hiring-full-time-research-fellow-for-addressing-biological-risks/) - CSR seeks to hire a full-time Research Fellow focused on addressing biological threats. - [Nexus25 Project Releases Climate Security Policy Briefs & Analysis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/08/06/nexus25-project-releases-climate-security-policy-briefs-analysis/) - The Nexus25 Project released several products debriefing recent events in the climate security space. - [July 2024 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/08/01/july-2024-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In July 2024, the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) identified 26 military deployments in response to hurricanes, typhoons, drought, and wildfires. - [US Biodefense Budget Breakdown: Fiscal Year 2025 Update](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/23/us-biodefense-budget-breakdown-fiscal-year-2025-update/) - Today’s update dives into the detailed data that government departments and agencies released subsequently, which we have now added into CSR’s Biodefense Budget Breakdown, our data visualization tool that captures program-level detail analysis of the federal government’s biodefense portfolio. - [Trip Report: Youth-Led Visions of a Climate-Secure Pacific](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/23/trip-report-youth-led-visions-of-a-climate-secure-pacific/) - CCS' cohort of young leaders traveled to New Zealand to share their visions of a climate-secure Pacific with local officials. - [Sleeper Species: Increasing Threats to Great Lakes’ Ecological Security and What to Do About It](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/16/sleeper-species-increasing-threats-to-great-lakes-ecological-security-and-what-to-do-about-it/) - As climate change creates opportunities for some species to be more successful, it will be challenging to build preventative frameworks that target already established invasive species while also adapting these frameworks to detect and monitor sleeper species rapidly. - [Ecological Security Threats in North Africa for 2040: Water Scarcity and Desertification ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/18/ecological-security-threats-in-north-africa-for-2040-water-scarcity-and-desertification/) - Exacerbated by the effects of climate change, water scarcity and desertification pose a severe threat to communities in North Africa. - [MiRCH: CCS Launches New Interface, Tracks May and June Deployments](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/15/mirch-ccs-launches-new-interface-tracks-may-and-june-deployments/) - One year since the launch of the Military Responses to Climate Hazards Tracker (MiRCH), CCS is excited to announce an updated version of the user interface. - [Destruction and Beyond](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/21/destruction-and-beyond/) - A Trilogy of Articles Exploring the Historic Elimination of the World’s Declared Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons - [Litio 2040: Sustainably Developing Mexico’s Lithium from Ground to Grid](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/06/11/litio-2040-sustainably-developing-mexicos-lithium-from-ground-to-grid/) - There are significant economic risks that mining projects could fail to become cost-competitive. - [Advances in AI and Increased Biological Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/12/advances-in-ai-and-increased-biological-risks/) - This briefer focuses on the potential use of such export controls by the United States to mitigate risks from the Bio-AI nexus–a key objective of the nation’s AI-strategy. - [World Climate and Security Report 2024](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/10/world-climate-and-security-report-2024/) - A Product of the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security - [Strategic Risks at the 2024 NATO Summit and Beyond](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/09/strategic-risks-at-the-2024-nato-summit-and-beyond/) - As NATO leaders seek effective ways to redouble internal cooperation and external deterrence, CSR has tracked emerging risks along its various lines of efforts for which international collaboration is the best solution. - [The First-Ever Climate Security Fellowship Summit](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/08/the-first-ever-climate-security-fellowship-summit/) - Attendees reflected on the program experience and had a chance to engage with distinguished panelists from DoD, NSC, and State backgrounds. - [CSR Announces Inaugural Mid-Career Biodefense Bootcamp Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/03/csr-announces-inaugural-mid-career-biodefense-bootcamp-fellows/) - The Mid-Career Biodefense Bootcamp Fellowship is part of CSR’s broader effort to both prepare the talent pipeline to meet current and future biological weapons threats and build peer-to-peer and other network relationships to reduce these threats as much as possible in the near term. - [Climate Security at the 75th NATO Summit: What to Watch](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/07/01/climate-security-at-the-75th-nato-summit-what-to-watch/) - To appropriately plan for NATO’s future operating environment, Alliance leaders must continue to prioritize core elements of the climate security debate. - [“Now What?”Addressing the Climate-Gender-Security Nexus at NATO](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/06/20/now-whataddressing-the-climate-gender-security-nexus-at-nato/) - NATO’s Climate Change and Security Action Plan was groundbreaking for its call to recognize the intersection of gender, conflict, and environmental challenges. - [Event Summary: Climate Change, Security and the New ISAB Study, “New Security Challenges”](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/06/14/event-summary-climate-change-security-and-the-new-isab-study-new-security-challenges/) - Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins opened the discussion with an explanation of the role of the ISAB and how her office is integrating non-traditional security issues into its work. - [Pest and Pathogen Threats to Food Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/06/13/pest-and-pathogen-threats-to-food-security/) - Climate driven increases in invasive pests and pathogens threaten the global food supply. - [The US Department of Defense’s Role in Integrating Climate Change into Security Planning](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/30/the-us-department-of-defenses-role-in-integrating-climate-change-into-security-planning/) - As devastating natural disasters and extreme weather events increase in frequency, proactive measures must be taken to integrate climate change concerns into US defense and security planning. - [CSR Biodefense Scorecard: Spring 2024 Update](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/29/csr-biodefense-scorecard-spring-2024-update/) - Read the second update in the Nolan Center's Biodefense Scorecard series monitoring progress in reducing biological risks. - [Policy Interventions to Address Climate and Food-Related Instability: Event Summary](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/29/policy-interventions-to-address-climate-and-food-related-instability-event-summary/) - This report summarizes the fourth roundtable in the series, Policy Interventions to Address Climate and Food-Related Instability, held in Washington, DC and virtually on 25 April 2024. - [We’re Recruiting: 3-month Consultant for CSR’s Nuclear + Climate Security Work](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/21/were-recruiting-3-month-consultant-for-csrs-nuclear-climate-security-work/) - CSR seeks a Nuclear Energy Consultant to contribute to a research project and workshop that will help shape policies to advance nuclear safety and security. - [We’re Hiring: Research Fellow for the Center for Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/20/were-hiring-research-fellow-for-the-center-for-climate-and-security/) - CSR seeks to hire a full-time Research Fellow focused on addressing climate security risks and solutions for its Center for Climate and Security (CCS). - [April 2024 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/14/april-2024-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In April 2024, the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) identified 11 countries where militaries deployed in response to climate hazards, including China, Greece, Russia, Zambia, and elsewhere. The tracker documented 16 incidents in total, with deployments responding to floods, droughts, heat, and wildfires. - [A Livable Climate Needs Help From Youth; the U.S. Can Foster It](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/09/a-livable-climate-needs-help-from-youth-the-u-s-can-foster-it/) - Young people have one of the largest stakes in climate decisions made today, for they face the lasting environmental consequences of climate change — and the consequent threats to peace and security. - [Welcome Elements of the New US Policy Update on Dual Use Research of Concern and Pandemic-Potential Pathogens](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/07/welcome-elements-of-the-new-us-policy-update-on-durc/) - The new policy is a monumental step in the right direction on an incredibly challenging topic. - [Supporting Follow-Up Screening for Flagged Nucleic Acid Synthesis Orders](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/07/supporting-follow-up-screening-for-flagged-nucleic-acid-synthesis-orders/) - Affordable and accessible nucleic acid synthesis raises biosecurity concerns: some sequences can be used to reconstruct pathogen genomes or engineer dangerous biological agents, and it’s necessary to ensure those sequences are not misused. - [Event Summary: CCS-Nexus25-ICRC World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings Side Event](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/05/01/event-summary-ccs-nexus25-icrc-world-bank-and-imf-spring-meetings-side-event/) - The event brought together leaders from government, international financial institutions (IFIs), civil society, and multilateral organizations. - [The Nolan Center Welcomes New Cohort of Nuclear Risk Reduction Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/30/the-nolan-center-welcomes-new-cohort-of-nuclear-risk-reduction-fellows/) - The Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons is pleased to announce that it has accepted seven remarkable individuals into its third class of early-career fellows working to reduce nuclear risks. Through mentorship and exchanges of ideas with key leaders in the field, the fellowship will enable participants to collaboratively explore the current nuclear threat landscape and - [Feeding Resilience: A Review of Policies at the Intersection of Climate Change, Food Security and National Security Policy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/08/09/feeding-resilience/) - The U.S., as a global leader, has a particularly important role to play in developing more sustainable, resilient, and equitable global mitigation and adaptation policies and programs. Doing so requires increased funding and investments in science, innovation technology, research, and development to protect our food supplies and the environment while preventing global hunger and instability. - [Tactical Nuclear Weapons are Uniquely Dangerous—Let's Not Forget That](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/26/tactical-nuclear-weapons-are-uniquely-dangerous-lets-not-forget-that/) - Terms that downplay the massive damage tactical nuclear weapons can do risk building a false confidence that these weapons can be used with predictable local, limited, or controlled consequences. - [New CCS Briefers on Climate Misinformation and Geoengineering](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/23/new-ccs-briefers-on-climate-misinformation-and-geoengineering/) - Today CCS released two new briefers on critical and related topics in climate security: mis- and disinformation, and geoengineering. - [The State of Compliance with Weapons of Mass Destruction-Related Treaties ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/19/the-state-of-compliance-with-weapons-of-mass-destruction-related-treaties/) - On the whole, the reports show that most nations abide by these treaties, though the nations certified in non-compliance and those for which there is insufficient information to make a compliance determination, demonstrate increasingly troublesome developments such as the pursuit of dual-use programs. - [For John...](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/17/for-john/) - Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber remember the peerless contributions and impacts of John Gower. - [The Elephant in the Climate Room: Financing Sustainable Security and Supporting Future-Fit Systems](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/15/the-elephant-in-the-climate-room-financing-sustainable-security-and-supporting-future-fit-systems/) - Every year, leaders of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank - as well as key stakeholders from civil society, the private sector and regional financial bodies - gather to assess the landscape of international development finance. This year, they will do so against the backdrop of a complex geopolitical landscape, where one of the most consequential election years in human history, continued conflict in Ukraine and Gaza, and increasingly frequent extreme weather events have divided multilateral bodies and strained the funding landscape. - [Interview: Project Sapphire: Kazakhstan’s Role in Global Nuclear Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/12/interview-project-sapphire-kazakhstans-role-in-global-nuclear-security/) - On April 10, 2024, Andy Weber, senior fellow at the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, spoke with The Astana Times’ Aida Hadar to discuss his career countering nuclear, chemical, and biological threats, and continued efforts to reduce these threats around the world. - [February/March 2024 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/09/february-march-2024-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In February and March 2024 , the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) documented 21 military deployments in response to floods, extreme precipitation, droughts, and wildfires in 12 countries, including Australia, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, the United States, and elsewhere. - [Rising Dengue Fever Cases Carry One Health Implications](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/01/rising-dengue-fever-cases-carry-one-health-implications/) - It is easiest to understand the uptick in dengue cases through a One Health lens, a framework that considers environmental, ecological, and human health as an integrated whole. With regard to dengue, these factors include climate change, land use change, and vector evolution. - [Climate Change, Insecurity, and Migration: A Closer Look at India](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/20/climate-change-insecurity-and-migration-a-closer-look-at-india/) - As the world’s most populous nation grapples with a complex political environment, its urgent struggle to balance economic development and poverty reduction with climate action has implications for both its 1.4+ billion population and the broader South Asian region. - [How Climate Threats are Addressed in the National Defense Authorization Act](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/02/23/how-climate-threats-are-addressed-in-the-national-defense-authorization-act/) - While climate policy is often politicized and polarizing, national security leaders have had a long-term consensus that climate change poses risks to both the military and broader national security interests, risks that should be met with urgency, pragmatism and consensus. - [Supporting Sustainable Security in a Hot and Hungry World](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/04/supporting-sustainable-security-in-a-hot-and-hungry-world/) - This paper emphasizes the long-term and systemic nature of food security challenges, driven by development, security, governance, and environmental factors. - [Call for Applications: Youth-Led Visions for a Climate-Secure Pacific](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/02/08/call-for-applications-youth-led-visions-for-a-climate-secure-pacific/) - The Center for Climate and Security, with support from the U.S. Mission to New Zealand, is launching a call for video applications that answer the question: “What is your vision of a climate-secure Pacific?” - [Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: Need for Stronger US Leadership on Food Security in a Time of Climate Crisis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/13/senate-foreign-relations-committee-hearing-need-for-stronger-us-leadership-on-food-security-in-a-time-of-climate-crisis/) - On March 6, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) held a hearing on global food security, discussing how to balance long and short-term food risks. - [Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons (2024)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/11/call-for-applications-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-2024/) - Fellows will work with leading experts committed to biological threat reduction and biosecurity, including former government officials who helped dismantle Cold War-era biological weapons capabilities, advance international biological cooperation, and drive policy progress. - [DASD Caroline Baxter On Integrating Climate Change into Professional Military Education](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/07/dasd-caroline-baxter-on-integrating-climate-change-into-professional-military-education/) - On January 24, Caroline Baxter spoke to attendees of the conference “Integrating Climate Change into Professional Military Education” co-hosted by the International Military Council on Climate and Security and the Swedish Defence University. - [The National Security Rationale for Stockpiling Key Pharmaceutical Ingredients](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/03/05/the-national-security-rationale-for-stockpiling-key-pharmaceutical-ingredients/) - A plan for reducing America’s overreliance on imports for essential medicines - [Call for Applications: Early-Career Fellowship for Reducing Nuclear Weapons Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/02/23/call-for-applications-early-career-fellowship-for-reducing-nuclear-weapons-risks-2/) - CSR is committed to developing achievable nuclear weapons risk reduction measures, and to mentoring—and learning from—potential future leaders in this field of work. - [Integrating Climate Change into Professional Military Education: Event Summary](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/02/16/integrating-climate-change-into-professional-military-education-event-summary/) - This report summarizes the inaugural conference, Integrating Climate Change into Professional Military Education, held in Stockholm, Sweden and virtually from 24-25 January 2024. - [Event Summary: Locking In Progress](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/02/08/event-summary-locking-in-progress/) - On February 1st, The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) hosted an event titled “Locking in Progress: Climate Security Priorities for 2024,” focused on US policy, with a central theme of integrating and mainstreaming climate security into strategic decision making across the federal government. The panel event was moderated by CCS Director Erin Sikorsky and featured perspectives from experts with experience in U.S. government climate security policy. - [Risks of Response: Climate Security, Climate Policy & Farmer Protests in Europe](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/02/01/risks-of-response-climate-security-climate-policy-farmer-protests-in-europe/) - By Siena Cicarelli and Erin Sikorsky While much climate security analysis focuses on the direct and indirect security risks of climate hazards themselves, there is a third category of risk that receives comparatively less attention but has profound implications for the future of climate action. This category can be termed “risks of response” or the - [Announcing the 2024 Cohort of Ecological Security Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/31/announcing-the-2024-cohort-of-ecological-security-fellows/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is pleased to announce its 2024 class of Ecological Security Fellows. This initiative is a part of CCS’s Ecological Security Program, supported by the VK Rasmussen Foundation. Fellows are mid-career experts from a variety of backgrounds and geographies, and will - [Security and climate change implications for humanitarian, development and peace-building programmes in Somalia](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/30/security-and-climate-change-implications-for-humanitarian-development-and-peace-building-programmes-in-somalia/) - As part of the project ‘Catalysing cohesive action on climate and security: bridging silos for enhanced humanitarian action’ for USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, ODI and the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) hosted a workshop 3–4 October 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss challenges and opportunities across climate adaptation, security, development and humanitarian aid - [Biodiversity and Security: An Ecological Security Infographic](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/26/biodiversity-and-security-an-ecological-security-infographic/) - Today, the Ecological Security Program at the Council on Strategic Risks presents its second infographic (check out the first, here) which traces the links between biodiversity and security. The infographic spotlights a hypothetical example of a society interacting with a forest ecosystem in the tropics. It highlights that a healthy, biodiverse forest provides many benefits - [The Promise and Peril of Nuclear Energy in a Climate Changed World](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/26/the-promise-and-peril-of-nuclear-energy-in-a-climate-changed-world/) - Despite higher demand signals and new, potentially revolutionary nuclear technologies, the path forward for robust nuclear energy deployment is bumpy. Continued high costs and public skepticism are just two hurdles. Another challenging hurdle is climate change itself. - [MiRCH Update: Key Takeaways from Tracking Climate-Related Military Deployments](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/18/mirch-update-key-takeaways-from-tracking-climate-related-military-deployments/) - An intense global demand for climate-related relief, concerns about the impact of this demand on military readiness, continued opportunities for international cooperation, increasing risks of empowering bad actors, and gaps in data from China and Russia mark key MiRCH findings from 2023. - [Climate Change, Geopolitics, and Food Security: Event Summary](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/10/climate-change-geopolitics-and-food-security-event-summary/) - This report summarizes the third roundtable in the series, Climate Change, Geopolitics, and Food Security: Implications for Europe, the United States, and Multilateralism, held in Brussels and virtually on 13 November 2023. - [November 2023 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/07/november-2023-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In November 2023, MiRCH identified 10 military responses to climate change-related hazards, including wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and landslides. The tracker documented deployments in 8 countries. - [Remembering Climate Security Champion General Gordon Sullivan (Ret)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/01/08/remembering-climate-security-champion-general-gordon-sullivan-ret/) - We at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) were saddened to hear of the recent death of our Advisory Board member, General Gordon Sullivan, US Army (ret). While serving as the 32nd Chief of Staff to the US Army, General Sullivan was an early champion of integrating climate and environmental concerns into US national security. - [Climate Security Provisions in the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/23/climate-security-provisions-in-the-fy24-national-defense-authorization-act/) - Looking back at consideration by the Armed Services Committees over this year, it is clear that the connection between the impacts of climate change on the military and the mission and installation protection orientation of climate resilience authorities and actions helped climate security avoid some politicization, particularly in the House. - [New Book: ‘The Climate General’ Explores the Critical Link Between Climate Change and Global Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/20/new-book-the-climate-general-explores-the-critical-link-between-climate-change-and-global-security/) - In 'The Climate General', Tom Middendorp draws upon his extensive operational experience and deep knowledge of geopolitical dynamics to provide readers with a unique perspective on this complex issue. - [Ecological Sources of Coastal, National, and Global Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/18/ecological-sources-of-coastal-national-and-global-security/) - Climate change and natural hazards threaten coastal communities and the military installations and activities that rely on them worldwide. Nature-based solutions can mitigate these risks and increase resilience of these areas, alongside providing benefits like carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation. Policymakers and security communities can support such environmental preservation measures to safeguard military readiness, maintain deterrence, and bolalliances. - [Interview: AI And the End of the World](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/15/interview-ai-and-the-end-of-the-world/) - On Oct. 24, 2023, Christine Parthemore spoke with CNBC’s Jon Fortt at the Technology Executive Summit on AI on navigating the uncertain waters of AI’s potential—and securing a more promising future for generations to come. - [Event Summary: Climate Geopolitics and The U.S. Military at COP28](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/14/event-summary-climate-geopolitics-and-the-u-s-military-at-cop28/) - At COP28, U.S. officials highlighted the intertwined nature of climate change and national security and outlined ongoing climate adaptation initiatives globally. DASD Ferguson and Asst. Secretary of the Army Jacobson emphasized the importance of building partnerships to address climate challenges, and discussed the potential of renewable energy in reducing military emissions. - [The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in 2023: Glimmers of Progress Set Against a Troubled Geopolitical Landscape](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/14/the-biological-and-toxin-weapons-convention-in-2023-glimmers-of-progress-set-against-a-troubled-geopolitical-landscape/) - In a world in which biological threats and vulnerabilities are exceedingly complex, there is a critical need to reinforce relationships among global experts, national governments, and civil society. - [Call for Applications: Ecological Security Fellowship](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/06/call-for-applications-ecological-security-fellowship-2/) - The Council on Strategic Risks is pleased to announce a call for applications for its Ecological Security Fellowship, a key part of its broader Ecological Security Program. - [CCS Endorses COP28 Declaration On Climate, Relief, Recovery And Peace](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/12/03/ccs-endorses-cop28-declaration-on-climate-relief-recovery-and-peace/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is proud to endorse the urgent call to action embodied in the COP28 Declaration On Climate, Relief, Recovery And Peace, and welcomes the COP’s inclusion of a dedicated day on the topic for the first time. This Declaration reflects inputs - [Giving Tuesday and CSR Successes in 2023](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/28/giving-tuesday-and-csr-successes-in-2023/) - Friends and Colleagues, At the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), we have continued to expand our activities, our team, and our impact through 2023. Today, I’d like to share some of our accomplishments with you—and thank you, our supporters, networks, and participants in our efforts. Here are just a few of CSR’s 2023 highlights: Creating - [Climate Security at COP28: Issues to Watch](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/27/climate-security-at-cop28-issues-to-watch/) - As the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change kicks off in the UAE later this week, a range of challenging security and geopolitical dynamics will shape the landscape against which the negotiations will unfold. At the same time, it’s never been clearer that action to tackle climate threats can pay peace, security, and stability dividends. - [Event Summary: A CSR Fireside Chat on Chemical Weapons Threats and Responses](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/21/event-summary-a-csr-fireside-chat-on-chemical-weapons-threats-and-responses/) - On November 13, 2023, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) held the first in a series of quarterly fireside chats focusing on weapons of mass destruction issues. This first event provided an opportunity to celebrate the final destruction, on July 7, 2023, of the last weapon in the legacy U.S. chemical weapons stockpile, thereby satisfying - [Climate Finance, Food Security, and Cracks in the Transatlantic Alliance at COP28: Recommendations for the Global Stocktake](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/20/climate-finance-food-security-and-cracks-in-the-transatlantic-alliance-at-cop28-recommendations-for-the-global-stocktake/) - While most member states recognize that climate change is driving, and will continue to drive, migration and food insecurity, and is disproportionately impacting marginalized populations, climate finance is a glaring gap in their policies and plans to respond to the resulting threats. - [A Sole Purpose Doctrine for NATO Nuclear Forces? Examining Unilateral Declarations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/10/19/a-sole-purpose-doctrine-for-nato-nuclear-forces-examining-unilateral-declarations/) - CSR's Nuclear Risk Reduction Fellowship in 2023 investigated the role of unilateral declarations in risk reduction, specifically exploring a potential unilateral adoption of a sole purpose doctrine by NATO. Despite posing challenges and risks, this approach could lower nuclear usage risks in Europe under certain conditions and pressure Russia into a similar commitment. The sole purpose doctrine would emphasize deterrence and response to a nuclear attack but not rule out first-use in a conflict. Implementation timing would significantly influence the doctrine's impact on NATO members' confidence. - [Recommendations for U.S.-China Cooperation on Reducing Nuclear Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/13/recommendations-for-u-s-china-cooperation-on-reducing-nuclear-risks/) - By the Nolan Center Team This week, on November 15th, U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping are set to meet in San Francisco. This follows U.S.-China nuclear talks held on November 6th, which marked an important step forward for both nations. The delegations were led by Mallory Stewart, U.S. Assistant Secretary of - [Event Summary: Implications for NATO of Climate Security Scenarios in the Balkans](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/13/event-summary-implications-for-nato-of-climate-security-scenarios-in-the-balkans/) - An exercise conducted with the Halifax Peace with Women Fellowship 2023 By Lily Boland On October 30, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) led a scenario exercise on climate security for the new class of the Halifax Peace with Women Fellowship, which convenes senior female military leaders from NATO and partner countries for a - [CSR Welcomes New Research Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/08/csr-welcomes-new-research-fellows/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) is pleased to announce a new round of hires across its programs. CCS added expertise across several of its portfolios, bringing on Siena Cicarelli and Ethan Wong to expand its coverage of the security threats posed by climate change, including their intersection with Arctic policy, food security, and - [China and Ecological Security: The seeds of conflict, or the roots of détente?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/07/china-and-ecological-security-the-seeds-of-conflict-or-the-roots-of-detente/) - By Michael R. Zarfos As China and the United States continue to compete in many domains, ecological security may be an opportunity for cooperation. China’s impact on ecological security internally and externally can either be a geopolitical liability or a source of legitimacy. Together, these titanic countries could spur a reformation of global governance around - [The UK’s AI Safety Summit and The Future of AI Bioweapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/06/the-uks-ai-safety-summit-and-the-future-of-ai-bioweapons/) - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an epoch-defining technology that will profoundly shape the ways we live and work. In the so-called ‘Century of Biology,’ AI-enabled tools promise a massive increase in speed and capacity in certain parts of the bioengineering R&D cycle, including during data aggregation, lab automation, and the analysis and output phases. But despite - [Addressing the Threat of Disease Spillover](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/06/addressing-the-threat-of-disease-spillover/) - Bridging biosecurity and ecological security communities and activities will be critical to reaping the full benefits of effectively preventing, identifying, halting, and mitigating spillover events, and hopefully preventing the next pandemic. - [September/October 2023 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/11/01/september-october-2023-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - By Tom Ellison and Ethan Wong In September and October 2023, the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) documented 19 militaries that deployed in response to floods, hurricanes, droughts, and wildfires in 14 countries, including Libya, Mexico, India, Ghana, the United States, Brazil, and elsewhere. In northeastern Libya, on 10 September the combination of Storm - [The Interdependence of Climate Security and Good Governance: A Case Study from Pakistan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/10/25/the-interdependence-of-climate-security-and-good-governance-a-case-study-from-pakistan/) - By Ameera Adil and Faraz Haider Last year, Pakistan faced the most devastating floods in the history of the country, which is notable because the country lies on a geographical floodplain. The Indus is an ancient and powerful river. The floodplain of the river covers nearly half of Pakistan, where most of the country’s population - [The Cyber-Biosecurity Nexus: Key Risks and Recommendations for the United States](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/09/14/the-cyber-biosecurity-nexus-key-risks-and-recommendations-for-the-united-states/) - Cyber-biosecurity threats are escalating as malicious actors target critical infrastructure, biotech firms, and research institutions. This briefer provides an overview of the trends and critical risks at the nexus of cybersecurity and biosecurity. It then offers high-level recommendations for addressing these risks. - [Statement on the Attacks in Israel from Sherri Goodman and Christine Parthemore](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/10/11/statement-on-the-attacks-in-israel-from-sherri-goodman-and-christine-parthemore/) - In the days and weeks ahead, we will continue to hope for the release of hostages and an end to violence, and hold those affected in our hearts. - [New Journal Article: Climate Change Has Awakened the Polar Dragon](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/10/05/new-journal-article-climate-change-has-awakened-the-polar-dragon/) - The inaugural edition of the Journal of Arctic and Climate Security Studies, a new publication from the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, features the following article from CCS leadership: Climate Change Has Awakened the Polar Dragon By John Conger & Erin Sikorsky Read the article While the Arctic has long been a strategic - [10 Years of the Syria Chemical Weapons Challenge](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/10/04/the-past-10-years-of-the-syria-chemical-weapons-challenge/) - As we enter a period of 10 years past many major events related to the Syria chemical weapons challenge, this timeline captures historical activities spanning mid-2012 to the end of 2014. - [Three Climate Issues to Watch in Defense Bills this Fall](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/09/26/three-climate-issues-to-watch-in-defense-bills-this-fall/) - This year, climate issues have been drawn into tense and partisan political debates. Here are three climate issues to keep an eye on as Congress moves defense legislation this Fall. - [CCS Welcomes 2023-2024 Class of the Climate and Security Fellowship](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/09/20/ccs-welcomes-2023-2024-class-of-the-climate-and-security-fellowship/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 class of the Climate and Security Fellowship. The 2023-2024 class of 12 fellows comes from a diverse set of backgrounds and during their term, they will have opportunities to engage with expert speakers, discuss a syllabus of key climate security topics, and build relationships with the CCS network and one another. - [New Analysis of Climate Security Risks in Iran and Türkiye](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/09/14/new-analysis-of-climate-security-risks-in-iran-and-turkiye/) - As extreme weather this summer shows, no place is immune from climate change’s impact on the interconnected natural and human systems that underpin stability and security. - [August 2023 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/09/18/august-2023-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In August 2023, the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) tracker identified 19 countries in which militaries were deployed in response to climate hazards, often multiple times to different regions and types of hazard. The tracker identified 35 incidents total. - [Ecological Risk in a Future Southeast Asia: An Ecological Security Policy Game](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/09/13/ecological-risk-in-a-future-southeast-asia-an-ecological-security-policy-game/) - The results of this exercise show that loss of ecosystem functions and services—and the acceleration of climate change—may contribute to resource scarcity, food insecurity, economic fragility, community displacement, societal unrest, political instability, civil conflict and increased authoritarianism. - [CCS Input on the First National Nature Assessment](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/09/12/ccs-input-on-the-first-national-nature-assessment/) - CCS broadly supports the themes and framework proposed in the draft prospectus. The themes and cross cutting areas woven throughout them all intersect with the national security of the United States and, in particular, climate and ecological security. - [We’re Hiring: Research Fellows, Center for Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/08/23/were-hiring-research-fellows-center-for-climate-and-security/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire two team members for its Center for Climate and Security: Research Fellow (Nexus25 Project) and Research Fellow (General). - [Expert Reactions to U.S. Department of Defense’s Inaugural Biodefense Posture Review](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/08/17/expert-reactions-to-u-s-department-of-defenses-inaugural-biodefense-posture-review/) - The inaugural Biodefense Posture Review represents a major step in recognizing the severity that biological threats pose to national security. It reflects the dedication of the DoD to conduct an extensive review of its policies, plans, and authorities, and evaluate the modernization required to successfully achieve the goals of the DoD’s mission as laid out within the National Defense Strategy, the National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan, and other guiding documents. - [Roundup: Nolan Center Experts on the Final Destruction of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/07/07/roundup-nolan-center-experts-on-the-final-destruction-of-the-u-s-chemical-weapons-stockpile/) - Several experts at CSR’s Nolan Center hold deep experience in chemical weapons threat reduction and elimination, including oversight of the destruction of the U.S. stockpile and treaty compliance, and weighed in today on the nation’s achievement. - [A First Look at Typhoon Doksuri: China’s Climate Security Vulnerabilities](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/08/15/a-first-look-at-typhoon-doksuri-chinas-climate-security-vulnerabilities/) - Typhoon Doksuri's floods clearly illustrated risks to Chinese food security and domestic stability, as well as the role of the military in responding to such hazards. - [Stephanie Epner, Richard Kidd, and Alan Leung Join the Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/08/08/stephanie-epner-richard-kidd-and-alan-leung-join-the-center-for-climate-and-security-advisory-board/) - The Center for Climate and Security is pleased and honored to announce that Stephanie Epner, Richard Kidd, and Alan Leung have joined its distinguished Advisory Board of military and national security leaders. This group supports CCS by providing substantive and strategic guidance. - [Young Leaders to Bring Climate Security Priorities to the NATO Public Forum](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/07/07/young-leaders-to-bring-climate-security-priorities-to-the-nato-public-forum/) - On July 11th and 12th, the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS), with support from the U.S. Mission to NATO, will bring a delegation of six young leaders to the NATO Public Forum 2023, accompanied by the Center for Climate and Security’s Elsa Barron and IMCCS Secretary General, Sherri Goodman. - [July 2023 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/08/03/july-2023-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In July 2023, the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) tracker identified 16 countries in which militaries were deployed in response to climate hazards, often multiple times to different regions and types of hazard. The tracker identified 31 deployments total. Additionally, extreme weather events interrupted military activities and destroyed military infrastructure this month, underscoring the multiple ways in which these hazards strain defense and security capabilities. - [June 2023 Update: Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/07/05/june-2023-update-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-mirch-tracker/) - In June, the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) tracker identified 15 instances of military responses to climate change-related hazards across the globe. For much of the month, hundreds of wildfires burned across Canada, leading to the deployment of around 550 troops and associated aircraft equipment to assist in firefighting. - [Briefer: The Devil’s in the Deep: Marine Fisheries, Ecological Tipping Point Risks, and Maritime Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/22/briefer-the-devils-in-the-deep-marine-fisheries-ecological-tipping-point-risks-and-maritime-security/) - For countries and communities reliant on ocean resources, the combined ramifications of habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, pollution, resource depletion, and the mounting effects of global climate change could be considerable, jeopardizing the livelihoods, security, and welfare of millions of people. - [On the Verge - An Interview with Tanya Wyatt on Environmental and Wildlife Crime (018)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/11/on-the-verge-an-interview-with-tanya-wyatt-on-environmental-and-wildlife-crime-018/) - In this episode, Dr. Natasha Bajema, Director of the Converging Risks Lab, moderates a discussion about environmental crime and wildlife trafficking and their connection to security. The discussants are Dr. Rod Schoonover, Head of the Council on Strategic Risks’s Ecological Security Program, and Dr. Tanya Wyatt, Professor of Criminology at Northumbria University in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in - [On The Verge - Interview with Chip Barber on Illegal Logging, Forestry Crime, and Forest Integrity (017)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/21/on-the-verge-interview-with-chip-barber-on-illegal-logging-forestry-crime-and-forest-integrity-017/) - In this episode, Dr. Natasha Bajema, Director of the Converging Risks Lab, moderates a discussion about illegal logging, forestry crime, forest integrity and their connection to security. The discussants are Dr. Rod Schoonover, Head of the Council on Strategic Risks’s Ecological Security Program, and Dr. Charles Barber, Director of the Forest Legality Initiative and Senior - [Announcing the Inaugural Cohort of Ecological Security Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/18/announcing-the-inaugural-cohort-of-ecological-security-fellows/) - The Converging Risks Lab, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is pleased to announce its inaugural class of Ecological Security Fellows. This initiative is a part of the institute’s Ecological Security Program, supported by the VK Rasmussen Foundation. Fellows are mid-career experts from a variety of backgrounds and geographies, and will work together - [CSR Expands Ecological Security Program with Significant New Grant](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/08/03/csr-expands-ecological-security-program-with-significant-new-grant/) - Over the past year, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) has been at the forefront of investigating the security implications of ecological degradation and exploitation. CSR’s landmark 2021 report, “The Security Threat that Binds Us,” identified multiple pathways through which ecological disruption can introduce and exacerbate internal and geopolitical conflict, instability, food and water stress, - [The Security Implications of Human-Driven Biotic Eruptions](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/07/06/the-security-implications-of-human-driven-biotic-eruptions/) - Introducing the biotic eruption, a tipping point characterized by the atypical increase of species' populations, biomass, or byproducts. Biotic eruptions are often the result of environmental pollution, wildlife exploitation, or species introductions. Policymakers should consider these eruptions in a global security context, and take actions accordingly. - [Leadership in the Polycrisis: How UK Defense Training Can Help Us Navigate a Future of Unprecedented Environmental Disruption](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/28/leadership-in-the-polycrisis-how-uk-defense-training-can-help-us-navigate-a-future-of-unprecedented-environmental-disruption/) - Approaches to leadership development in a defense context—which commonly focus on the ability to operate effectively under intense conditions—might have increasing relevance for civilian leaders wanting to enhance their capacity to respond to this emergent "polycrisis" era. - [Climate Security at the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/22/climate-security-at-the-2023-spring-meetings-of-the-world-bank-group-and-the-international-monetary-fund/) - As noted by the 2022 US National Security Strategy (NSS) 2022, “The climate crisis is the existential challenge of our time.” In this context of enhanced urgency on the crisis, climate change– and its interconnectedness with peace, development, and humanitarian challenges– was a key subject of discussion at the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC this April. Climate change creates disproportionate and adverse effects for at-risk populations and as the negative impacts of climate change intensify, they can contribute to compounding security risks such as loss of livelihoods, competition for natural resources, migration, internal displacement, political unrest, diminished social cohesion, increased recruitment by violent extremist organizations (VEOs), malign influence by state and non-state actors, and more military deployments in response to an increased scale and tempo of natural disasters. - [Review: The UK Government’s Updated Biological Security Strategy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/28/review-the-u-k-governments-updated-biological-security-strategy/) - The UK has long had strong capabilities for addressing biological risks, yet more than ever its national strategy now recognizes the potential for biological threats to have catastrophic impacts and seeks to continue expanding on lessons from and capabilities developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. - [Another Step Toward a World Without Chemical Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/27/another-step-toward-a-world-without-chemical-weapons/) - The completion of chemical weapons destruction in Colorado is a strong signal of upholding the norm against possessing and using these brutal weapons. It also stands in stark contrast to the illegal use of chemical weapons in recent years by countries such as Syria and Russia, and concerns that Russia may use them in its war against Ukraine. - [Event Summary: Reauthorizing The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act—Perspectives from the White House](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/22/event-summary-reauthorizing-the-pandemic-and-all-hazards-preparedness-act-perspectives-from-the-white-house/) - On June 7, CSR hosted an event with former Executive Office of the President policymakers on the importance of reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA). - [The Geopolitics of Climate Change: China and the United States at the UN Security Council](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/20/the-geopolitics-of-climate-change-china-and-the-united-states-at-the-un-security-council/) - In last week’s meeting, China used its time at the microphone to level a series of pointed comments aimed implicitly at the US and EU. Zhang Jun argued there were three areas in which the UNSC should focus its attention. - [Water Weaponization: Its Forms, Its Use in the Russia-Ukraine War, and What to Do About It](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/01/water-weaponization-its-forms-its-use-in-the-russia-ukraine-war-and-what-to-do-about-it/) - Water has been associated with conflict and cooperation between states since the beginning of recorded history. In ancient Mesopotamia, a conflict over the Euphrates River between two Sumerian cities yielded the world’s first recorded treaty. However, water has just as often been weaponized during conflict—water weaponization being the exploitation of the human need for water, by deliberately rendering it scarce and/ or insecure. This briefer will highlight the core elements of water weaponization, and then assess its practice in the Russia-Ukraine war to date. - [Are We Ready for the Terror Threat Posed by El Niño?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/07/are-we-ready-for-the-terror-threat-posed-by-el-nino/) - OPINION — Imagine the U.S. government had credible information that a terrorist group was planning attacks in multiple cities across the globe. Attacks that could result in the deaths of hundreds of people, the destruction of critical infrastructure, and military installations. Attacks that could disrupt food and water security for millions and require the deployment of thousands of soldiers to respond. Of course, the United States would do everything in its power to prevent and prepare for such a threat. The issue would immediately rise to the top of the agenda for the National Security Council and the Intelligence Community. Task forces would be created, Presidential briefings given, and resources poured in to analyze, warn about, and address the risk. - [CCS Releases New Tool: Military Responses to Climate Hazards Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/06/ccs-releases-new-tool-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-tracker/) - Militaries are increasingly called upon to assist with wildfires, flood response, and other extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change. CCS is launching a new effort to monitor such actions: the Military Responses to Climate Hazards (MiRCH) Tracker. - [Call for Applications: Climate Security Fellows 2023-2024](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/01/call-for-applications-climate-security-fellows-2023-2024/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2023-2024 Climate Security Fellowship. In the last few years, extreme weather, food and energy crises, and global competition over clean energy have underscored the security implications of climate change, prompting - [Statement: G7 Nations Wisely Put the Brakes on a New Arms Race](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/05/19/statement-g7-nations-wisely-put-the-brakes-on-a-new-arms-race/) - We commend the G7 nations for seizing the moment by recommitting to long-held norms, encouraging dialogue, and setting priorities for future actions. This is just one step, but it is the right one. - [CSR Announces 2023-24 Class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/05/08/csr-announces-2023-24-class-of-its-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-programs/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is excited to announce the newest class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs. In a time of rising geopolitical tensions, rapid technological change, and an enduring pandemic, the potential devastation of biological risks is clearer now than ever. Whether natural, accidental, or deliberate, biological threats pose grave dangers to international security and stability, and significantly impact the welfare of people around the globe. Further, biological weapons continue to be at the center of misinformation and disinformation campaigns, and there is an urgent need to strengthen long-standing norms and institutions that work to stop biological weapons from being created and used. The urgency for mitigating this area of catastrophic risks is also driven home by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and concerns that Russia’s leaders might consider using weapons of mass destruction in conflict. - [Briefer: Russian Nuclear Weapons and Belarus: NATO Should Continue to Stand Steady](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/28/briefer-russian-nuclear-weapons-and-belarus-nato-should-continue-to-stand-steady/) - How the United States and its NATO allies react in the coming days will play a major role in shaping the trajectory of the following decades. - [Battling Catastrophic Biological Threats: Cost-Effective Solutions for National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/05/03/battling-catastrophic-biological-threats-cost-effective-solutions-for-national-security/) - Biological threats to national security pose a unique combination of risk and opportunity, with the potential for large-scale damage and the bargain of mitigating them. - [CSR Announces New Staff, Internal Moves](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/04/13/csr-announces-new-staff-internal-moves/) - Continuing a trajectory of rapid growth, the Council on Strategic Risks is pleased to announce a new round of hires across its programs and role changes for existing staff. The Center for Climate and Climate and Security (CCS) added expertise across its portfolios, bringing on Tom Ellison, Patricia Parera, and Michael Zarfos to analyze ecological security risks and advance progress in addressing security threats posed by climate change. The Converging Risks Lab also welcomed Lily Boland as a new team member. - [Expanding on Future Biological Weapons Convention Verification: An Interview with Dr. Piers Millett](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/04/11/expanding-on-future-biological-weapons-convention-verification-an-interview-with-dr-piers-millett/) - CSR's Dan Regan talks to IBBIS Executive Director Piers Millett on the Biological Weapons Convention, the future of its implementation, and how verification could be pursued amid shifting technologies. - [An Integrated Approach to Pandemic Prevention](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/30/an-integrated-approach-to-pandemic-prevention/) - Habitat fragmentation, ecosystem degradation, land conversion, deforestation, and wildlife trade have all contributed to the steady increase in disease spillover over the past several decades. - [Briefer: India’s Lithium Resources in Kashmir Highlight Conflict Risks Around Critical Minerals](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/30/briefer-indias-lithium-resources-in-kashmir-highlight-conflict-risks-around-critical-minerals/) - There is an urgent need to prepare for the potential negative security repercussions of expanded mining in India and elsewhere, including via improved mining governance, new technologies, reduced lithium demand, and conflict resolution. - [Briefer: One Year Later: Unraveling Climate and Ecological Security in Ukraine](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/23/briefer-one-year-later-unraveling-climate-and-ecological-security-in-ukraine/) - One year after the invasion, this briefer reassesses the war’s implications for the energy transition, as well as global climate, ecological and food security. - [Climate and Ecological Security in the 2023 Annual Threat Assessment](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/16/climate-and-ecological-security-in-the-2023-annual-threat-assessment/) - As in previous years, climate and ecological security issues featured in the briefing and submitted testimonies presented by ODNI and the rest of the IC. - [Briefer: The Avian Influenza Outbreak—Ecological and Biological Security Implications](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/14/briefer-the-avian-influenza-outbreak-ecological-and-biological-security-implications/) - Taking steps now to enhance surveillance, accelerate vaccine testing and development, and improve the security of farms, will help prevent H5N1 from becoming the next pandemic. It is not too late to tackle this threat, but it is ultimately up to us to take action. - [Briefer: How the United States Can Prevent the Weaponization of Climate Migration in a Warming World: A Humane Approach](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/08/briefer-how-the-united-states-can-prevent-the-weaponization-of-climate-migration-in-a-warming-world-a-humane-approach/) - This briefer explores the complex and multicausal drivers of migration–from escaping violence to displacement caused by climate change–and suggests how the United States can reform its immigration policies to mitigate the risks of weaponized climate-driven migration. - [Report: A Summit on Ending Biological Threats—Event Summary](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/03/02/report-a-summit-on-ending-biological-threats-event-summary/) - This report summarizes discussions held during a workshop hosted by the Council on Strategic Risks on September 26, 2022, focused on ending extreme risks from biological threats. Conversations centered around a few core subject areas: pathogen early warning, public-private collaboration, interagency efforts and collaboration, and strategic communications. - [New Report: Climate Security Scenarios for Sweden](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/02/07/new-report-climate-security-scenarios-for-sweden/) - explores China's security vulnerabilities in the face of expected climate change effects, focusing on its key risks, the Chinese response so far, and identifies important uncertainties as conditions continue to develop. The report also makes several recommendations for the United States as it addresses what the Department of Defense has called the "pacing threat" from China. - [Briefer: The Forgotten Countries in the “Muddy Middle” of Climate Security Risk: A Case for Addressing the Gap](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/02/06/briefer-the-forgotten-countries-in-the-muddy-middle-of-climate-security-risk-a-case-for-addressing-the-gap/) - This Briefer explores the limits of such rankings, examines the various climate-security risks of those countries in the "muddy middle," and suggests analytical framing that can help reinforce the visibility of those risks faced in such countries. - [National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity Votes to Support Stricter Regulations for Risky Research](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/02/06/national-science-advisory-board-for-biosecurity-votes-to-support-stricter-regulations-for-risky-research/) - NSABB's recommendations cover research involving enhanced pandemic potential pathogens, as well as dual-use research of concern. - [Blinken in Beijing: An Opportunity to Reduce Nuclear Risk](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/01/31/blinken-in-beijing-an-opportunity-to-reduce-nuclear-risk/) - Despite the challenges, there are numerous measures available today that could become a longer arc of arms control relations involving the United States and China. - [Briefer: Deepening U.S. Climate Security Ambition: A Road Map for 2023](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/01/19/briefer-deepening-u-s-climate-security-ambition-a-road-map-for-2023/) - By Brigitte Hugh and Erin Sikorsky In 2022, the world faced the challenging reality of the nexus of climate change and security on a daily basis. From deadly floods, heatwaves, and droughts across nearly every continent, to an energy and food security crisis sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the impact of climate change - [The Pentagon’s Chemical and Biological Defense Program Moves Towards Modernization, Yet Congress Slashes Funding](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/01/25/the-pentagons-chemical-and-biological-defense-program-moves-towards-modernization-yet-congress-slashes-funding/) - DoD's major update for its Chemical and Biological Defense Program outlines a new, two-phased approach to medical countermeasures implementation. But - [Climate Security Favorites 2022: Read, Watch, Listen](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/12/20/climate-security-favorites-2022-read-watch-listen/) - By Elsa Barron To reflect on a year of action and investment in climate security, the Center for Climate Security (CCS) asked our network to share their favorite climate security articles, books, podcasts, and videos of 2022. We know you’ll find something to inspire you among this list, as we look ahead to the challenges - [CSR Giving Tuesday Note](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/29/csr-giving-tuesday-note/) - Friends and Colleagues, This year, we have witnessed new heights in all of the global, systemic risks at the heart of our mission at the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR): the risks of nuclear weapons use, instability shaped by the climate crisis and ecological degradation, ongoing biological and chemical weapons threats, a continuing pandemic amidst - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | October 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/10/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-october-2022/) - By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to “Read, Watch, Listen” from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. In October, anticipation of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UN Framework Convention on - [Five Climate Security Angles to Consider at the Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/11/03/five-climate-security-angles-to-consider-at-the-climate-change-conference-in-sharm-el-sheikh/) - By Erin Sikorsky and Brigitte Hugh As the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change kicks off in Egypt next week, a wide range of climate change issues will be discussed. Wondering how these discussions connect to or impact security? CCS has you covered with some reading suggestions. - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | September 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/10/11/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-september-2022/) - By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to “Read, Watch, Listen” from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. Over the summer, governments across the globe deployed military forces to fight fires and respond to drought. As fire season winds - [Monkeypox and the Convergence of Climate, Ecological, and Biological Security Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/28/monkeypox-and-the-convergence-of-climate-ecological-and-biological-security-risks/) - By Brigitte Hugh, Lillian Parr, and Dr. Dan Regan A recent study published in Nature found that 218 of the 375 infectious diseases that have impacted humanity have been exacerbated by climate hazards intensified by greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the study highlighted that there are over 1,000 pathways in which climatic hazards can lead - [In Focus: The Interwoven Roots of Systemic Food Insecurity in Palestine](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/21/in-focus-the-interwoven-roots-of-systemic-food-insecurity-in-palestine/) - By Elsa Barron The recent escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza reached a tentative pause in early August, but the systemic shocks of conflict will continue to ripple through the Gaza Strip as local communities attempt to regain their footing. These shockwaves impact access to basic necessities such as food and are amplified by - [CSR Board Member Dr. Marcus King Takes New Position at Georgetown University](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/14/csr-board-member-dr-marcus-king-takes-new-position-at-georgetown-university/) - By Elsa Barron Vice Chair of the Board at the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), Dr. Marcus King, has taken a new position at Georgetown University, where he is now a Professor of the Practice in Environment and International Affairs at its Walsh School of Foreign Service and Earth Commons Institute. Formerly, he was the - [We’re Hiring: Deputy Director for the Center for Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/08/were-hiring-deputy-director-for-the-center-for-climate-and-security/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire a Deputy Director for the Center for Climate and Security. This is an exciting growth opportunity for the right candidate. The person filling this role will: Help ensure CSR has the right strategy, programs, and people to drive progress in addressing a range of threats to - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | August 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/09/07/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-august-2022/) - By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to “Read, Watch, Listen” from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. A hot August around the world had CCS experts discussing the security implications of heatwaves, the opening Arctic, and the energy - [Water and Sabotage in Paradise: Greece’s Hidden Climate Conflict](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/08/17/water-and-sabotage-in-paradise-greeces-hidden-climate-conflict/) - Greece’s islands might seem like unlikely settings for a wild years-long sabotage campaign, but the explosions tell a different story. By Peter Schwartzstein In late July, a person or persons unknown detonated a bomb alongside the undersea Salamina-to-Aegina water pipeline in Greece, leaving nothing but traces of a fuse and leaking freshwater. Two years earlier, - [Climate Security Implications of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/08/15/climate-security-implications-of-the-u-s-inflation-reduction-act/) - The legislation has multiple implications for U.S. climate security —including helping prevent the worst security outcomes of unchecked emissions, bolstering U.S. credibility, improving U.S. energy reliability and resilience, and complementing DoD efforts to curb its own emissions. - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | July 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/08/08/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-july-2022/) - By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to “Read, Watch, Listen” from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. During July, the European heatwave underscored the impact of climate change on human well-being and security. In addition, the crisis highlighted - [Yellow Card: Global Food Crisis Underscores Need for Systemic Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/08/01/yellow-card-global-food-crisis-underscores-need-for-systemic-security/) - By Brigitte Hugh In January 2022, food prices were already higher than normal. Pandemic-driven supply chain and labor complications combined with intensifying climate hazards had negatively affected global food availability. Then Russia invaded Ukraine, which has drastically reduced grain exports from Europe’s breadbasket, compounding the situation. Among other devastating humanitarian consequences, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - [We’re Hiring: Full Time Positions With CSR](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/07/29/were-hiring-full-time-positions-with-csr/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire several full-time team members as we continue to expand. CSR is open to a range of experience levels for these positions, though we are seeking strong subject matter expertise in the relevant issue areas as a leading requirement. Biological Security Position(s) CSR is seeking one or - [Summer Heatwave Underscores Importance of NATO’s Climate Security Focus](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/07/21/summer-heatwave-underscores-importance-of-natos-climate-security-focus/) - By Erin Sikorsky On July 18, the UK Royal Air Force halted flights out of its largest airbase because the ‘runway had melted’ – a line my colleagues suggested they’d expect to read in a dystopian science fiction novel about the future. Alas, this headline was all too real, as countries across Europe battled record - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | June 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/07/07/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-june-2022/) - By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to “Read, Watch, Listen” from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. In June, CCS experts focused on the recently released “Climate Action 2030” from the Navy, and the NATO ministerial which took - [Event Summary: RADx® Initiative & COVID-19 Solutions](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/30/event-summary-radx-initiative-covid-19-solutions/) - By Dr. Dan Regan The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted a webinar on June 8 titled RADx® Initiative & COVID-19 Solutions: Bioengineering at Unprecedented Speed and Scale. As COVID-19 continues to spread and new variants of concern emerge, testing remains an important public safety tool. In the United States, a critical component of testing - [Event Summary | U.S. Climate Security Investments: Changing Plans Into Action](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/28/event-summary-deploying-dollars-and-ingenuity-whole-of-government-action-on-climate-risk/) - By Brigitte Hugh “We have got to get busy deploying dollars and energy and ingenuity to tackle the problem,” said Gillian Caldwell, Chief Climate Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) at a recent Center for Climate and Security (CCS) event: “U.S. Climate Security Investments: Changing Plans into Actions” (watch the whole event - [Within the Health, Climate, and Security Nexus, Prevention is Better than a Cure](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/29/within-the-health-climate-and-security-nexus-prevention-is-better-than-a-cure/) - By Kelly Bridges During the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, healthcare workers were contracting Ebola at an alarming rate. The World Health Organization (WHO) found that those fighting Ebola at the frontlines--in clinics and hospitals--were up to 32 times more likely to contract the disease than the rest of the population. Among the principal - [The WHO BioHub: An Emerging Tool for Secure and Equitable Pathogen Sharing](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/27/the-who-biohub-an-emerging-tool-for-secure-and-equitable-pathogen-sharing/) - By Lillian Parr As the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, rapid detection and swift information sharing are key to stemming the spread of emergent infectious diseases and their variants. To gain insight into a novel pathogen or variant, it must be quickly sequenced and analyzed to determine what threat it poses and what interventions are most - [BRIEFER: Climate Security: An Agenda for Future Research](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/23/briefer-climate-security-an-agenda-for-future-research/) - By Dr. Duncan Depledge, Matt Ince, Olivia Lazard, and Erin Sikorsky Climate change is altering the physical and strategic context in which national and international security is pursued. But it is not just increased climate variability and its socio-economic consequences that could compound instability and violent conflict in the future. The scale of transformation required - [Building Climate-Secure Communities: The USAID Climate Strategy and FY 2023 Budget Request](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/22/building-climate-secure-communities-the-usaid-climate-strategy-and-fy-2023-budget-request/) - By Elsa Barron On Earth Day 2022, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) released a new Climate Strategy for application between 2022 and 2030. The whole-of-agency approach created by this strategy is one that USAID calls “unprecedented” and necessary to realize a “vision of a resilient, prosperous, and equitable world with net-zero greenhouse - [New White House Action Plan Underscores Water Security as National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/09/new-white-house-action-plan-underscores-water-security-as-national-security/) - By Rod Schoonover On June 1, the Biden-Harris Administration released the White House Action Plan on Global Water Security, citing water’s role in national security as a primary motivation for its approach. In remarks delivered from the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Vice President Kamala Harris argued that “many of our - [Lyston Lea Joins the Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/13/lyston-lea-joins-the-center-for-climate-and-security-advisory-board/) - By Brigitte Hugh The Center for Climate and Security is pleased and honored to announce that Lyston Lea has joined its distinguished Advisory Board of military and national security leaders. This group supports CCS leadership by providing substantive and strategic guidance. Mr. Lea recently retired from Defense Intelligence Senior Level Federal service in March 2022, - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | May 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/09/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-may-2022/) - By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to “Read, Watch, Listen” from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. In May, CCS experts contributed to two new reports on climate security futures and wrote on climate-related migration, the new French - [Join Us for the Launch of the 2022 World Climate and Security Series](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/01/join-us-for-the-launch-of-the-2022-world-climate-and-security-series/) - By Elsa Barron Join the International Military Council on Climate Security’s Expert Group on June 7, 2022, at 5 PM CET/ 11 AM ET for the launch of the 2022 World Climate and Security Report Series (register here). The 2022 Series includes three components reflecting the priorities in the NATO Climate Change and Security Action - [New U.S. Navy Climate Strategy Sets High-Level Goals](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/06/02/new-navy-climate-strategy-sets-high-level-goals/) - By Erin Sikorsky On May 24, the U.S. Navy released Climate Action 2030, its response to the Presidential directive to integrate climate considerations into all aspects of the Department of Defense. The Navy is the second of the armed services to release such a strategy – the Army released its version in February, and the - [New Report: Scenarios-Based Analysis for the Levant: Adaptive Technologies for Regional Climate-Related Security Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/31/new-report-scenarios-based-analysis-for-the-levant-adaptive-technologies-for-regional-climate-related-security-risks/) - Today, the Center for Climate and Security, the International Military Council on Climate Security Expert Group, and adelphi released a new scenarios-based report on the Levant, Adaptive Technologies for Regional Climate-Related Security Risks, as part of the Weathering Risk project. This scenario-based analysis explores four possible future climate security scenarios for the Levant, in order to anticipate future - [On the Verge - Interview with Dan Poneman on the Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine for Nuclear Energy (020)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/23/on-the-verge-interview-with-dan-poneman-on-the-implications-of-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-for-nuclear-energy-020/) - In this episode, Dr. Natasha Bajema, Director of the Converging Risks Lab (CRL) and Andrea Rezzonico, Deputy to the CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks and Deputy Director of CRL, co-host an interview with the Hon. Dan Poneman, who currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Council on Strategic Risks. We discuss - [On the Verge - Interview with David Maher on Data Authentication, Blockchain, and National Security (019)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/09/on-the-verge-interview-with-david-maher-on-data-authentication-blockchain-and-national-security-019/) - In this episode, Dr. Natasha Bajema, Director of the Converging Risks Lab, interviews Dr. David Maher who has more than three decades of experience in secure computing and currently serves as Chief Technical Officer of Intertrust. Before joining his current company in 1999, Maher was chief scientist for AT&T Secure Communications Systems, Head of the - [The CDC Officially Launches the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/25/the-cdc-officially-launches-the-center-for-forecasting-and-outbreak-analytics/) - By: Dr. Ryan Duncombe Last week, a puzzling new monkeypox outbreak appeared in the United States after new cases popped up in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, and Canada. As of May 20, there are now a total of over 70 confirmed cases in multiple countries. Public health officials are working hard to understand how - [Event: RADx® Initiative & COVID-19 Solutions: Bioengineering at Unprecedented Speed and Scale](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/23/event-radx-initiative-covid-19-solutions-bioengineering-at-unprecedented-speed-and-scale/) - By Lillian Parr On Wednesday, June 8 from 1pm–2pm EST, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) will host a webinar entitled RADx® Initiative & COVID-19 Solutions: Bioengineering at Unprecedented Speed and Scale. You can register for the event here. The webinar will discuss the RADx Initiative, which was launched in April 2020 by the National - [Understanding the Threat of Biological Weapons in a World with COVID-19: Updated Report and Video Release](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/24/understanding-the-threat-of-biological-weapons-in-a-world-with-covid-19-updated-report-and-video-release/) - Today the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is releasing an update to its report entitled Understanding the Threat of Biological Weapons in a World with COVID-19—with a significantly expanded Part III and an accompanying video call-to-action. The updated report features a new final chapter with policy recommendations that would help accelerate the United States toward - [A Threat to Ecological Security from Inter-Species Viral Distributions Driven by Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/17/a-threat-to-ecological-security-from-inter-species-viral-distributions-driven-by-climate-change/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack Most of the security analysis on climate change effects has been focused on human systems and how people need to mitigate and adapt to those effects. However, these same effects will also create multiple opportunities for humans to become hosts for new pathogens, such as viruses, potentially significantly altering and disrupting - [South Asia’s Scorching Heatwave: Another Window Into Our Climate-Insecure Planet  ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/12/south-asias-scorching-heatwave-another-window-into-our-climate-insecure-planet/) - By Sarang Shidore South Asia’s cruel heatwave in recent weeks has seen land temperatures reach 122 F (49 C) and air temperatures as high as 143 F (62 C) in India and Pakistan. A brutal April was preceded by a searing March, both setting records on the subcontinent for those months. The peak summer period - [Learning to Love Deserts](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/10/learning-to-love-deserts/) - Editor's Note: This is a bit different than our usual posts analyzing the latest government policies and emerging risks. But as the 15th UN Conference on Desertification begins this week, we thought it was an important reminder of the beauty and importance of one of the geographies we often examine through a climate security lens. - [Unpacking the Pentagon’s $3.1 Billion Climate Request](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/05/unpacking-the-pentagons-3-1-billion-climate-request/) - By John Conger On March 28, the U.S. Federal Budget request for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) was released, officially kicking off the Congressional budget season and the ensuing posture testimonies, staffer briefs, and associated deep dives into the details of the budget. With that first release, however, the Department of Defense (DoD) had not yet - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | April 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/04/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-april-2022/) - By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to “Read, Watch, Listen” from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. In April, CCS experts were called upon to discuss a multiplicity of topics, including wargames in the Arctic, water diplomacy in - [Biosecurity at The Global Synthetic Biology Conference](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/05/03/biosecurity-at-the-global-synthetic-biology-conference/) - By Lillian Parr From April 12–14, Built with Biology hosted The Global Synthetic Biology Conference, an annual event that features expert speakers and provides networking opportunities for members of the synthetic biology community. The conference highlighted some exciting new biotechnologies, from novel DNA synthesis techniques to AI-enabled drug discovery, and demonstrated the rapid pace of - [We’re Hiring: Full-Time Positions in the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/28/were-hiring-full-time-positions-in-the-janne-e-nolan-center-on-strategic-weapons/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is expanding our nuclear team in the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of CSR. This year, CSR plans to hire 3-5 full time staff members to help advance and expand our vision for reducing the risks of nuclear war and driving momentum toward future arms - [Key Takeaways on Bio-threats from U.S. State Department Nonproliferation Compliance Report](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/25/key-takeaways-on-bio-threats-from-u-s-state-department-nonproliferation-compliance-report/) - By Ryan Duncombe and Lillian Parr The U.S. State Department has released its 2022 report “Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments.” The report is an important annual resource—and one of the few public, unclassified U.S. government assessments of biological weapons threats. First, this year’s report indicates widespread compliance - [New Pentagon Inspector General Report on Climate Resilience in the Arctic: Key Takeaways](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/21/new-pentagon-inspector-general-report-on-climate-resilience-in-the-arctic-key-takeaways/) - By Erin Sikorsky Last week, the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) released a new report evaluating the climate resilience of US military bases in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic that provides a revealing glimpse of some of the challenges and opportunities facing the DoD as it works to implement climate security measures across its - [Event: Challenge Accepted: A Progress Report on the Climate Security Plan for America and Recommendations for the Way Ahead](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/17/event-challenge-accepted-a-progress-report-on-the-climate-security-plan-for-america-and-recommendations-for-the-way-ahead/) - By Elsa Barron In 2019, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) released the Climate Security Plan for America, which called on the U.S. President to “recognize climate change as a vital national security threat, and issue a National Strategy to fulfill a ‘responsibility to prepare for and prevent’ that threat.” Now, three years later, - [Integrating Climate Change into the US Global Fragility Strategy: A New “Prologue”](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/19/integrating-climate-change-into-the-us-global-fragility-strategy-a-new-prologue/) - By Erin Sikorsky In early April, the Biden Administration released a “prologue” to the US Global Fragility Strategy, also known as the Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability. The initial document was developed under the Trump Administration in response to requirements in the Global Fragility Act (GFA). Congress passed the GFA in 2019 with - [No Time for Half Measures: A Security Perspective on the New IPCC Report on Mitigation](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/12/no-time-for-half-measures-a-security-perspective-on-the-new-ipcc-report-on-mitigation/) - By Sofie Bliemel and Brigitte Hugh The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III (WGIII) on Mitigation released its contribution to the Sixth Assessment Cycle (AR6) on April 4 after the longest approval plenary in the IPCC’s history. The top-line takeaway from the third and final report of AR6 is that global emissions - [New Report: Climate Change, Security and Political Coherence in the South and East China Seas](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/13/new-report-climate-change-security-and-political-coherence-in-the-south-and-east-china-seas/) - By Rachel Fleishman Which socio-political, technological, demographic, diplomatic, military, and economic drivers will shape the converging threats of climate change and national security in the South and East China Seas? This is the motivating question for a new report, from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), entitled Climate Change, Security and Political Coherence in - [CSR Statement Delivered April 4th to the Biological Weapons Convention Preparatory Committee](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/05/csr-statement-delivered-april-4th-to-the-biological-weapons-convention-preparatory-committee/) - The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Preparatory Committee meetings in Geneva began Monday, April 4th, and continue through April 11th, 2022. Pre-recorded, brief statements from nongovernmental organizations were delivered on Monday, including the following statement in support for the BWC’s mission by the CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), Christine Parthemore. Several leading experts - [A Case Study in the Environmental Risks of War: Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/07/a-case-study-in-the-environmental-risks-of-war-kyiv-hydroelectric-power-plant/) - By Richard Marcantonio The risks of warfare are complex. Beyond the often-devastating immediate humanitarian implications of large-scale violence, warfare’s impact on the broader environment is multifaceted, posing environmental, social, political, economic, and human health risks. The ongoing violence in Ukraine precipitated by Russia’s invasion has brought to the fore, again, the specter of these broader - [The Need for Sustained COVID-19 Response & Mitigation Funding](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/06/the-need-for-sustained-covid-19-response-mitigation-funding/) - By Lillian Parr As COVID-19 cases fall in most parts of the U.S. and a sense of normalcy begins to return, it is tempting to think that the pandemic is no longer a major threat. However, this is not the first time the U.S. has been lulled into a false sense of security. Before the - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | March 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/01/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-march-2022/) - By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to Read, Watch, Listen from CSR's Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. This month, our experts were largely focused on the crisis in Ukraine and how it might intersect with a changing climate - [RELEASE: The Climate and Security Advisory Group Grades Biden Administration on Climate Security ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/31/release-the-climate-and-security-advisory-group-grades-biden-administration-on-climate-security/) - Challenge Accepted, a new report issued by 79 senior national security experts recognizes the prioritization of climate change in the Administration’s security plans, but states it’s time to move from plans to bolder and more concrete action. On March 31, 2022, 79 senior military, national security and intelligence leaders of the Climate and Security Advisory Group (CSAG), - [DEADLINE EXTENDED - Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons (2022 - 2023)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/02/call-for-applications-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-2022-2023/) - As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the devastation that biological threats can cause is clearer than ever. Whether biological threats arise naturally, by accident, or through a deliberate effort to weaponize infectious diseases, they pose grave risks to international security and stability, and significantly impact the welfare and health of people - [U.S. House Adaptation Hearings Offer Insights for Climate Security Action](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/04/04/u-s-house-adaptation-hearings-offer-insights-for-climate-security-action/) - By Elsa Barron In early March, the U.S. House of Representatives hosted two hearings on climate adaptation in the United States. Given the current and future risks posed by climate change, including sea-level rise, intensifying natural disasters, and extreme temperatures, creating a plan to respond and adapt to climate change is crucial for ensuring security. - [HIGHLIGHTS: House Armed Services Committee Talks Climate Strategies and Resiliency ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/28/highlights-house-armed-services-committee-talks-climate-strategies-and-resiliency/) - By John Conger On March 16, 2022, the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing to discuss matters dealing with energy, installations, and environment at the Department of Defense. The witnesses were Paul Cramer, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations and Environment); Paul Farnan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the - [EVENT SUMMARY: IPCC Authors Underscore Importance of Governance, Adaptation to Reduce Climate Vulnerability](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/24/event-summary-ipcc-authors-underscore-importance-of-governance-adaptation-to-reduce-climate-vulnerability/) - By Brigitte Hugh Our responses to climate challenges, or lack thereof, increasingly play a role in the severity of impacts on human systems. That’s part of “what makes climate risks so challenging to manage,” said Dr. Katherine Mach, a lead author on the Working Group II report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - [On the Verge: Climate, Migration, and Security in Central America (016)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/26/on-the-verge-climate-migration-and-security-in-central-america/) - In this episode, Andrea Rezzonico, Deputy Director of the Converging Risks Lab, interviews Andrew Davis, Senior Researcher at Fundación PRISMA. PRISMA is a regional center for dialogue and research on development and the environment in Central America. Andrea and Andrew discussed several threads including: The complex intersection of corruption, narco-deforestation, climate change, and migration issuesHarmful - [We're Hiring: Communications Associate](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/21/were-hiring-communications-associate/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), a nonprofit, nonpartisan security policy think tank based in Washington, DC, seeks to hire a full-time Communications Associate. This newly-created role will be key to the successful public communication of CSR’s work. See below for a full description of the position and qualifications desired, and click here to apply. - [Event Summary: COVID-19 Response Technologies & Their Future Role in Pathogen Early Warning](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/17/event-summary-covid-19-response-technologies-their-future-role-in-pathogen-early-warning/) - By Lillian Parr On February 23, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted a webinar (video below) titled COVID-19 Response Technologies & Their Future Role in Pathogen Early Warning. While pathogen early warning capabilities have been growing and improving for decades, the current pandemic has provided the impetus to rapidly develop and deploy many cutting-edge - [RELEASE: In Seminal Report, CSR Finds Declines in Pollination and Seed Dispersal Will Have Significant Security Consequences](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/22/release-in-seminal-report-csr-finds-declines-in-pollination-and-seed-dispersal-will-have-significant-security-consequences/) - Washington DC, March 22, 2022 – Today, the Converging Risks Lab of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released a groundbreaking report, Societal and Security Implications of Ecosystem Service Declines, Part 1: Pollination and Seed Dispersal. It is the first in a planned three-part series on the international security implications of declines in ecosystem services - [CSR Receives Major Grant to Address the Rising Risks of Nuclear Conflict](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/17/csr-receives-major-grant-to-address-the-rising-risks-of-nuclear-conflict/) - Part of the impetus to launch the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) was our concern that catastrophic risks were rising. The global security environment is experiencing monumental strains, including from the weakening of long-held norms, clear violations of the rules-based international order as exemplified by Russia’s most recent invasion of a sovereign Ukraine, mounting strains - [Nuclear Threats in Ukraine Today and Their Implications for Global Security Tomorrow](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/15/nuclear-threats-in-ukraine-today-and-their-implications-for-global-security-tomorrow/) - By Christine Parthemore and Andrea Rezzonico Amidst the mounting human toll of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its attacks are affecting nuclear energy sites as well. As of this writing, Russian forces have seized control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – the largest site of operating reactors in Europe. To date, the fighting at this plant - [Girl Security Fellows Offer Fresh Perspectives on Climate Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/16/girl-security-fellows-offer-fresh-perspectives-on-climate-security/) - By Elsa Barron and Brigitte Hugh Girl Security is an organization that seeks to address the challenge of the under-representation of women in the national security field, highlighted by the fact that, “women make up less than 40 percent of the U.S. State Department's leadership and 26 percent at the Pentagon.” The group’s National Security - [The Deeply Dangerous Spread of Russian Disinformation on Biological Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/11/the-deeply-dangerous-spread-of-russian-disinformation-on-biological-weapons/) - On Friday, March 11, the U.N. Security Council met at the request of Russia to discuss unsubstantiated and spurious claims that the United States is supporting biological and chemical weapons laboratories in Ukraine—the latest action in a long-running Russian disinformation campaign aimed to sow confusion and undermine trust in the United States and partner nations. - [FACT SHEET: Russian Disinformation on U.S.-Supported Labs in Ukraine A Brief Overview & Links to Resources](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/12/fact-sheet-russian-disinformation-on-u-s-supported-labs-in-ukraine-a-brief-overview-links-to-resources/) - Russia has increased its disinformation which falsely claims that Ukraine may have biological and chemical weapons. This effort from the Russian government, along with support from the Chinese government, is intended to erode trust in the United States and sow doubt in the international community, and may be part of plans for Russian biological or - [BRIEFER: Climate, Ecological Security and the Ukraine Crisis: Four Issues to Consider](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/11/briefer-climate-ecological-security-and-the-ukraine-crisis-four-issues-to-consider/) - By Erin Sikorsky, Elsa Barron and Brigitte Hugh In an analysis released early this year, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) noted that climate change and climate security risks are not separate from other security challenges facing the United States—instead, they are overlapping and interconnected. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is no exception. Climate - [New IPCC Report Calls for Adapting Today to Ensure Tomorrow’s Climate Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/08/new-ipcc-report-calls-for-adapting-today-to-ensure-tomorrows-climate-security/) - By Brigitte Hugh and Sofie Bliemel “The future depends on us, not the climate,” said Dr. Helen Adams from King’s College London, a lead author of the Working Group II (WGII) contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), published on February 28, 2022. In this article we discuss its - [Review: The Army Climate Strategy and the Climate Security Plan for America](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/04/review-the-army-climate-strategy-and-the-climate-security-plan-for-america/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack The U.S. Army released its first climate strategy on February 8, the first Service within the Department of Defense (DoD) to do so. This post summarizes and comments directly on the strategy, following up with a discussion of where the strategy aligns with the Center for Climate and Security’s 2019 Climate - [Read, Watch, Listen: CCS Across the Web | February 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/01/read-watch-listen-ccs-across-the-web-february-2022/) - By Brigitte Hugh Welcome to Read, Watch, Listen from the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a new monthly round-up highlighting some of the articles, interviews, and podcasts featuring the CCS network of experts. This month, Erin Sikosrky, CCS Director, spoke to the Los Angeles Times on combating Russia through moving faster on clean energy. - [Event Summary: How are Biological Threats Evolving?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/02/event-summary-how-are-biological-threats-evolving/) - By Lillian Parr On February 18, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted a webinar entitled How are Biological Threats Evolving? in a World with COVID-19. Given that we have entered a third year dealing with a relentless global pandemic, this event paid particular attention to how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the nature and - [New Report: How Climate and Conflict Are Fragmenting Rural Syria](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/03/03/new-report-how-climate-and-conflict-are-fragmenting-rural-syria/) - After more than a decade of war, one might be forgiven for assuming that Syrians had seen almost every form of suffering imaginable. But that’s not what it looks like in rural parts of the country, where miserly rains, new twists in the conflict, and a grimmer macroeconomic outlook turned 2021 into arguably the worst - [New Report: Understanding the Threat of Biological Weapons in a World with COVID-19 ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/17/new-report-understanding-the-threat-of-biological-weapons-in-a-world-with-covid-19/) - By Andrea Rezzonico The Council on Strategic Risks is today releasing Understanding the Threat of Biological Weapons in a World With COVID-19, an in-depth study of how the COVID-19 pandemic could influence the desirability and development of deliberate biological threats in the future. The report draws on an extensive survey of biological and weapons of - [Event: Decoding the New IPCC report on Climate Impacts: Implications for Security and Adaptation](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/18/event-decoding-the-new-ipcc-report-on-climate-impacts-implications-for-security-and-adaptation/) - By Brigitte Hugh Join the Center for Climate and Security on March 8, 2022 from 12-1 p.m. EST for “Decoding the New IPCC report on Climate Impacts: Implications for Security and Adaptation,” a panel discussion featuring report authors and security experts. RSVP to attend the event here. Background: On February 28, 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel - [Call for Applications: 2022 Ecological Security Fellowship](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/22/call-for-applications-2022-ecological-security-fellowship/) - The Converging Risks Lab of the Council on Strategic Risks is pleased to announce a call for applications for its inaugural Ecological Security Fellowship, as part of its broader Ecological Security Program. Tackling complex, converging risks arising from ecological change requires the development of resilient leaders spanning international, national, state, and local levels. This program - [Event: COVID-19 Response Technologies & Their Future Role in Pathogen Early Warning](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/15/event-covid-19-response-technologies-their-future-role-in-pathogen-early-warning/) - By Lillian Parr Join the Council on Strategic Risks as we host COVID-19 Response Technologies & Their Future Role in Pathogen Early Warning on Wednesday, February 23 from 12:00–12:45 EST. RSVP here. This discussion will be hosted by Christine Parthemore, CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks. We are thrilled to host panelists from two - [RELEASE: The Council on Strategic Risks Selects Dr. Yong-Bee Lim as Deputy Director of the Janne E. Nolan Center for Strategic Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/14/release-the-council-on-strategic-risks-selects-dr-yong-bee-lim-as-deputy-director-of-the-janne-e-nolan-center-for-strategic-weapons/) - February 14, 2022 - Today the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) announced it has selected Dr. Yong-Bee Lim as its new Deputy Director of the Janne E. Nolan Center for Strategic Weapons (The Nolan Center). Dr. Lim had previously served as a Fellow at the Nolan Center. Prior to joining CSR, he worked in different - [Event: How are Biological Threats Evolving? ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/08/event-how-are-biological-threats-evolving/) - By Lillian Parr On Friday, February 18 from 12:30pm – 2:00pm EST, join the Council on Strategic Risks as we host How are Biological Threats Evolving in a World with COVID-19, a webinar featuring a keynote address from Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) Deborah Rosenblum and discussion from a panel of experts. RSVP here. This - [The Civilian Climate Corps: Implications for Security in the 21st Century](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/02/02/the-civilian-climate-corps-implications-for-security-in-the-21st-century/) - By Katelin Wright An unexpected opportunity for building domestic climate security awaits in the form of an FDR-reminiscent Civilian Conservation Corps geared toward combating climate change. Coined the “Civilian Climate Corps,” President Biden first introduced the initiative on January 27, 2021, under Executive Order 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” In the - [The Legacy of Climate Security Leadership: Sherri Goodman on Heat of the Moment](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/31/the-legacy-of-climate-security-leadership-sherri-goodman-on-heat-of-the-moment/) - By Pauline Baudu In the words of Heat of the Moment host, CNN climate change analyst John D. Sutter: “The United States military is one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels in the world. Yet, what is less known is that, when it comes to the climate crisis, the U.S. military is also a - [We’re Hiring! Full-Time Position in the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/27/were-hiring-full-time-position-in-the-janne-e-nolan-center-on-strategic-weapons/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks a full-time staff member to join the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of CSR. The person filling this role will initially focus much of their time on CSR’s projects that address biological risks. Depending on CSR’s growth, and the skills and interests of the - [BRIEFER - Taking Stock: Integrating Climate Change into U.S. National Security Practices in 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/25/briefer-taking-stock-integrating-climate-change-into-u-s-national-security-practices-in-2022/) - By Erin Sikorsky and Brigitte Hugh In late 2021, the Biden Administration released a suite of national security and foreign policy documents[1] that according to the administration, would “serve as a foundation for [its] critical work on climate and security moving forward.”[2] This briefer synthesizes four key takeaways of these reports: 1) Climate change is - [Event Summary and Video: Jumpstarting Clean Technology for National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/19/event-summary-and-video-clean-technology-for-national-security/) - [Introducing Elsa Barron and Brigitte Hugh, Newest Members of the Climate and Security Team](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/24/introducing-elsa-barron-and-brigitte-hugh-newest-members-of-the-climate-and-security-team/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) is growing, and we’re excited to announce the newest additions to our team—program assistants Elsa Barron and Brigitte Hugh. As we enter a new year with lots to cover on climate and security, we wanted to start with a few introductions. CCS: Where are you from? Elsa Barron - [NPT Review Conference Delayed as Omicron Surges](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/12/npt-review-conference-delayed-as-omicron-surges/) - By Lillian Parr The latest stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, fueled by the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, has caused a new wave of disruptions and challenges both domestically and abroad. This includes forcing the Tenth Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to be postponed from January 2022 until late 2022. - [States of Emergency: Climate Change Risks to U.S. Military Installations in 2021 ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/13/states-of-emergency-climate-change-risks-to-u-s-military-installations-in-2021/) - By John Conger and Erin Sikorsky On January 5, the Washington Post published an analysis of climate change-related emergencies in 2021 and concluded that more than 40 percent of Americans live in counties that were covered by federal disaster declarations in the past year. The devastating effects of the severe storms, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and - [Dan Chiu, Ellen Laipson, Maureen Sullivan, and Amali Tower Join the Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/18/dan-chiu-ellen-laipson-maureen-sullivan-and-amali-tower-join-the-center-for-climate-and-security-advisory-board/) - By Brigitte Hugh The Center for Climate and Security is pleased and honored to announce that Dr. Daniel Y. Chiu, Ellen Laipson, Maureen Sullivan and Amali Tower have joined its distinguished Advisory Board of military and national security leaders. This group supports CCS leadership by providing substantive and strategic guidance as needed. Dr. Daniel Y. - [Event: Jumpstarting Demand for Climate Solutions - The First Movers Coalition and US National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/04/event-jumpstarting-demand-for-climate-solutions-the-first-movers-coalition-and-us-national-security/) - By Brigitte Hugh On January 13, 2022, join the Center for Climate and Security as we host Jumpstarting Demand for Climate Solutions: The First Movers Coalition and US National Security, a panel discussion featuring representatives from the Department of Defense, Department of State, and industry leaders from 10-11 am EST. Click here to RSVP. Context: - [We’re Hiring: Director of Operations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/07/were-hiring-director-of-operations/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), a nonprofit, nonpartisan security policy think tank based in Washington, DC, seeks to hire a full-time Director of Operations. This newly-created role will be key to the day-to-day operations necessary for CSR to achieve its mission. The person in this role will become a key part of CSR’s leadership - [BRIEFER - Climate Change and Terrorism: Three Risk Pathways to Consider](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/10/briefer-climate-change-and-terrorism-three-risk-pathways-to-consider/) - By Dr. Cullen S. HendrixClimate change itself is unlikely to be a cause around which non-state armed actors coalesce and around which their political aims revolve. But climate change will increasingly create recruiting opportunities and expose weaknesses in state institutions that will make existing and future terrorist organizations more capable and/or likely to emerge. To - [Mainstreaming Climate Security: The FY22 National Defense Authorization Act](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2022/01/03/mainstreaming-climate-security-the-fy22-national-defense-authorization-act-ndaa/) - By John Conger Last week, President Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), that Congress passed with overwhelmingly bipartisan support. The bill included numerous climate security measures that echo a number of key recommendations in the Center for Climate and Security’s Climate Security Plan for America (CSPA). Over the past several - [Year in Review: The Top Climate & Security Stories of 2021](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/12/29/year-in-review-the-top-climate-security-stories-of-2021/) - By Joon Hwang 2021 was a momentous year for climate security. From President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, to NATO’s Climate and Security Plan of Action, to stacks of climate security reports from US federal agencies, to the increasing number of climate hazards driving security risks around the - [RELEASE: Top Experts Release Handbook for Ending Catastrophic Biological Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/12/20/release-top-experts-release-handbook-for-ending-catastrophic-biological-risks/) - December 20, 2021, Washington, DC - In a time of daily confusion in the public discourse on the current pandemic, the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), is releasing A Handbook For Ending Catastrophic Biological Risks: How The United States Can Prevent Future Pandemics and - [Is it Time to “Climatize” the UN Security Council?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/12/17/is-it-time-to-climatize-the-un-security-council/) - By Mark Nevitt Earlier this week, the UN Security Council failed to pass a draft resolution that would have defined climate change as a “threat to peace” within Article 39 of the UN Charter. Under international law, this critical threat to peace determination acts as a key that opens the door to supplemental legal authorities. - [Looking to 2022: Next Steps for US Climate Security Policy ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/12/16/looking-to-2022-next-steps-for-us-climate-security-policy/) - [Climate Change and Ecological Security Must Be at the Center of Our National Defense Strategy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/12/15/climate-change-and-ecological-security-must-be-at-the-center-of-our-national-defense-strategy/) - By Holly Kaufman, Sherri Goodman and John Conger At a United Nations Security Council meeting in September 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserted, “Look at almost every place where you see threats to international peace and security today – and you’ll find that climate change is making things less peaceful, less secure, and - [Implementing the Biden Administration’s Climate Executive Order – The White House Report on Climate Change and Migration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/12/06/implementing-the-biden-administrations-climate-executive-order-the-white-house-report-on-climate-change-and-migration/) - By Brigitte Hugh In October, the Biden Administration released several climate security reports in accordance with the Executive Orders on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration. We are publishing a series of blog posts examining each report in depth. Previously we have looked - [RELEASE: The Honorable Rose Gottemoeller and the Honorable Daniel Poneman Join the Council on Strategic Risks Board of Directors ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/12/02/release-the-honorable-rose-gottemoeller-and-the-honorable-daniel-poneman-join-the-council-on-strategic-risks-board-of-directors/) - December 2, 2021— The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is excited to announce that Hon. Rose Gottemoeller and Hon. Daniel Poneman have joined CSR’s Board of Directors. Both bring extensive leadership and a positive vision for international security to the Board of the Council on Strategic Risks. Currently, the Hon. Rose Gottemoeller is the Steven - [The Biden Administration’s Whole of Government Approach to Climate Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/29/the-biden-administrations-whole-of-government-approach-to-climate-security/) - By Joon Hwang “Climate change is an increasingly destabilizing force—an accelerating destabilization force—and it’s impacting our operational environment, it’s creating new missions, and our allies and partners are going to be called to respond to these increased demands,” said Brigadier General Rebecca Sonkiss, Deputy Director for Counter Threats and International Cooperation at the Joint Staff - [U.S. House Hearing on the National Security Implications of Climate Change in the Arctic ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/22/u-s-house-hearing-on-the-national-security-implications-of-climate-change-in-the-arctic/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack On November 20, the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber held a virtual hearing entitled “National Security Implications of Climate Change in the Arctic.” Witnesses providing written statements and answering questions included retired Admiral Paul Zukunft, Former Commandant of U.S. Coast Guard and an Advisory - [CSR Webinar: Preventing the Next Pandemic—Leveraging Today’s Tools to Address the Biological Threats of the Future](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/23/csr-webinar-preventing-the-next-pandemic-leveraging-todays-tools-to-address-the-biological-threats-of-the-future/) - By Lillian Parr On Monday, November 15, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted a webinar to discuss innovative technologies for addressing biological risks and how the U.S. government can most effectively invest in them. These technologies span a broad range of technological readiness and include disease forecasting tools, diagnostics, medical countermeasures, and much more. - [Climate-Forward Diplomacy, Development, and Defense at the Pacific Futures Forum](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/19/climate-forward-diplomacy-development-and-defense-at-the-pacific-futures-forum/) - By Elsa Barron Last month, the Pacific Futures Forum, which is a platform for collaborative dialogue to re-imagine multilateralism in a changing world, hosted critical conversations in the lead up to the COP26 Glasgow summit. The plenary session, “Transforming our world: a secure, sustainable, and prosperous future,” featured former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. - [Biden-Xi Signal Opening to Explore Strategic Stability Talks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/18/biden-xi-signal-opening-to-explore-strategic-stability-talks/) - By Christine Parthemore On Tuesday, November 15, U.S. President Joe Biden held a phone call with President Xi Jinping of China. In a small but important step, the two leaders agreed to consider pursuing discussions on nuclear arms control. As national security adviser Jake Sullivan described, “The two leaders agreed that we would look to - [On the Verge - Climate Security with Sarang Shidore (015)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/16/on-the-verge-climate-security-with-sarang-shidore-015/) - By Evan Barnard In this episode, which explores climate security and the energy transition in Asia, Evan Barnard, a research fellow at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), discusses the current state and prescience of climate security risks with Sarang Shidore. Mr. Shidore is the Director of Studies at the Quincy Institute and a - [Nuclear War and Climate Change: The Urgency for Action](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/12/nuclear-war-and-climate-change-the-urgency-for-action/) - By Christine Parthemore I had the honor of delivering a keynote speech at a COP26 side event hosted by the International Forum for Understanding on November 1, 2021, on the subject of nuclear war and climate change. My remarks were followed by a panel of talented, cross-discipline emerging leaders. The evening was capped with a - [The Future of Biodefense: Turning the Curse of Knowing into a Blessing](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/08/the-future-of-biodefense-turning-the-curse-of-knowing-into-a-blessing/) - By Jackson duPont This summer was my first time diving into the world of biosecurity. As an intern for the Council of Strategic Risks, I expected to learn about new areas of security, and this experience was particularly salient given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In three months, I educated myself on Bacillus anthracis and other - [BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats Part 6](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/10/briefer-key-u-s-initiatives-for-addressing-biological-threats-part-6-the-defense-advanced-research-projects-agency-darpa/) - By Dr. Rohit Chitale, Dr. Yong-Bee Lim, and Lillian Parr Today the Nolan Center, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is releasing its sixth briefer in its series Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats, which focuses on the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). COVID-19, the disease caused - [From Analysis to Action: Two Events on Climate Security Next Steps](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/08/from-analysis-to-action-two-events-on-climate-security-next-steps/) - In the wake of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) and the Biden Administration’s release of a suite of climate security documents, the Center for Climate and Security is hosting two virtual events to put the latest developments in context. Both sessions will tackle how the US government can move from analysis - [CSR Webinar—Operation Warp Speed: The Interagency and Public-Private Collaborations that Drove It](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/04/csr-webinar-operation-warp-speed-the-interagency-and-public-private-collaborations-that-drove-it/) - [A Recipe for Perpetual Insecurity? The Case of a Syrian Protected Area](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/05/a-recipe-for-perpetual-insecurity-the-case-of-a-syrian-protected-area/) - By Peter Schwartzstein As snapshots of Syria’s environmental degradation go, Jebel Abdelaziz, in the northeastern part of the country, is hard to beat. The mountain’s rocky flanks offer little for livestock. The semi-arid surrounding plain offers little for man or beast. Extending over 50km (31 miles) from Hasakah into the lightly populated scrub in the - [CSR's Rod Schoonover Cited in House Oversight Hearing: Climate Disinformation a Security Issue](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/03/csrs-rod-schoonover-cited-in-house-oversight-hearing-climate-disinformation-a-security-issue/) - On October 28, 2021 the House Committee on Oversight and Reform convened a hearing on the alleged role of the fossil fuel industry in promoting climate disinformation. This was the first time that executives from Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron, and Royal Dutch Shell testified under oath on the matter. The main oil lobby, the American - [Implementing the Biden Administration’s Climate Executive Order - The DHS Strategic Framework For Addressing Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/29/implementing-the-biden-administrations-climate-executive-order-the-dhs-strategic-framework-for-addressing-climate-change/) - Last week, the Biden Administration released several climate security reports in accordance with the Executive Orders on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration. We are publishing a series of blog posts examining each report in depth. Previously we looked at the Defense Climate - [On the Verge - Leveraging Biotechnology for Defense with Alexander Titus (014)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/11/01/on-the-verge-leveraging-biotechnology-for-defense-with-alexander-titus-014/) - By Lillian Parr In this episode of CSR’s podcast On the Verge, Christine Parthemore, CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks, hosts a conversation with Andy Weber and Alexander Titus about bringing opportunities presented by biotechnology to the Department of Defense. Titus also speaks about the importance of good communication across the science and defense - [Center for Climate and Security Director Speaks to President Biden’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/26/center-for-climate-and-security-director-speaks-to-president-bidens-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology/) - On October 19, Center for Climate and Security Director Erin Sikorsky spoke to a public meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on the intersection of climate change and national security. Her remarks highlighted the importance of close collaboration between the US scientific community and the US national security community on - [REPORT RELEASE: The Nexus of Climate Change, Ecological Disruption, Stability, and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/28/report-release-the-nexus-of-climate-change-ecological-disruption-stability-and-security/) - By Andrea Rezzonico Last week, the Climate and Land Use Alliance launched Climate and Forests 2030, a program aimed at mobilizing finance at scale to help realize the potential of forests to mitigate climate change, benefit people, and protect biodiversity. CSR contributed a report to this effort titled “The Nexus of Climate Change, Ecological Disruption, - [Implementing the Biden Administration’s Climate Executive Order - The Defense Climate Risk Analysis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/21/implementing-the-biden-administrations-climate-executive-order-the-defense-climate-risk-analysis/) - By Erin Sikorsky Today marks an important milestone in the execution of the Biden Administration’s climate security strategy. In accordance with the Executive Orders on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration, the White House, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and Director of National Intelligence - [RELEASE: The Council on Strategic Risks Significantly Expands Its Ecological Security Program](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/20/release-the-council-on-strategic-risks-significantly-expands-its-ecological-security-program/) - October 20, 2021 -- To fill an urgent gap in understanding and addressing the security implications of global ecological disruption, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) has significantly expanded its Ecological Security Program over the past months, with the help of a grant of close to $1 million from the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation. The - [Interview with CSR’s Hon. Andy Weber Selected as a Top Ten Episode of 80,000 Hours Podcast ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/15/interview-with-csrs-hon-andy-weber-selected-as-a-top-ten-episode-of-80000-hours-podcast/) - The Council on Strategic Risks is pleased to share that Senior Fellow Andy Weber was selected to be featured as one of ten top episodes of the influential 80,000 Hours Podcast. His episode was selected as one of ten for the compilation Effective Altruism: Ten Global Problems featuring episodes that provide an introduction to some - [New Analysis from the Center for Climate and Security - Ten Years After its Founding](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/12/new-analysis-from-the-center-for-climate-and-security-ten-years-after-its-founding/) - By Francesco Femia and Caitlin WerrellThe Center for Climate and Security (CCS) has been producing cutting-edge analysis of the security risks of climate change since its founding ten years ago - back when few were paying attention to this dimension of national and international security. Today, climate security risks are unfortunately on the rise across - [Climate Security Fellows Report 2021](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/18/climate-security-fellows-report-2021/) - By Esther Sperling These are unprecedented times. The world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, while democracies and economies around the globe are tested. Through it all, climate change is destabilizing natural and social systems, and driving new security risks. It has never been more important to engage the next generation of leaders on addressing - [Center for Climate and Security Fellows Selected for Key Positions in the Biden Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/14/center-for-climate-and-security-fellows-selected-for-key-positions-in-the-biden-administration/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) would like to congratulate its Senior Research Fellows Kate Guy and Dr. Josh Busby for their appointments in the Biden Administration. Ms. Guy will serve as Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of State, within the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. Her role with - [The U.S. Department of Defense Releases its Climate Adaptation Plan  ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/07/the-u-s-department-of-defense-releases-its-climate-adaptation-plan/) - Today, the U.S. Federal Government released Climate Adaptation Plans from all of its agencies. The Department of Defense (DoD) plan can be found here, as well as a statement from Secretary of Defense Austin and the DoD press release. It’s an impressive successor to the 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, and its ambition reflects the - [Yong-Bee Lim Selected for Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Editorial Fellows Program](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/08/yong-bee-lim-selected-for-bulletin-of-atomic-scientists-editorial-fellows-program/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is pleased to share the announcement that Nolan Center Fellow, Dr. Yong-Bee Lim, has been selected as one of seven fellows to be a part of the inaugural class for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Editorial Fellows Program. During his time in the fellowship, Yong-Bee will work closely - [We’re Hiring: Program Assistant for the Center for Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/07/were-hiring-program-assistant-for-the-center-for-climate-and-security/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire a full-time program assistant for its Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of CSR. This is an entry-level position focused on addressing climate security risks and solutions. The person in this role will work closely with CCS Director Erin Sikorsky and other members of - [BRIEFER: The Benefits of Further Declarations of Restraint from the Use of Nuclear Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/05/briefer-the-benefits-of-further-declarations-of-restraint-from-the-use-of-nuclear-weapons/) - By Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE An important component of reducing risk among nuclear-armed states is greater understanding of others’ policies, plans, and intentions regarding their arsenals. Such understanding serves to reduce significantly the risk of misunderstanding and miscalculation that could precipitate the use of nuclear weapons.While the greatest contributions to mutual reassurance and - [Why I’ve Joined the Council on Strategic Risks as Head of its Ecological Security Program](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/10/04/why-ive-joined-the-council-on-strategic-risks-as-head-of-its-ecological-security-program/) - By Dr. Rod Schoonover We are in the midst of an ecological crisis. Biodiversity loss is quickening, ecosystems are collapsing, mass die-offs are rising, zoonotic spillovers are escalating, and populations of harmful organisms are booming. In a January 2021 article titled Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future, 17 of the world’s leading ecologists - [We’re Hiring: Deputy Director for the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons/ Lead for the Alliance to End Biological Threats  ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/30/were-hiring-deputy-director-for-the-janne-e-nolan-center-on-strategic-weapons-lead-for-the-alliance-to-end-biological-threats/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire a Deputy Director for the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons (The Nolan Center). The person in this role will also help to lead CSR’s Alliance to End Biological Threats. This is an exciting growth opportunity for the right candidate. The person filling this role - [Deepening UN Action on Climate Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/22/deepening-un-action-on-climate-security/) - As the high-level meetings of the 76th UN General Assembly kick off this week, climate change is front and center. Secretary-General Guterres led with a strong call to action, saying “The world must wake up,” to the, “the greatest cascade of crises in our lifetimes.” On Thursday, the UN Security Council (UNSC) prepares to debate - [On the Verge - Climate Security with Kate Guy (013)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/27/on-the-verge-climate-security-with-kate-guy-013/) - By Evan Barnard In this second episode exploring the 2021 World Climate and Security Report, Evan Barnard, a research fellow at the Center for Climate and Security, discusses the current state and prescience of climate security risks with Kate Guy. Ms. Guy is a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), - [On the Verge - Climate Migration with Amali Tower and Kayly Ober (012)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/20/on-the-verge-climate-migration-with-amali-tower-and-kayly-ober/) - By: Evan Barnard In this episode, Evan Barnard, a research fellow at the Center for Climate and Security, discusses human migration and climate security with Amali Tower and Kayly Ober. Ms. Tower is the Executive Director at Climate Refugees as well as a member of the World Economic Forum and its Expert Network in Migration, - [Announcing the 2021-2022 Climate Security Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/16/announcing-the-2021-2022-climate-security-fellows/) - The Center for Climate and Security, the American Security Project, and the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program are pleased to announce the 2021-2022 Climate and Security Advisory Group’s Climate Security Fellows cohort. The group of 15 rising leaders come from diverse backgrounds across the U.S. government and the civil and private sectors, where - [BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats Part 3 - The Biological Threat Reduction Program](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/08/10/briefer-key-u-s-initiatives-for-addressing-biological-threats-part-3-the-biological-threat-reduction-program/) - By Bill Beaver, Christine Parthemore, and Dr. Nikki Teran Today the Nolan Center, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is releasing a briefer on the future of a key yet little-known U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) program for addressing biological threats - the Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP). The first case of COVID-19 - [“Missing in Action”: Former Australian security leaders highlight climate-related security threats; call for rapid decarbonisation](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/02/missing-in-action-former-australian-security-leaders-highlight-climate-related-security-threats-call-for-rapid-decarbonisation/) - A new report released yesterday by the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group calls on the Australian Government to “prevent devastating climate impacts by mobilising all resources necessary to reach zero emissions as fast as possible,” starting with a comprehensive Whole-of-Nation Climate and Security Risk Assessment. Missing in Action: Responding to Australia’s climate & security failure, - [BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats Part 5](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/06/briefer-key-u-s-initiatives-for-addressing-biological-threats-part-5/) - By: Dr. Yong-Bee Lim and Christine Parthemore Today the Nolan Center, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is releasing its fifth briefer in its series Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats, which focuses on the future industrial base and the opportunities it offers for rapid medical countermeasure development. As the world continues - [Beyond the Lab-Leak Question: Focusing on Global Efforts to Address Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/08/30/beyond-the-lab-leak-question-focusing-on-global-efforts-to-address-biological-threats/) - By Jackson duPont and Yong-Bee Lim On June 29th, U.S. Senators asked Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell to delay the State Department confirmations for Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins and C. S. Eliot Kang. Their reason? To ascertain the nominees’ thoughts and knowledge on the “lab leak hypothesis” — the question of whether COVID-19 emerged - [The Benefits of U.S. Vaccine Diplomacy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/08/12/the-benefits-of-u-s-vaccine-diplomacy/) - By Christine Parthemore On August 3rd, the White House announced that it had surpassed 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated and shipped to other nations. The U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has been tweeting a steady stream of updates on donated vaccines arriving to destinations around the world. Even once this pandemic is eventually - [RELEASE: The Council on Strategic Risks Selects Erin Sikorsky as New Director of the Center for Climate and Security, and John Conger as Senior Advisor](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/09/01/release-the-council-on-strategic-risks-selects-erin-sikorsky-as-new-director-of-the-center-for-climate-and-security-and-john-conger-as-senior-advisor/) - September 1, 2021 — Today the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) announced it has selected Erin Sikorsky as its new Director of the Center for Climate and Security (CCS). Ms. Sikorsky previously served as the CCS Deputy Director. The previous Director of CCS, the Honorable John Conger, will now be a Senior Advisor across CSR’s - [BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats Part 4 - The Department of State](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/08/23/briefer-key-u-s-initiatives-for-addressing-biological-threats-part-4-the-department-of-state/) - By Jackson duPont, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore, and Alexander Titus Today the Nolan Center, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is releasing its fourth briefer in its series Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats, which focuses on the Department of State’s capabilities and gaps. The COVID-19 pandemic is a microcosm of both - [BRIEF REPORT: North Korea, Climate Change and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/07/28/brief-report-converging-crises-in-north-korea-security-stability-and-climate-change/) - By Catherine Dill, Alexandra Naegele, Natalie Baillargeon, Monica Caparas, Dominick Dusseau, Madeleine Holland, and Christopher Schwalm North Korea’s provocative posture and its nuclear arsenal have shielded it from much of the pressures of globalization and integration with the international community. But neither politics nor arms can defend it from climate change. Impending climate impacts threaten - [The Pentagon Previews Climate Adaptation Plan in Congressional Hearing](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/08/06/the-pentagon-previews-climate-adaptation-plan-in-congressional-hearing/) - By John Conger On July 14, 2021, the Readiness Subcommittee of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee held a virtual hearing on the installations and environment portfolios of the Department of Defense (DoD). The witnesses were: Paul Cramer, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Sustainment); Jack Surash, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations, Energy - [BRIEFER: Pathogen Early Warning - New Technologies and Approaches](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/08/16/briefer-pathogen-early-warning-new-technologies-and-approaches/) - By Bill Beaver, Sid Sharma M.D., Dr. Jacob Swett, Dr. Nikki Teran, Dr. Natasha Bajema, and Dr. Yong-Bee Lim For the world to be ready for the next pathogen outbreak, it needs to bolster early warning via technologies like metagenomic sequencing, which represents one of the most important avenues for addressing future infectious disease outbreaks. - [We’re Hiring: Full Time Position for Addressing Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/08/02/were-hiring-full-time-position-for-addressing-biological-threats/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire a full-time team member focused on addressing biological threats. This is an entry-level position. The person in this role will work closely with CSR’s CEO Christine Parthemore, Senior Fellow Andy Weber, and others from the CSR team and network. The person filling this role will: Assist - [Toward a Modernized Nuclear Triad: Dangerously Expensive or Vital to Deterrence?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/07/30/toward-a-modernized-nuclear-triad-dangerously-expensive-or-vital-to-deterrence/) - By Natasha Bajema In a stunning series of revelations, researchers at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and the Federation of American Scientists used commercial satellite imagery to disclose China’s efforts to build at least 200 new nuclear silos in the desert near the cities of Yumen and Hami. Once completed, this expansion could - [New report on the UN Security Council's work on climate security published](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/07/27/new-report-on-the-un-security-councils-work-on-climate-security-published/) - This is a cross-post from the Planetary Security Initiative In the past 18 months, the emergence of climate security as a mainstreamed and core risk for national governments and IGOs has accelerated. In particular, the UN Security Council (UNSC) is becoming more cognizant of climate change being a core security risk that should be under - [Council on Strategic Risks Launches New Arctic Security Report, in Partnership with Woodwell Climate Research Center](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/21/council-on-strategic-risks-launches-new-arctic-security-report-in-partnership-with-woodwell-climate-research-center/) - June 21 2021 — The Council on Strategic Risks’ Converging Risks Lab and the Woodwell Climate Research Center released a new report today, Temperatures and Tensions Rise: Security and Climate Risks in the Arctic. The publication includes groundbreaking new analysis on the implications of thawing permafrost across the Arctic region for security infrastructure, as well - [RELEASE: Major Report From Security and Health Analysts Highlights Path Towards a Global Pathogen Early Warning System](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/07/20/release-major-report-from-security-and-health-analysts-highlights-path-towards-a-global-pathogen-early-warning-system/) - July 20, 2021, Washington, DC - As part of a major effort to address growing biothreats, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) today released a report that both assesses the current state of biosurveillance in the world, and offers strong recommendations for how to build a “global pathogen early warning system” - one designed to - [Converging Climate Risks: Government, Military, and Business at NATO 2030](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/07/07/converging-climate-risks-government-military-and-business-at-nato-2030/) - By Elsa Barron and Lily Feldman There are few challenges more “transatlantic” in nature than the climate crisis. No single nation can fix the issue at hand, yet through strong partnerships, hopefully the worst effects of climate change can be managed to help avert catastrophe. At the NATO 2030 Brussels Forum, taking place on the - [New Online Course on Climate Change & National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/07/22/new-online-course-on-climate-change-national-security/) - [Central American Climate Migration is a Human Security Crisis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/07/13/central-american-climate-migration-is-a-human-security-crisis/) - By Amali Tower In the pursuit of addressing the ‘root causes’ of migration from Central America to the U.S. southern border, the United States is motivated by a foreign policy built on seeking to improve conditions in Central America countries. However, this policy fails to fully grasp the extreme conditions that now mark contexts of - [EVENT: Climate Security at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/07/05/event-climate-security-at-the-national-academies-of-sciences-engineering-and-medicine/) - This is a cross-post from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Join us for a conversation about the connections between climate change and security. About this Event Climate change is impacting and exacerbating risks to security at home and abroad. Lisa Friedman (The New York Times) will moderate a conversation with Erin Sikorsky - [BRIEFER: Climate Change in the U.S. National Security Strategy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/29/briefer-climate-change-in-the-u-s-national-security-strategy/) - By Holly Kaufman and Sherri Goodman 2021 marks renewed and heightened U.S. government attention to climate and environmental security. Reducing the threat of climate change is integrated into nearly every aspect of the Biden Administration’s agenda, into all cabinet and other senior positions, including those that deal with national security and foreign policy, and is - [BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats - Part 2](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/22/briefer-key-u-s-initiatives-for-addressing-biological-threats-part-2/) - 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 as with the novel RNA-based vaccines developed to help halt the pandemic. In this context, - [The Biden-Putin Summit: Pivoting in the Right Nuclear Direction](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/16/the-biden-putin-summit-pivoting-in-the-right-nuclear-direction/) - By Christine Parthemore The first in-person summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded in Geneva Wednesday. While major breakthroughs were not expected, the meeting seems to have been relatively positive---and it may mark a pivot in a better direction regarding nuclear weapons threats in particular. Among other common ground set, - [CSR Announces 2nd Class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/17/csr-announces-2nd-class-of-its-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-programs/) - 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 field, the CSR team will facilitate the Fellows in exploring wide-ranging ideas that governments, nonprofits, - [Australia Faces Critical Climate Security Threats, and the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group (ASLCG) is Here to Help](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/18/australia-faces-critical-climate-security-threats-and-the-australian-security-leaders-climate-group-aslcg-is-here-to-help/) - 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 with the potential of further damage to its import and export markets due to the - [Climate Security and the U.S.-Russia Summit](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/16/climate-security-and-the-u-s-russia-summit/) - 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 lowest point since the Cold War, many have pointed to cooperation on climate change as rare common ground worth exploring in - [On the Verge - Criteria for Weapons of Mass Effect (011)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/14/on-the-verge-criteria-for-weapons-of-mass-effect-011/) - 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 mass effects. Ron Fizer is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and fellow at LMI. He - [EVENT: Jackson Hole Global Forum 2021: Climate Change and National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/14/event-jackson-hole-global-forum-2021-climate-change-and-national-security/) - 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 Jackson Hole Global Forum 2021: Climate Change and National Security. This virtual conference will bring - [On the Verge - Climate Security with Sherri Goodman (008)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/10/on-the-verge-climate-security-with-sherri-goodman/) - By Evan Barnard The concept of climate security is decades-old, but a new sense of urgency and a renewed interest in the concept have developed over recent years, not least due to the efforts of CSR’s Center for Climate and Security. Climate change initially became a formal security focus for the U.S. after the dissolution - [On the Verge - Climate Security with US Navy Captain (Ret) Steve Brock (010)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/08/on-the-verge-climate-security-with-us-navy-captain-ret-steve-brock-010/) - 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 and how climate change will affect military operations and national security worldwide. Steve Brock is - [New Report: Melting Mountains, Mounting Tensions: Climate Change and the India-China Rivalry](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/13/new-report-melting-mountains-mounting-tensions-climate-change-and-the-india-china-rivalry/) - By Rachel Fleishman and Sarang Shidore See the associated India-China story map here. In many parts of the world, climate change is a trigger for disaster. In some, it can also be a catalyst for conflict. On the India-China border, it has the potential to be both—exacerbating an already-fraught relationship with the potential for escalation - [Ahead of Arctic Council Meeting, New "Story Map" Analysis Outlines Mounting Climate Change Risks to Arctic Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/18/ahead-of-arctic-council-meeting-new-story-map-analysis-outlines-mounting-climate-change-risks-to-arctic-security/) - May 18, 2021 — Today, ahead of Thursday’s Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting, the Council on Strategic Risks’ Converging Risks Lab and the Woodwell Climate Research Center release a new “story map” analysis of the major impacts climate change and permafrost thaw will have on defense infrastructure and security operations in the Arctic. It shows that - [The CSR Team on the Biden Budget and Systemic Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/25/the-csr-team-on-the-biden-budget-and-systemic-threats/) - To date, the Biden administration appears to be prioritizing work to address the greatest threats to international security and stability, including biological risks, the security implications of climate change, dramatic ecological disruption, and nuclear threats. Analyzing, anticipating, and addressing these issues---and how they intersect and exacerbate one another---are at the core of the mission of - [Climate Security: A Tale of Two Defense Hearings](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/03/climate-security-a-tale-of-two-defense-hearings/) - By John Conger Sometimes you want to hear from the very top, and sometimes you want to get into the details. In the last couple of weeks, the U.S. Congress has done both, and each one teaches us something important about the way the Department of Defense (DoD) is planning to deal with climate change - [Initial Reactions to the Biden Budget: Takes Systemic Security Risks Seriously, But More Is Needed](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/28/initial-reactions-to-the-biden-budget-takes-systemic-security-risks-seriously-but-more-is-needed/) - Perhaps more than any executive branch budget submission in history, the first budget released by the Biden administration today takes the gravity of transnational, systemic security risks seriously and begins significant investments in addressing them. Yet there will be more work to do past the Fiscal Year 2022 budget in order to ensure that federal - [Covid and Climate Change Push South Asia Toward a Complex Emergency](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/06/02/covid-and-climate-change-push-south-asia-toward-a-complex-emergency/) - By Sarang Shidore and Andrea Rezzonico As Cyclone Tauktae hurtled toward India’s west coast on May 17, a grim scenario outlined in Amitav Ghosh’s eloquent meditation on climate change, The Great Derangement, suddenly loomed as a distinct possibility. A direct hit on the megapolis of Mumbai, India’s financial capital, Ghosh wrote, could wreak damage far - [Questions the U.S. Senate Should Ask Key Nominees On Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/24/questions-the-u-s-senate-should-ask-key-nominees-on-nuclear-chemical-and-biological-threats/) - By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber As the past few years have taught the United States and the global community, nuclear, chemical, and biological (NCB) threats are both very real and loom larger than they have in the recent past. States such as Russia, Syria, and North Korea have used chemical - [BRIEFER: The Next Great Idea in Arms Control - An End to Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/19/briefer-the-next-great-idea-in-arms-control-an-end-to-nuclear-sea-launched-cruise-missiles/) - By Jasmine Owens As the U.S. navigates a new era with rapidly rising Chinese influence, and the deterioration of relations with Russia and China continues to destabilize an already fragile international security environment, reinvigorating nuclear arms control is imperative. Doing so does not require a uniquely complex idea. Rather, we can turn our focus to - [Call for Applications for the 2021-22 Climate Security Fellows](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/17/call-for-applications-for-the-2021-22-climate-security-fellows/) - The Climate and Security Advisory Group (CSAG) is pleased to announce a call for applications for its Climate Security Fellowship Program, a collaborative program of the Center for Climate and Security, the American Security Project, and the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program. In response to the need for increased capacity on the part - [A Climate Security Plan for America Part 4: Prepare for and Prevent Climate Impacts](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/11/a-climate-security-plan-for-america-part-4-prepare-for-and-prevent-climate-impacts/) - By John Conger See Part 1, “Demonstrate Leadership,” here, Part 2, “Assess Climate Risks,” here, and Part 3, “Support Allies and Partners,” here. As the Biden Administration rolls out its first budget request, we revisit the fourth and final pillar of the Climate Security Plan for America, Prepare for and Prevent Climate Impacts. In many - [Drought is Leading to Instability and Water Weaponization in the Middle East and North Africa](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/30/drought-is-leading-to-instability-and-water-weaponization-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/) - By Marcus D. King with Rianna LeHane Water stress is a growing problem worldwide. Overuse, population growth, and climate change are contributing to desperate conditions and violent extremist organizations (VEOs) are turning scarce water into a weapon. Nowhere is this trend more visible than in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a region of - [EVENT: Building Climate Resilience at Home - Preparing for and Preventing the Security Impacts of Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/07/event-building-climate-resilience-at-home-preparing-for-and-preventing-the-security-impacts-of-climate-change/) - The fourth panel in our series, “Planning for the First 100 Days and Beyond” May 12, 2021 1 PM -3 PM ET Click here to register. This virtual event hosted by the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is the third in our series looking at actions - [On the Verge - New Weapons of Mass Destruction? (007)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/03/on-the-verge-new-weapons-of-mass-of-mass-destruction-007/) - 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 definition of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and whether or not other technologies and scenarios with the potential for mass effects need to be considered as part of any effort to reboot - [The Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria and the Need for Unity Against Them](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/29/the-use-of-chemical-weapons-in-syria-and-the-need-for-unity-against-them/) - By Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü I watched a few days ago, via webcast, the proceedings of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Conference of States Parties (CSP) held in The Hague. The main issue was, again, the use of chemical weapons (CW) in Syria. The CSP voted a draft decision submitted by western - [Event: Climate Change, Intelligence, and Global Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/16/event-climate-change-intelligence-and-global-security/) - Update (4/28/2021): Watch the videos from the event here. Fri., Apr. 23, 2021 | 12:00pm - 5:30pm Online Series: Intelligence Seminar Series Climate Change, Intelligence, and Global Security is a half-day conference co-sponsored by the Intelligence Project and the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs along with the Center for - [On the Verge - Rebooting the National Strategy to Combat WMD (006)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/12/on-the-verge-rebooting-the-national-strategy-to-combat-wmd/) - In this episode, Dr. Natasha Bajema, Director of the Converging Risks Lab, hosts Colonel (ret) Ron Fizer and the Honorable Andy Weber in a discussion about the need to reboot the 2002 strategy to combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This is the first in a series of discussions we’ll be having on this topic. - [Security Highlights from the Leaders Summit on Climate](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/05/security-highlights-from-the-leaders-summit-on-climate/) - By Erin Sikorsky Last week’s Leaders Summit on Climate made history for many reasons -- because of the number of new commitments on cutting emissions, its virtual nature, the focus on environmental justice, and that climate security was included at a level never before seen on the global stage. The big news out of the - [U.S. Department of Defense in Focus: Budget Priorities and Questions for New Nominees](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/29/u-s-department-of-defense-in-focus-budget-priorities-and-new-nominees/) - By Bill Beaver, Christine Parthemore & Erin Sikorsky On April 9, the Biden administration announced its topline budget priorities for the U.S. government, including for the Department of Defense (DoD). DoD funding will increase by 1.6%, which ends up being a slight decrease when adjusted for inflation. Specifics will be announced in the coming months. - [11 Questions the U.S. Senate Should Ask the Nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/28/11-questions-the-u-s-senate-should-ask-the-nominee-for-assistant-secretary-of-defense-for-nuclear-chemical-and-biological-defense/) - By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore, Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber On April 23rd, 2021, the Biden administration released a list of nominees for positions in national security. Of particular note amongst the impressive list of nominees is Deborah G. Rosenblum for the position of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense - [New US Intelligence Community Reports Focus on Climate and Ecological Security Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/27/new-us-intelligence-community-reports-focus-on-climate-and-ecological-security-risks/) - In two new publicly-available, unclassified reports, the US Director of National Intelligence makes clear the critical role climate change and ecological degradation are playing in shaping the US national security landscape, both in the near term and long term. While the US intelligence community has long warned of the threats posed by climate change, the - [BRIEFER: Weapons of Mass Agility: A New Threat Framework for Mass Effects in the 21st Century](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/05/03/briefer-weapons-of-mass-agility-a-new-threat-framework-for-mass-effects-in-the-21st-century/) - By Natasha E. Bajema The threat posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMD) continues to serve as a key concept for shaping U.S. national security strategy. For many decades, policymakers and experts alike have assumed that malicious actors will seek WMD for their potential to cause mass casualties and destruction. And yet, the historical record - [BRIEFER: A Practical Strategy for Nuclear Risk Reduction and Disarmament](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/19/briefer-a-practical-strategy-for-nuclear-risk-reduction-and-disarmament-fulfilling-the-code-of-nuclear-responsibility/) - By Christine Parthemore and Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE In remarks at the White House the afternoon of April 15th, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke of a recent call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, voicing hope that the nations should seek to find common interests on which to cooperate. This comes despite Russian attacks - [A Climate Security Plan for NATO: Collective Defense for the 21st Century](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/16/a-climate-security-plan-for-nato-collective-defense-for-the-21st-century/) - This is an excerpt from an article published in Environmental Affairs, a journal from Policy Exchange By Erin Sikorsky and Sherri Goodman Since its founding in 1949, the core organising principle of NATO has remained the same: collective defense. An attack against one is an attack against all. Article 5, which articulates this principle, has - [UK publishes new Climate-Defence Roadmap](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/07/uk-publishes-new-climate-defence-roadmap/) - This is a cross-post from The Planetary Security Initiative The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MoD) published a new roadmap on how to address the impacts of climate change on the activities of the armed forces. The ambition outlined is to enhance the resilience of the army’s operations and assets, whilst also creating a more - [6 Key Takeaways from the Biden Administration’s Budget Request & Interim National Security Strategic Guidance](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/15/6-key-takeaways-from-the-biden-administrations-budget-request-interim-national-security-strategic-guidance/) - By Yong-Bee Lim and Bill Beaver It is now clear that the Biden administration intends to go big against the greatest global threats we face, a natural response to the devastation of the continuing pandemic, the climate crisis, and other trends. This is an area of significant risk and opportunity for the United States and - [8 Questions the U.S. Senate Should Ask Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins On Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/21/8-questions-the-u-s-senate-should-ask-ambassador-bonnie-jenkins-on-nuclear-biological-and-chemical-threats/) - By Yong-Bee Lim and Bill Beaver U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated a number of veteran diplomats for top posts at the Department of State (State). Of particular interest for the nonproliferation and arms control community, Biden nominated Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins to be the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. Jenkins formerly - [The National Academies Calls on USGCRP to Adopt Integrated Climate Change Risk Framing](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/23/the-national-academies-calls-on-usgcrp-to-adopt-integrated-climate-change-risk-framing/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack In February, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) released independent guidance on high level priorities for the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) as the USGCRP revises its next decadal strategic plan to be released in 2022. The NASEM’s assessment focused on climate change into the 2030s, and - [BRIEFER - Definitions Matter: The Role of WMD in Shaping U.S. National Security Strategy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/05/briefer-definitions-matter-the-role-of-wmd-in-shaping-u-s-national-security-strategy/) - By Natasha E. Bajema To develop its national security strategy, the U.S. government typically formulates a set of agreed definitions and concepts about the current threat environment to help delineate top priorities. Once established, these impose clarity on mission spaces, shape the delegation of tasks and operations, justify budgets and the distribution of resources and - [BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats Part 1](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/09/briefer-key-u-s-initiatives-for-addressing-biological-threats-part-1/) - By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore, and Andy Weber In 2006, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) launched a program to explore new approaches to combating bioterrorism and biological weapons programs.[1] The vision was a versatile process that can be used to drastically reduce the time from spotting a new threat to the manufacture - [The Use of Climate as a Scapegoat for Governance Abuses and Failures – and Why That’s a Problem](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/14/the-use-of-climate-as-a-scapegoat-for-governance-abuses-and-failures-and-why-thats-a-problem/) - By Peter Schwartzstein Getting environmental officials to expound on their countries’ crises can be futile in much of the Middle East and North Africa (and well beyond). These officials might not want to talk about pollution because they have no plan – or wherewithal – to tackle it. It can be difficult to draw them - [10 + 10 Over 10: A Funding Vision for the U.S. Fight Against Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/01/10-10-over-10-a-funding-vision-for-the-u-s-fight-against-biological-threats/) - By Andrew Weber and Yong-Bee Lim Operation Warp Speed - the program of major U.S. government investments that drove the rapid development of multiple vaccines for the COVID-19 virus - teaches us a lesson about how to fund the fight against biological threats in the future. That lesson is about establishing a vision of significant, - [Last Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/30/call-for-applications-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-2/) - As the world continues to battle COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. Biological threats still pose grave risks to international security and stability, whether they arise by nature, by accident---or through deliberate work to weaponize infectious diseases. The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is developing creative solutions that - [Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/23/call-for-applications-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons/) - As the world continues to battle COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. Biological threats still pose grave risks to international security and stability, whether they arise by nature, by accident---or through deliberate work to weaponize infectious diseases. The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is developing creative solutions that - [Congressional Hearing on Resilience Highlights Climate Change Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/04/02/congressional-hearing-on-resilience-highlights-climate-change-risks/) - By John CongerOn Friday, March 26, the Readiness Subcommittee of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on resilience, which in recent years has become synonymous with climate change adaptation. It was a remarkably substantive hearing, with senior representatives of the military services (LTG Douglas Gabram, Commander Army Installations Management Command; VADM Yancey - [This Month, Meet the CSR Women Making History](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/31/this-month-meet-the-csr-women-making-history/) - By Christine Cavallo As Women's History Month draws to a close, we are excited to highlight the women across the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) who are leading and shaping all of our organizations components: the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), the Converging Risks Lab (CRL), and the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic - [A Climate Security Plan for America Part 3: Support Allies and Partners](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/29/a-climate-security-plan-for-america-part-3-support-allies-and-partners/) - By Erin Sikorsky Part 3 of 4 in the Climate Security Plan for America blog series See part 1, “Demonstrate Leadership,” here and part 2, “Assess Climate Risks,” here. As the Presidentially-mandated deadline approaches for US foreign policy agencies to integrate climate change into their regional and country strategies, it is a perfect moment to - [Climate Change in U.S. National Security Strategies under Obama, Trump and Biden](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/23/climate-change-in-u-s-national-security-strategies-under-obama-trump-and-biden/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack As the Biden administration’s national security team ramps up efforts to incorporate climate change and its effects into their agencies and policies, work will begin on crafting a new National Security Strategy (NSS). To guide national security decision-making while the full strategy is drafted, President Biden has released interim national security - [U.S. Congress: Bipartisan Support for Investments in Combating Climate Change at the Department of Defense](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/19/u-s-congress-bipartisan-support-for-investments-in-combating-climate-change-at-the-department-of-defense/) - Ms. Goodman’s testimony provided a broad overview of climate security risks, highlighting the complex interaction between China’s posture and climate stresses in the Indo-Pacific, emerging dynamics in the Arctic as the ice recedes, and the impact of climate change on fragile states in Africa and violent extremist organizations that are capitalizing on and magnifying the - [A Blueprint for the U.S. Department of Defense's Strategic Assessment of Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/17/a-blueprint-for-the-department-of-defenses-strategic-assessment-of-climate-change/) - This is an excerpt from an article published in War on the RocksBy Kate Guy and Erin Sikorsky One could be forgiven for thinking that a rising China is the only threat that the Department of Defense is preparing to confront. China is referred to as the “pacing threat” by senior defense officials, and the - [National Summit Calls for More Research into “Weather Forecasting” for Infectious Diseases](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/15/national-summit-calls-for-more-research-into-weather-forecasting-for-infectious-diseases/) - By Bill Beaver and Yong-Bee Lim With good reason, the U.S. government is prioritizing pathogen early warning and taking biological threats seriously. In its National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, the Biden Administration announced plans to support the establishment of a National Center for Epidemic Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics to modernize global - [To the UN Security Council: Connect Food Security with Climate Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/11/to-the-un-security-council-connect-food-security-with-climate-security/) - By Steve Brock and Deborah Loomis The United States has made food security a key theme of its UN Security Council Presidency for the month of March, and today will chair a UNSC open debate on the links between conflict and food security. In many ways, the Council’s focus on food security is a closely-related - [Report Highlight: Climate Security and the Strategic Energy Pathway in South Asia](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/12/report-highlight-climate-security-and-the-strategic-energy-pathway-in-south-asia/) - By Sarang Shidore, Rachel Fleishman and Dr. Marc Kodack Climate change is not just an environmental issue in South Asia; it is also a major security concern. When overlaid with pre-existing domestic distress and inter-state rivalries that roil the region, it could well act as a tipping point that triggers or magnifies violent conflict. But - [Remembering Janne Nolan on International Women's Day](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/08/remembering-janne-nolan-on-international-womens-day/) - By Christine Parthemore Not a day goes by that I and many of us at the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) don’t think about Dr. Janne Nolan, our founding Board member and friend who passed away far too soon in 2019. In the run up to this International Women's Day, I’ve been thinking a lot - [EVENT: Building Climate Resilience Abroad - How the US Can Help Allies and Partners With Climate Security Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/10/event-building-climate-resilience-abroad-how-the-us-can-help-allies-and-partners-with-climate-security-risks/) - The third panel in our series, “Planning for the First 100 Days and Beyond” March 29, 2021 1 PM -2:30 PM EST Click here to register. This virtual event hosted by the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is the third in our series looking at actions - [Climate Security: A Growing Military Concern That Policymakers Should Heed](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/09/climate-security-a-growing-military-concern-that-policymakers-should-heed/) - This is a cross-posted excerpt from AsiaGlobal OnlineBy Rachel Fleishman, Shiloh Fetzek, Andrea Rezzonico, Sarang Shidore Climate change is not news in Asia: Storms, floods, heat and wildfires regularly dominate headlines. Less appreciated, however, is how climate affects national and regional security – and the need for defense, foreign affairs and energy policymakers to unite - [Climatizing Security: Sherri Goodman on Cimpatico](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/05/climatizing-security-sherri-goodman-on-cimpatico/) - By Elsa Barron In a conversation with Cimpatico Studios host, Doug Parsons, Hon. Sherri Goodman, Senior Strategist at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and Chair of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), highlighted the importance of “climatizing security” in order to identify and respond to heightening climate risks and lead by example in - [Biden Administrative Initiatives and the American Rescue Plan: Notable Investments Against Bio Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/04/biden-administrative-initiatives-and-the-american-rescue-plan-notable-investments-against-bio-threats/) - By Yong-Bee Lim and Bill Beaver Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, significant challenges remain on how to contain and learn lessons from a disease that has infected 110 million people and contributed to almost 2.5 million deaths worldwide. Adequate testing, including the acquisition of sufficient amounts of reagents for running tests, continues to - [EVENT: Climate Security Risks in the Arctic](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/04/event-climate-security-risks-for-the-arctic-and-canada/) - Join The Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and the Wilson Center for a virtual panel discussion, Climate Security Risks in the Arctic, on 12 March, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM E.T. RSVP here. Climate change is rapidly changing the Arctic at the same time that security tensions are heightened across the region. How will - [Watch: The Center for Climate and Security on BBC World News](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/02/watch-the-center-for-climate-and-security-on-bbc-world-news/) - Climate security has featured prominently on the world stage in recent weeks--first at the Munich Security Conference on the day the United States officially rejoined the Paris Agreement and then at the UNSC high-level meeting on climate security chaired by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Center for Climate and Security’s Deputy Director, Erin Sikorsky, - [Climate Security at the UNSC: Opportunities for US Action in March](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/25/climate-security-at-the-unsc-opportunities-for-us-action-in-march/) - By Erin Sikorsky, Steve Brock, Francesco Femia, Rachel Fleishman, and Caitlin Werrell “No one country can solve the climate crisis on its own. It’s exactly the kind of challenge the United Nations was created to solve.” - U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry, UNSC High Level Meeting on Climate Security On February 23, the UK capped - [Report: The Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent - A New Climate Security Governance Framework](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/11/06/report-the-responsibility-to-prepare-and-prevent-a-new-climate-security-governance-framework/) - A quick read of daily headlines makes it increasingly clear that current governance structures are not fully prepared for the security risks of a changing climate. In response to these mounting risks, the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is releasing a report calling for a framework for - [Why The Intelligence Community Needs a Climate Change Task Force](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/03/why-the-intelligence-community-needs-a-climate-change-task-force/) - This is a cross-posted excerpt from The Cipher Brief By Kristin Wood and Erin Sikorsky EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — President Biden’s 27 January Executive Order (EO) on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad demonstrates a strong commitment to preparing the United States for addressing the climate crisis. It assigns experienced climate experts into powerful new roles - [Why Water Conflict is Rising, Especially on the Local Level](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/26/why-localized-water-violence-is-flourishing-even-as-transboundary-water-wars-are-not/) - By Peter Schwartzstein That future wars will be fought over water, rather than oil, has become something of a truism, particularly with regard to the Middle East. It’s also one that most water experts have refuted time and time and time again. But while this preference for cooperation over conflict may (and emphasis on may)remain - [New U.S. Global Fragility Strategy Recognizes Environmental Issues as Key to Stability](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/23/new-u-s-global-fragility-strategy-recognizes-environmental-issues-as-key-to-stability/) - This article by Lauren Herzer Risi originally appeared on New Security Beat We are cross-posting this article from our colleagues at New Security Beat to highlight a key opportunity for the U.S. Department of State and other national security agencies to implement provisions in the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at - [We’re Hiring: Biosurveillance Consultants](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/12/were-hiring-biosurveillance-consultants/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire 2-3 consultants to work on biological threat early warning and biosurveillance. The person in this role will work closely with CSR’s CEO, Christine Parthemore, and others from CSR’s Janne E. Nolan Center. Students (at the graduate level or with relevant undergraduate-level knowledge), recent graduates, and professionals - [RELEASE: The Council on Strategic Risks and Sandia National Laboratories Issue New Report on Lessons from COVID-19 for Stopping Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/24/release-the-council-on-strategic-risks-and-sandia-national-laboratories-issue-new-report-on-lessons-from-covid-19-for-stopping-biological-threats/) - Washington, DC and Livermore, CA, February 24, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to take devastating tolls on America and the world, with hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of infections in the United States alone. In August 2020, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) and Sandia National Laboratories convened public and private - [Protecting Against Biological Threats: Recommendations for the Global Posture Review](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/11/protecting-against-biological-threats-recommendations-for-the-global-posture-review/) - By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber On February 4, 2021, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III released a statement on the initiation of a Global Posture Review (GPR) - a comprehensive review of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) footprint, resources, strategy, and missions. Led by the Acting Under Secretary - [Note from CSR and CCS Co-Founder on Ten Years of Combating the Greatest Systemic Threats of Our Time](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/18/note-from-csr-and-ccs-co-founder-on-ten-years-of-combating-the-greatest-systemic-threats-of-our-time/) - By Caitlin E. Werrell After ten years of work, first as Co-Founder and President of the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), then as Co-Founder and CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), I will be stepping back from day-to-day leadership to focus my time on continuing to foster a new generation of thinkers - [A Recipe for Disaster? Dual-Use Knowledge During COVID](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/12/a-recipe-for-disaster-dual-use-knowledge-during-covid/) - By Yong-Bee Lim Nature Protocols published an article on January 29, 2021 that is making waves in the biorisk community. Titled “Engineering SARS-CoV-2 Using a Reverse Genetic System,” this article outlines a detailed protocol on how researchers can engineer variants of the virus known as SARS-CoV-2: the causative pathogen of COVID-19. Initial reactions to the - [The Biden Administration & Biothreats: Week One](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/29/the-biden-administration-biothreats-week-one/) - By William Beaver After stepping away from the podium on Inauguration Day, President Biden got to work on fulfilling campaign promises, including re-establishing a productive working relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO), which is essential amid the deadliest pandemic in the last century. The president also made commitments to stopping a broad range of - [The Biden Administration and Climate Security: Week 3](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/08/release-landmark-report-from-security-experts-identifies-ecological-disruption-as-the-21st-centurys-most-underappreciated-security-threat-2/) - Last week’s big climate security action in the United States came in the form of another Executive Order from President Biden: this time on planning for the impact of climate change on migration. The order calls for: “...a report on climate change and its impact on migration, including forced migration, internal displacement, and planned relocation. - [RELEASE: Landmark Report from Security Experts Identifies Ecological Disruption as the 21st Century’s Most Underappreciated Security Threat](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/09/release-landmark-report-from-security-experts-identifies-ecological-disruption-as-the-21st-centurys-most-underappreciated-security-threat/) - Washington DC, February 9, 2021 – The Converging Risks Lab of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released a landmark report today, The Security Threat That Binds Us, that identifies ecological disruption as a major and underappreciated security threat and calls on the United States to reboot its national security architecture and doctrine to better - [Agenda 2021: Prospects for Climate Security and Other Strategic Risks at the UN Security Council](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/11/agenda-2021-prospects-for-climate-security-and-other-strategic-risks-at-the-un-security-council/) - By Evan Barnard, Center for Climate and Security intern, with contributions from Andrea Rezzonico and William Beaver The 2021 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) agenda promises to take on a range of issues central to the Council on Strategic Risks mission. This blog post provides recommendations for action by the UNSC, as well as an - [On the Verge - Lessons from Japan’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (005)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/03/01/on-the-verge-lessons-from-japans-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-005/) - https://media.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/content.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/On_the_Verge-Episode_005.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 26:59 — 21.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | RSS | More In this episode, Christine Parthemore, the CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks, interviews Dr. Tomoya Saito, director of the Department of Health Crisis Management at Japan’s National Institute of Public Health. Dr. Saito is taking part in his country’s - [On the Verge - Sole Purpose Nuclear Doctrine (004)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/22/on-the-verge-sole-purpose-nuclear-doctrine-004/) - https://media.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/content.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/On_the_Verge-Episode_004.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 28:34 — 26.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | RSS | More In this episode, Natasha Bajema, Director of the Converging Risks Lab at the Council on Strategic Risks, interviews Andy Weber and John Gower about their proposal for a sole purpose nuclear doctrine.The Honorable Andy Weber is a Senior Fellow - [On the Verge - Pakistan and Climate Security (003)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/15/on-the-verge-pakistan-and-climate-security-003/) - https://media.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/content.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/On_the_Verge-Episode_003.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 47:33 — 46.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | RSS | More Dr. Sweta Chakraborty speaks with South Asia experts (and participants in CSR’s Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs) Elizabeth Threlkeld of the Stimson Center and Neil Bhatiya of the Center for a New American Security. They discuss nuclear weapons, climate security issues, - [On the Verge - Lessons from Japan’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (002)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/08/on-the-verge-lessons-from-japans-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-002/) - https://media.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/content.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/On_the_Verge-Episode_002.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01:27 — 48.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | RSS | More In this episode, Christine Parthemore, the CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks, interviews Japanese experts about their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Christine has deep experience addressing issues ranging from the security implications of climate change to countering - [VIDEO: Is Russia overturning the global order? Maybe. It’s complicated.](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/05/video-is-russia-overturning-the-global-order-maybe-its-complicated/) - Russia is grappling with higher temperatures, wildfires, collapsing permafrost, and flooding throughout the country, particularly in Siberia. The Arctic is perhaps the world’s paramount example of the geopolitical impacts of climate change, with sea ice melting at unprecedented rates, presenting opportunities that countries such as Russia are actively exploiting. Moscow sees the Northern Sea Route, - [BRIEFER: Russia Signed on to Extend New START. What’s Next for Nuclear Arms Control?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/02/russia-signed-on-to-extend-new-start-whats-next-for-nuclear-arms-control/) - By Natasha Bajema and Christine Parthemore As one of his early actions as President, Joe Biden pushed for a five-year extension of the U.S.-Russia New START Treaty. On Friday, Russian President Putin signed a law committing his nation to this extension. While a few steps are required to finalize the extension, this salvaging of the - [The Center for Climate and Security Applauds the Biden Administration’s Executive Actions on Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/27/the-center-for-climate-and-security-applauds-the-biden-administrations-executive-actions-on-climate-change/) - The Center for Climate and Security applauds President Biden’s Executive Orders (EO) on climate change released today, including the EO specifically addressing climate threats to national security titled “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” This EO devotes a significant section (1.3) to climate security, following through on many of the policy proposals made - [The Biden Administration & Climate Security: Week Two](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/29/the-biden-administration-climate-security-week-two/) - “This executive order I’m signing today...makes it official that climate change will be the center of our national security and foreign policy.” -- President Joe Biden, January 27, 2021 The big news this week was of course the Biden Administration’s Executive Order “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” In announcing the measure, Special - [BRIEFER: Beyond Weapons of Mass Destruction: Time for a New Paradigm?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/01/briefer-beyond-weapons-of-mass-destruction-time-for-a-new-paradigm/) - By Natasha E. Bajema The term weapons of mass destruction (WMD) represents more than just the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons that it commonly indicates. It also represents a threat paradigm. There is a longstanding, bipartisan agreement about the U.S. security environment dating back to the end of the Cold War that CBRN - [A Climate Security Plan for America Part 2: Assess Climate Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/28/a-climate-security-plan-for-america-part-2-assess-climate-risks/) - By Erin Sikorsky Part 2 of 4 in the Climate Security Plan for America blog series See part 1, “Demonstrate Leadership,” here. If the first pillar of the Climate Security Plan for America is all about leadership, the second pillar is about ensuring those leaders have the information they need to take decisive, effective action. - [RELEASE: New Report by Security Experts Warns of “Great Power Conflict” Potential in Arctic if Climate Change Uncurbed](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/27/release-new-report-by-security-experts-warns-of-gray-zone-warfare-and-great-power-conflict-potential-in-arctic-if-climate-change-goes-uncurbed/) - Washington DC, January 27, 2021 — Today’s forthcoming climate announcements by the Biden Administration speak to the urgency of addressing climate change threats to security. These realities are nowhere more visible than in the Arctic, where the onset of climate change presents dangerous new realities for great power competition and conflict. A new report, Climate Change and Security - [RELEASE: New Report Calls on Canada to Create a “Climate Security Plan” to Combat Security Threats of Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/02/16/release-new-report-calls-on-canada-to-create-a-climate-security-plan-to-combat-security-threats-of-climate-change/) - Washington, D.C., February 16, 2021 — The Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, released a new report today entitled "A Climate Security Plan for Canada." This report looks at the challenges of climate change through the frames of Canada’s existing security and climate strategies, recommending that Canada develop - [On the Verge - Reimagining Arms Control (001)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/22/on-the-verge-reimagining-arms-control/) - https://media.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/content.blubrry.com/csr_on_the_verge/On_the_Verge-Episode_001.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 21:32 — 19.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | RSS | More In the inaugural episode of CSR’s On the Verge podcast, Natasha Bajema interviews Andy Weber and John Gower about the future of arms control as part of their work for the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons. The Honorable Andy - [Time to Double Down on DoD Investments in Platform Technologies for Combating Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/25/time-to-double-down-on-dod-investments-in-platform-technologies-for-combating-biological-threats/) - By William BeaverThe race to create a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has shown the world the potential of “platform technologies”, which are defined by their ability to rapidly discover and manufacture medical countermeasures against a wide variety of biological threats, especially novel ones. Department of Defense (DoD) investments in platform technologies have seen growing U.S. government - [The Biden Administration & Climate Security: Week One](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/22/the-biden-administration-climate-security-week-one/) - What a week for climate security! In his inaugural address on Wednesday, President Joe Biden said, “The cry for survival comes from the planet itself,” acknowledged the “climate is in crisis,” and promised “we will be judged...by how we resolve these cascading crises of our era.” Not long after he was sworn in, President Biden - [Sherri Goodman on the Climatization of Security for the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/21/sherri-goodman-on-the-climatization-of-security-for-the-bangladesh-institute-of-peace-and-security-studies/) - By Mackenzie Allen In early December 2020, Sherri Goodman spoke with Bangladeshi retired Major General Munir Muniruzzaman about climate security in South East Asia and the United States. Goodman discussed mainstreaming climate change in foreign policy and national security decision-making as part of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) virtual ‘Strategic Conversation’ - [EVENT: Unprecedented Foresight: Opportunities to Improve Climate Security Risk Assessments in the New Administration - Jan 28](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/19/event-unprecedented-foresight-opportunities-to-improve-climate-security-risk-assessments-in-the-new-administration/) - The second panel in our series, “Planning for the First 100 Days and Beyond” January 28, 2020 2-3:30 pm EST This virtual event hosted by the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is the second in our series looking at actions the incoming Biden Administration can take - [A Climate Security Plan for America Part 1: Demonstrate Leadership](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/15/a-climate-security-plan-for-america-part-1-demonstrate-leadership/) - By John Conger Part 1 of 4 in the Climate Security Plan for America Blog Series In late 2019, the Center for Climate and Security-led Climate Security Advisory Group, a group of senior U.S. national security and military experts, including eight retired four-star generals and admirals, published the A Climate Security Plan for America. These - [Highlights from the U.S. Navy War College Conference on Climate Change and National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/26/highlights-from-the-u-s-navy-war-college-conference-on-climate-change-and-national-security/) - By Elsa Barron On January 9th, climate and security experts, many from the Center on Climate and Security (CCS), virtually convened for a US Naval War College conference, “The National Security Significance of a Changing Climate.” The conference organizer, Dr. Andrea Cameron, highlighted the timeliness of this conversation, as the United States enters an executive - [The U.S. Congress Overrode Trump Veto on FY21 NDAA: Here are the Climate Security Highlights in the Bill](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/15/u-s-congress-overrides-trump-veto-on-fy21-ndaa-here-are-the-climate-security-highlights-in-the-bill/) - By John Conger On January 1, the U.S. Senate voted to override Mr. Trump’s veto of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with an 81-13 vote. A few days earlier, the House voted 322-87 to override the veto. It is worth noting that the Statement of Administration Policy, which lists Mr. Trump’s - [A Nuclear Policy Tapestry: From a Code of Responsibility to Greater Stability](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/14/a-nuclear-policy-tapestry-from-a-code-of-responsibility-to-greater-stability/) - By Rear Admiral John Gower Concept #2: National Nuclear Decision Protocols: Building on the Code of Responsibility that I and CSR colleagues set forth in previous work, a clear next step would be for nuclear weapon-possessing states to declare their current decision protocols and institute nuclear decision protocols which emphasise and improve restraint. According to - [Nuclear Weapon Sole Purpose: The Strongest Future for U.S. National Security and Global Stability](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/12/nuclear-weapon-sole-purpose-the-strongest-future-for-u-s-national-security-and-global-stability/) - [3] NWS Negative Security Assurances near universally give exemption caveats to the strength of the assurance and the level of “extreme circumstances” in which nuclear weapon release would be contemplated. - [Looking Back: The Center for Climate and Security 2020 Wrap-Up](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/13/looking-back-the-center-for-climate-and-security-2020-wrap-up/) - As we begin 2021, we wanted to take a look back at the work of the Center for Climate and Security during the past year. Thanks to the dedication of our staff, fellows and Advisory Board, we’ve made significant progress on putting climate security front and center and advancing the recommendations in our Climate Security - [RELEASE: The Council on Strategic Risks Offers Recommendations for the Next U.S. Administration on Biological, Climate and Nuclear Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/20/release-the-council-on-strategic-risks-offers-recommendations-for-the-next-u-s-administration-on-biological-climate-and-nuclear-threats/) - Washington, DC, October 20, 2020 - Today, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released important new policy recommendations: “Confronting Systemic Security Risks: Proposals for the Next U.S. Administration.” The briefer offers policy ideas for consideration by the national security leaders of the next Presidential Administration, and covers three important areas of global strategic risk: biological - [We’re Hiring: Full Time Position for Addressing Biological Weapons Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/07/were-hiring-full-time-position-for-addressing-biological-weapons-threats/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire a full-time team member focused on addressing biological weapons threats. CSR is open to diverse expertise and a range of experience levels in candidates. The best candidates will have the vision and potential needed to become a true leader in national and international security and a - [The Council on Strategic Risks Condemns Violence Against U.S. Democratic Institutions](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/08/the-council-on-strategic-risks-condemns-violence-against-u-s-democratic-institutions/) - This week, the American democratic system withstood a direct and violent attempt to prevent it from working. Despite this despicable attempt, the U.S. Congress proceeded to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. This Constitutional process, which started in the afternoon of January 6th but could not be completed until the early morning hours - [If Biden Reviews Nuclear Weapons Plans, Focus on New & Low-Yield Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/05/if-biden-reviews-nuclear-weapons-plans-focus-on-new-low-yield-weapons/) - By Christine Parthemore Over the past week, there has been a flurry of news reporting that President-elect Biden will likely review U.S. nuclear weapons programs with the aim of reducing some of the excess of current plans. Articles consistently start by mentioning that Biden will seek to extend the New START treaty with Russia. Yet - [New SARS-CoV-2 Strain in the United States](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/30/new-sars-cov-2-strain-in-the-united-states/) - Larger-scale genome sequencing needed to bolster early warning By William Beaver The COVID-19 crisis has made clear that the United States and most other countries need to significantly improve their disease detection capabilities. This pressing need---and a glimpse at part of the solution---was driven home by last week’s news of a mutation of SARS-CoV-2 that - [For First Time, the Pentagon IG Annual Report Identifies Climate Change as Top Challenge](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2021/01/04/for-first-time-the-pentagon-ig-annual-report-identifies-climate-change-as-top-challenge/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack In another sign that the Department of Defense (DoD) is prioritizing climate security risks, the annual Inspector General (IG) summary of the Department’s top management challenges explicitly discusses climate change and extreme weather events. This is the first time the report has featured climate change, incorporating it along with global pandemics - [Climate Change in the US Arctic: A Growing Concern for Homeland Defense?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/21/climate-change-in-the-us-arctic-a-growing-concern-for-homeland-defense/) - By Agata Lavorio Is climate change shaping U.S. Arctic posture? For much of its modern history, the U.S. has been considered a reluctant Arctic state, given its limited interest in the High North. In 2015, a survey by the Arctic Studio conducted in the U.S. found a greater affinity among Americans for the Rocky Mountains, - [EVENT: Climate Change - A Core National Security Priority in the Incoming Administration, Dec 15](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/11/event-climate-change-a-core-national-security-priority-in-the-incoming-administration-dec-15/) - In this virtual event hosted by the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, we will explore how the incoming U.S. Administration of Joe Biden should position itself to meet the threat of climate change from the outset. We’ll discuss the commitments he’s already made; we will discuss - [Biome Shifts Due to Climate Change Creates Increased Vulnerabilities for Military Installations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/28/biome-shifts-due-to-climate-change-creates-increased-vulnerabilities-for-military-installations/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack Supporting sustainable range management and training activities on military installations will be challenged by climate change, both in the near term and many years into the future. Odom and Ford (2020) modelled possible changes to biomes located on military lands from climate change to assess installation vulnerability to these shifts. Based on - [Accelerated Advances in Biotech and the Bioweapons Threat](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/14/accelerated-advances-in-biotech-and-the-bioweapons-threat/) - By Yong-Bee Lim The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report titled Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology in 2018. Beyond focusing on pathogens and biochemicals, this report discussed how nefarious actors may use technical advances in delivering genetic information like messenger RNA (mRNA) to generate a new class of - [Snapping Shrimp Can Disrupt the U.S. Navy’s Search for Mines as the Oceans Warm](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/29/snapping-shrimp-can-disrupt-the-navys-search-for-mines-as-the-oceans-warm/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack And now for something completely different. Marine biologists presented an interesting paper at the Ocean Science Meeting 2020 on research they conducted on "snapping shrimp." As ocean temperatures warm because of climate change, the cracking noise that snapping shrimp create increases in loudness and frequency. The cracking likely “helps the shrimp communicate, defend territories - [European External Action Service building a Climate Change and Defence Roadmap](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/10/european-external-action-service-building-a-climate-change-and-defence-roadmap/) - This is a cross-post from the Planetary Security Initiative In an attempt to address the links between climate change and defence, the European External Action Service (EEAS) has submitted a Climate Change and Defence Roadmap. With this roadmap, the EEAS proposes to integrate climate change into the defence actions of the EU, including in the Common Security and - [New Zealand's Biodefence Assessment Incorporates Converging Risks Approach](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/09/new-zealands-biodefence-assessment-incorporates-converging-risks-approach/) - By Andrea Rezzonico New Zealand's latest biodefense assessment published by its Ministry of Defence incorporates a "converging risks" approach by spotlighting the intersection of biological and climate threats and their attendant security implications. Persistent and intensifying disruptors highlighted in the report include: Climate change– Increasing temperatures, and more severe and intense winds and rainfall Globalization– - [BRIEFER: Common Misconceptions About Biological Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/07/briefer-common-misconceptions-about-biological-weapons/) - By Chris Bakerlee, Steph Guerra, Christine Parthemore, Damien Soghoian, and Jacob Swett The COVID-19 pandemic serves as a loud wake-up call to the systemic and strategic effects of biological threats. If not rapidly detected and addressed, infectious diseases can in short order infect millions, kill hundreds of thousands or more, depress economies, and heighten tensions - [The Complexity of the Climate Change, Migration and Conflict Nexus](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/11/the-complexity-of-the-climate-change-migration-and-conflict-nexus/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack Researchers are actively assessing the interactions between climate/environmental change and migration (here) and, climate change, migration, and conflict (here and here) to increase our understanding of the diverse effects that climate change will have on populations around the world. Understanding the complex interaction between climate change, migration and conflict requires a theoretical model that - [U.S. National Intelligence Council: Global Water Insecurity to Increase Over the Next 30 Years](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/16/u-s-national-intelligence-council-global-water-insecurity-to-increase-over-the-next-30-years/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack Responding to a Congressional request, the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) recently released an unclassified memo from July (here) examining global water security over the next 30 years. The NIC examined multiple variables including economic, agricultural, and environmental. Countries that are unable to provide sufficient water for their populations will experience lowered public health, - [Modelling Climate Change Risks to a U.S. Air Force and Army Base](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/04/modelling-climate-change-risks-to-u-s-air-force-bases/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack As U.S. military installation planners incorporate climate change into their work, such as the development of installation master plans, they often draw on existing military sources of data and handbooks (see Army; Navy) to prepare those plans. Planners may also incorporate findings from academic studies that are relevant, particularly if they include individual installations - [How to Prioritize Climate Change in U.S. National Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/25/how-to-prioritize-climate-change-in-u-s-national-security/) - By Kate Guy From the outset of Joe Biden’s run for the American presidency, he pledged to look at national security with fresh eyes. Evolving systemic threats like climate change, often relegated to the portfolios of environmental experts and science agencies, were repeatedly mentioned in his plans to remake U.S. defense and foreign policy. “Climate - [A Very Strong Signal: 5 Key Takeaways on John Kerry’s Climate Envoy Role and Seat on the National Security Council](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/24/a-very-strong-signal-5-key-takeaways-on-john-kerrys-climate-envoy-role-and-seat-on-the-national-security-council/) - By John Conger, Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell On Monday, President-Elect Biden announced several members of his national security team. They included Anthony Blinken as Secretary of State, Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security, Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as United Nations Ambassador, Jake Sullivan as National Security Advisor, and… - [U.S. Department of Defense: Funding Available for Environmental Research and Development](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/23/u-s-department-of-defense-funding-available-for-environmental-research-and-development/) - ALEXANDRIA, VA, November 4, 2020—The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to fund environmental research and development in the Resource Conservation and Resiliency program area. SERDP invests across the broad spectrum of basic and applied research, as well as advanced technology development. The development and application of innovative - [BRIEFER: Connecting Nuclear and Climate Policy in the Biden Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/17/briefer-connecting-nuclear-and-climate-policy-in-the-biden-administration/) - Over the past four years, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) has operated a working group to examine the convergence of two of the world’s greatest challenges: nuclear threats and climate change. Whether countries significantly expand reliance on nuclear energy to help address the climate crisis---or whether they pivot away from nuclear energy---either pathway will - [Pandemics and Bioweapons: A Path for the Biden Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/19/pandemics-and-bioweapons-a-path-for-the-biden-administration/) - By Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber The COVID-19 pandemic continues to prove that infectious diseases can devastate the United States and the world---killing and sickening millions, disrupting lives, crippling economies, and significantly affecting dynamics among nations. The pandemic also foreshadows the potentially destructive power of biological weapons. Indeed, there is growing concern that the horrific effects - [U.S. Foreign Assistance Programs Fall Short of Addressing Climate Change Risk](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/02/u-s-foreign-assistance-programs-fall-short-of-addressing-climate-change-risk/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack The Department of Defense has been incorporating climate change into its strategic policy documents for more than 10 years (e.g., here, here, and here). Despite White House pressure to the contrary, it currently is expanding how it addresses climate change to address Congressional requirements contained in recent National Defense Authorization Acts (here). Less visible, but - [What Would a Climate-Focused Defense Budget Look Like?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/13/what-would-a-climate-focused-defense-budget-look-like/) - By John Conger Every Administration makes changes to the draft budget they receive before it is submitted to Congress, and there’s every reason to expect that to be the case with a President Biden. The budget is supposed to be submitted by the first Monday in February, but that deadline is rarely met. Incoming Presidents - [Nuclear Weapons & US Alliances in the Next Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/18/nuclear-weapons-us-alliances-in-the-next-administration/) - By Christine Parthemore President-elect Biden has spoken eloquently about the paramount importance of U.S. alliances in how the nation pursues security and stability. Given the number of allies under the umbrella of U.S. extended nuclear deterrence, American nuclear weapons policies and plans must be coordinated closely with these countries. When I left the Pentagon in - [Smart Steps on Nuclear Weapons for the Biden Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/12/smart-steps-on-nuclear-weapons-for-the-biden-administration/) - By Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber Just as the administration of President-elect Joseph Biden will need to take urgent action to control the worsening COVID-19 pandemic and proactively address the security risks of climate change, it will need to take on the significant challenge of reducing rising nuclear threats. In October, we recommended in War - [U.S. President-Elect Biden and the Climate Security Nexus: Recommendations for the Way Ahead](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/09/u-s-president-elect-biden-and-the-climate-security-nexus-recommendations-for-the-way-ahead/) - By John Conger In the wake of the declaration that Former Vice President Joseph Biden will become the next President of the United States, we must consider what this means for climate security. Make no mistake, there will be significant consequences for climate change and for national security separately, but our focus at the Center - [VIDEO: Can Climate Change Increase the Risk of Nuclear War?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/11/11/video-can-climate-change-increase-the-risk-of-nuclear-war/) - Many experts, including Dr. Elizabeth Chalecki of the Wilson Center, Andrea Rezzonico of CSR, and Alex Gilbert of the Nuclear Innovation Alliance, consider climate change to be a critical threat multiplier in that the effects of climate change can exacerbate existing domestic and regional conflicts. The effects of climate change—natural disasters, droughts, food shortages, flooding, - [The Importance of Climate and Health Security: Sherri Goodman on the ‘Things That Go Boom’ Podcast](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/30/the-importance-of-climate-and-health-security-sherri-goodman-on-the-things-that-go-boom-podcast/) - By Mackenzie Allen Leading health experts have warned about the possibility of a pandemic like COVID-19 for many years. Yet as a nation, the United States was disastrously unprepared. In part, this may be due to health security having been largely disregarded as a critical aspect of national security. This pandemic has exposed the folly - [VIDEO: Can Climate Change Undermine Nuclear Deterrence?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/28/can-climate-change-undermine-nuclear-deterrence/) - Over the past thirty years, the Arctic has warmed at roughly twice the global rate, causing floating sea ice to melt, glaciers to recede, and permafrost to thaw among other devastating effects. Though the region has always been important to countries bordering the region such as Russia, Canada, and the United States, it has gained - [Lessons from Japan’s Response to COVID-19, Part 2: A CSR Podcast Episode](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/22/lessons-from-japans-response-to-covid-19-part-2/) - By Christine Parthemore Sadly, the United States continues to lead the world in cases and mortality from COVID-19, with more than 7.8 million confirmed cases and more than 215,000 Americans dead. Japan continues to perform exceptionally well in keeping COVID-19 cases and deaths much lower than many other developed countries. Building on CSR’s October 7 - [BRIEFER: Brazil - A Climate, Nuclear, and Security Hotspot](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/27/briefer-brazil-a-climate-nuclear-and-security-hotspot/) - By Andrea Rezzonico and Meggen Watt Petersen Excerpt: This briefer, part of CSR’s series on hotspots experiencing unique combinations of climate, nuclear, and security challenges, examines Brazil’s nuclear developments, environmental challenges, climate change impacts, and socioeconomic landscape. The magnitude of Brazil’s geographic footprint, natural resources, and population helps define the nation as a global power. - [In Case You Missed It: A Summary of the Latest Climate Science Information (and Its Security Implications)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/12/02/in-case-you-missed-it-a-summary-of-the-latest-climate-science-information-and-its-security-implications/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack In case you missed it, the World Meteorological Organization brought together multiple entities, including United Nations-affiliated organizations and others, to publish their collective information on the latest climate science at the end of the summer. Each organization wrote one or more chapters. The overall messages from these chapters include that greenhouse gases continued to - [RELEASE: Can Climate Change Increase the Risk of Nuclear Conflict?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/28/release-can-climate-change-increase-the-risk-of-nuclear-conflict/) - Direct inquiries to: CSR news media contact: Francesco Femia, ffemia at csrisks dot org, Whatsapp: +1-571-263-5691 Follow us on Twitter: @CSRisks ###About the Council on Strategic Risks. The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is a nonprofit, non-partisan security policy institute devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination - [The UN Security Council’s Lack of Consensus on Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/29/the-un-security-councils-lack-of-consensus-on-climate-and-security/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack While climate change and its implications for security have been acknowledged many times by international military leaders (see here for example), as well as by senior leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense (here), the United National Security Council (UNSC) has only addressed the issue in fits and starts thus far, despite - [The Center for Climate and Security on CBS News: Suppression of Climate Change Analysis by the White House](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/26/the-center-for-climate-and-security-on-cbs-news-suppression-of-climate-change-analysis-by-the-white-house/) - By Kate Guy On October 22, Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) Advisory Board Member Dr. Rod Schoonover was featured in a CBS News segment discussing the severe security impacts posed by climate change. The segment, which aired ahead of the final 2020 U.S. Presidential Debate, highlighted the global - [Verifying Absence of Nuclear Weapons: Looking Back To Look Forward During the UN First Committee Meetings](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/19/verifying-absence-of-nuclear-weapons-looking-back-to-look-forward-during-the-un-first-committee-meetings/) - By Christine Parthemore Every year for a month, the UN First Committee holds a series of meetings. This year’s are currently in progress, running from October 5 to November 5. The body deals with disarmament issues, among others, so in recent years I and others in the CSR family have commonly spent part of early - [Media Advisory: The Council On Strategic Risks Offers Expertise On Biological Threats to Assist With COVID-19 Response](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/03/13/media-advisory-the-council-on-strategic-risks-offers-expertise-on-biological-threats-to-media-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 - [Interview with Rear Admiral Ann Phillips on Climate and Security: "You're the Future. No Pressure!"](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/05/interview-with-rear-admiral-ann-phillips-on-climate-and-security-youre-the-future-no-pressure/) - This interview is part of a series in which Center for Climate and Security (CSS) and Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) interns interview members of the CCS and CSR Advisory Boards and other key voices in the climate and security field. Vanessa Pinney interviewed Ann Phillips, member of the CCS Advisory Board and the CSR - [Lessons from Japan on Battling COVID-19: A CSR Podcast Episode](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/07/lessons-from-japan-on-battling-covid-19-a-csr-podcast-episode/) - By Christine Parthemore The United States has now tragically reached more than 210,000 people killed by COVID-19. These victims are among more than 7 million infected---including the President, many from the White House staff and Congress, and military leadership. Just as so many people across the country are working hard to bring down the transmission - [The Nobel Prize, CRISPR-Cas9 and Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/09/the-nobel-prize-crispr-cas9-and-biological-threats/) - By Christine Parthemore The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) would like to congratulate Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for receiving the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, announced on October 7th. This prestigious prize was awarded for their work developing CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology. Doudna---a champion for countering biological threats and improving science communications with - [Ocean Blues or a Bright Blue Future?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/16/ocean-blues-or-a-bright-blue-future/) - By Rear Admiral Jonathan White, USN (ret.) and Annabelle Leahy The pandemic of Covid-19 has tremendous and largely unknown implications for global health, security, and economic prosperity, but as we work diligently to steer the future toward positive outcomes, we must not lose track of the growing challenges and opportunities that continually unfold with another well-known - [We’re Hiring: Deputy Director, the Center for Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/14/were-hiring-deputy-director-the-center-for-climate-and-security/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) seeks to hire a Deputy Director for its Center for Climate and Security (CCS). This is an exciting growth opportunity for the right candidate. CSR seeks candidates with the vision and potential needed to become a true leader in national and international security. The Deputy Director will have the - [Complex Emergencies and Alliance Strength](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/22/complex-emergencies-and-alliance-strength/) - By Christine Parthemore Late summer 2020 is serving as yet another reminder that the 21st century will be profoundly shaped by complex and compounding emergencies. In the United States alone, the confluence of severe natural disasters with the COVID-19 pandemic is jarring even those of us who focus on such threats for a living. Multiple - [The Pentagon’s Global Supply Chain Threatened by Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/25/the-pentagons-global-supply-chain-threatened-by-climate-change/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack Supply chains are the less visible parts of many large, global companies, such as Apple, Toyota, and Boeing. For each of these companies, their many suppliers incrementally provide parts that are eventually assembled into finished products, whether they are hand-held smartphones or part of vehicles that transport a few or many people. - [Interview with CSR Board Member Robert Palay: COVID-19 Has Shown the World How Serious Biothreats Are](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/21/interview-with-csr-board-member-robert-palay-covid-19-has-shown-the-world-how-serious-biothreats-are/) - This interview is part of a series in which Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) & Center for Climate and Security (CCS) interns interview members of the CSR and CCS Advisory Boards, along with other key voices in the security field. In today's post, Isabella Caltabiano interviews Robert Palay, member of the Council on Strategic Risks - [U.S. Secretary of the Army Issues New Policy on Climate Threats to Installations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/02/u-s-secretary-of-the-army-issues-new-policy-on-climate-threats-to-installations/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack The U.S. Secretary of the Army has issued a new policy directing that installations address threats from climate change and extreme weather - demonstrating that the military continues to address the issue, despite political pressure to the contrary. The goal is to protect critical assets on installations to ensure mission resilience. The goal will - [Climate Change, Wildfires in the US, and How It All Affects Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/15/climate-change-wildfires-in-the-us-and-how-it-all-affects-security/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack Wildfires are burning across multiple states in the U.S. For Washington, Oregon, and California, these fires are having devastating consequences for tens of millions of people and their communities. The fires have resulted in at least 33 deaths, destruction or damage to a broad ranges of properties, acres and acres of burned forests, and significant disruption to - [The Himalayan Hotspot: Diplomacy Needed to Address Environmental and Climate Security Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/18/the-himalayan-hotspot-diplomacy-needed-to-address-environmental-and-climate-security-risks/) - By Maya Saidel Heightened militarization in the Himalayan region has impeded diplomatic and multilateral efforts to tackle critical climate issues endangering one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. In early June, at least 20 soldiers perished in a historic clash between Indian and Chinese troops along the disputed Himalayan border in Ladakh. This confrontation is the - [Climate Change Adversely Affecting Aircraft Performance in Greece: Implications for Militaries?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/12/climate-change-adversely-affecting-aircraft-performance-in-greece-implications-for-militaries/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack The deleterious effects of high temperatures and humidity on the performance of aircraft are exacerbated in many places around the world under climate change. Last year, in a Center for Climate and Security briefer, these effects were discussed for both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. They include reductions in take-off weight because - [Early Warning in Preventing Future Pandemics: Incredible Opportunity & Major Hurdles](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/09/early-warning-in-preventing-future-pandemics-incredible-opportunity-major-hurdles/) - Data will be one of the central components of preventing future outbreaks from growing to pandemic proportions. This holds for natural disease outbreaks and for deliberate biological attacks. Our tools and methods for collecting, analyzing, and using data are incredible and improving rapidly. Such capabilities have been put to productive use against COVID-19 by some - [U.S. Army Releases Climate Resilience Handbook](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/30/u-s-army-releases-climate-resilience-handbook/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack The U.S. Army has published the Army Climate Resilience Handbook (ACRH) for use by installation planners to assess climate risk as they write or revise a diversity of plans, including real property master plans, Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans, Installation Energy and Water Plans, and emergency management plans. The handbook is organized around a - [Senate Democrats Release Climate Report – Highlight National Security Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/08/senate-democrats-release-climate-report-highlight-national-security-risks/) - By John Conger On August 25, 2020 the Senate Democrats Special Committee on the Climate Crisis published The Case for Climate Action: Building a Clean Economy for the American People. Like the report put out by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis in July, it lays out a case for climate action that - [The Future of Research on Climate Change and Armed Conflict](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/11/the-future-of-research-on-climate-change-and-armed-conflict/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack As military planners look out to future operating environments that they may face, they need to continue to anticipate the changing social, environmental, political, and economic conditions that populations may experience when these populations are increasingly affected by climate change. Climate change will dynamically influence many societal variables including migration, food security, and conflict. Planners may - [Record Floods Threaten Nuclear Power Construction Site in Bangladesh](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/31/record-floods-threaten-nuclear-power-construction-site-in-bangladesh/) - By Isabella Caltabiano Bangladesh has experienced intense flooding covering at least a quarter of the country as it goes through monsoon season. NASA has released a map showing the extent of this year’s flooding from June to the end of July along the Jamuna River, where high danger levels have been reached or surpassed. Reported - [New Research Shows Importance of Military Personnel Communicating the Risks of Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/04/new-research-shows-importance-of-military-personnel-communicating-the-risks-of-climate-change/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack While senior military leaders, due to their apolitical reputation, can influence skeptical audiences about climate change risks to national security, enlisted personnel can be even more persuasive when they deliver personal messages, according to new research in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Communication. The experimental study examined how to construct a climate change communication strategy - [Building a Resilient Tomorrow: Interview with Author Alice Hill](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/07/building-a-resilient-tomorrow-interview-with-author-alice-hill/) - By Maya Saidel This interview is part of a series in which Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) & Center for Climate and Security (CCS) interns interview members of the CSR and CCS Advisory Boards along with other key voices in the security field. Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption, - [Despite Politics, the Pentagon Launches New Effort on Climate and Environmental Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/24/with-new-initiative-the-pentagon-continues-its-effort-to-combat-climate-change/) - By John Conger The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has been addressing climate change issues and examining how they impact national security for a long time – across multiple Administrations, both Democrat and Republican. In recent years, the DoD has done so despite political pressures to the contrary, though prioritization of the issue declined significantly - ["Massive Investments in Resilience Needed": Climate Lessons from Covid](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/28/massive-investments-in-resilience-needed-climate-lessons-from-covid/) - The Chandler Foundation recently released its "Social Investor" magazine, an influential guide to philanthropists and a particularly important one during a time of crisis. In a section titled "Climate Philanthropy Matters," the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Laurie Goering interviewed the Co-Founder of the Center for Climate and Security and Council on Strategic Risks, Francesco Femia, about - [U.S. Navy Tests Solar Power Beaming Technology](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/10/14/u-s-navy-tests-solar-power-beaming-technology/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is developing technologies designed to capture solar power in space, directly by an orbiting satellite, and beaming that captured power back to Earth. One of those technologies is the Photovoltaic RF Antenna Module (PRAM) satellite launched in May 2020 aboard the U.S. Air Force’s experimental orbital aircraft, the - [The Security Imperative of Stopping Climate Change: Reflections on the 2019 State of the Climate Report](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/20/the-security-imperative-of-stopping-climate-change-reflections-on-the-2019-state-of-the-climate-report/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack With the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) synthesis report delayed until sometime in 2022 and the next U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA) slated for 2023, it’s important to look to other organizations for synthesized data on the current state of the climate. One such organization is the American Meteorological Society (AMS). AMS recently - [More US-Russia Nuclear Talks & The Future of Arms Control](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/18/more-us-russia-nuclear-talks-the-future-of-arms-control/) - By Christine Parthemore The next meeting of U.S. and Russian officials for nuclear strategic stability began August 16th and wraps today in Vienna. First reported by Russian media, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control, Ambassador Marshall Billingslea, followed last Friday with a tweet stating that the United States was “sending 1 of the - [Increased High Tide Flooding Threatens Coastal Security in the US](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/09/23/increased-high-tide-flooding-threatens-coastal-security-in-the-us/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently published its latest outlook for high tide flooding in the United States, which covers the period May 2020-to-April 2021. According to the report, the increases in coastal flooding described in last year’s report will continue with even greater frequency as sea levels rise. U.S. Department - [Emerging Threat: As the Arctic Melts, Russian Plans to Militarize Could Create a Nuclear Hotspot](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/26/emerging-threat-as-the-arctic-melts-russian-plans-to-militarize-could-create-a-nuclear-hotspot/) - By Jasmine Owens New opportunities are arising for various countries as climate change devastates the Arctic. However, Russia has already begun to stake its claim by increasing its military presence in the region. The Arctic is experiencing momentous transformations as climate change wreaks havoc in the region. It is warming at twice the rate than - [Climate Security in the 2021 U.S. National Defense Authorization Act](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/17/climate-security-in-the-2021-u-s-national-defense-authorization-act/) - By John Conger Both the U.S. House and Senate recently passed their versions of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but it’s quite possible there will be a delay before a conference bill is completed. Rather than wait for the final version, this blog will review the climate change and resilience provisions in - [75 Years After the Nuclear Attacks on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, We Must Continue Reducing Nuclear Weapons Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/06/75-years-after-the-nuclear-attacks-on-hiroshima-nagasaki-we-must-continue-reducing-nuclear-weapons-threats/) - By Christine Parthemore This week marks 75 years since the United States attacked two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with nuclear weapons. The solemn annual commemorations on the 6th and 9th of August, respectively, grow more poignant each year as those Hibakusha who remain---the victims of these bombings---push ever-harder to share their stories so the - [5 Things to Know About Strategic Risks From the Past Few Weeks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/31/5-things-to-know-about-strategic-risks-from-the-past-few-weeks/) - 1. On North Korea, COVID-19 and Biological Weapons In a long Politico examination, Andy Weber of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) and other experts outline their concerns that North Korea’s recently-announced quest for a COVID-19 vaccine could also support the country’s biological weapons ambitions. The Kim regime “could use this legitimate vaccine aspiration as - [Climate Change in Russia and the Weaponization of Wheat](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/05/climate-change-in-russia-and-the-weaponization-of-wheat/) - By Leah Emanuel As temperatures in the Russian Arctic rapidly increase and permafrost continues to melt, Russian land feasible for wheat production is beginning to grow. In a new op-ed published in The National Interest, the Hon. Sherri Goodman, Chair of the Board of the Council on Strategic Risks, and Clara Summers of American University's - [Goodman and Bergenas: Why the US Needs to Restructure its National Security Strategy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/08/03/goodman-and-bergenas-why-the-us-needs-to-restructure-its-national-security-strategy/) - By Vanessa PinneyThis interview is part of a series in which Center for Climate and Security (CCS) interns interview members of the CCS Advisory Board and other key voices in the climate and security field. Vanessa Pinney separately interviewed Sherri Goodman, the former U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security and current senior member - [Science suppression is a security threat – whether climate or covid](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/20/science-suppression-is-a-security-threat-whether-climate-or-covid/) - By Francesco Femia A little over a year ago, the White House tried to block the testimony of a respected professional, Dr. Rod Schoonover – senior analyst and senior scientist in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the U.S. Department of State, and former Director of Environment and Natural Resources at the National Intelligence - [BRIEFER: Converging Risks in South Asia: Is a Disruptive Transition on the Horizon?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/22/briefer-converging-risks-in-south-asia-is-a-disruptive-transition-on-the-horizon/) - By Sarang Shidore South Asia spans multiple countries that were formerly either directly or effectively a component of British India. These include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives.[1] The subcontinent has had a traumatic history in modern times. Political partition in the wake of independence from colonial rule in 1947 left - [A Climate Change Framework for the UK’s Ministry of Defence - Lessons for NATO?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/29/a-climate-change-framework-for-the-uks-ministry-of-defence-lessons-for-nato/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) recently commissioned RAND Europe to examine climate change’s effects on MOD’s activities, and its attendant security implications, to assist the MOD in creating an updated climate change strategy. This examination produced a proposed framework for MOD’s leaders to use for assessing climate change risks to its - [Why the Nile Constitutes a New Kind of Water Dispute - and Why That’s Dangerous](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/15/why-the-nile-constitutes-a-new-kind-of-water-dispute-and-why-thats-dangerous/) - By Peter Schwartzstein Ever since workers first broke ground on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, international commenters have fixated on the Nile as a possible harbinger of future ‘water wars’ to come. And almost since then, water experts have pushed back against that narrative. There’s no reason for such giddy pessimism, they - [Unprecedented Risks, Unprecedented Foresight: A “Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent” Strategy for the United States in 2021](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/02/12/unprecedented-risks-unprecedented-foresight-a-responsibility-to-prepare-strategy-for-the-united-states-in-2020/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is a security policy institute devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the ways in which these risks intersect and exacerbate one another. To further this goal, CSR hosts non-partisan centers tackling unprecedented security risks from climate - [Climate and National Security in the New "Solving the Climate Crisis" Report](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/01/climate-and-national-security-in-the-new-solving-the-climate-crisis-report/) - On Tuesday 30 June, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Committee on the Climate Crisis issued a landmark report on the threats that climate change poses to the United States. Based on thousands of testimonies, inputs and recommendations from all sectors and regions of the country, the report outlines concrete legislative steps that the Committee - [Preparing for the Next Pandemic: A Scenario Exercise](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/06/24/preparing-for-the-next-pandemic-a-scenario-exercise/) - By Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü The following is a hypothetical future scenario that revolves around possible international efforts to counter another pandemic. It is by no means supposed to be a blueprint for an international response mechanism. Nevertheless, the author hopes that it will provide both food for thought, and impetus for the international community to - [Climate & Nuclear Security in the South China Sea: The Cases of Indonesia and the Philippines](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/01/climate-nuclear-security-in-the-south-china-sea-the-cases-of-indonesia-and-the-philippines/) - The global community is still struggling to manage the deadly COVID-19 pandemic that has spread throughout the world, and nations bordering the South China Sea have not been spared. The health crisis arrives in a region where climate change, nuclear developments, and existing strains on security are increasingly converging, raising new and potentially unprecedented risks. - [Depopulating Military Installations Because of Sea Level Rise](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/06/depopulating-military-installations-because-of-sea-level-rise/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack In case you missed it, an audit of the U.S. Department of Defense’s installation climate resilience from last year, conducted by the Government Accountability Office, found that “installations have not consistently assessed risks from extreme weather and climate change effects or consistently used projections to anticipate future climate conditions.” One of those - [John Conger and Alice Hill Call for a National Resilience Act](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/06/22/john-conger-and-alice-hill-call-for-a-national-resilience-act/) - In a recent op-ed published in The Hill, the Center for Climate and Security's Director, John Conger, and Council on Strategic Risks Board Member Alice Hill, call for a National Resilience Act requiring that all investments by the U.S. federal government be climate resilient. This would entail ensuring that such investments undergo a "climate resilience - [US Northern and Southern Command: Climate Change Impacts Our Area of Responsibility](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/07/08/us-northern-and-southern-command-climate-change-impacts-our-area-of-responsibility/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack In case you missed it - On March 11, the Full House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on “National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in North and South America.” Witnesses providing written statements and answering questions included the HON Kenneth Rapuano, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and - [Statement From The Council On Strategic Risks: Black Lives Matter](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/06/04/statement-from-the-council-on-strategic-risks-black-lives-matter/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) recognizes the extraordinary strains on the U.S. democratic system today, which were laid bare viscerally and tragically by the murder of George Floyd, threats of the use of military force against American citizens, and other troubling developments. These strains on our society---driven by systemic racism and xenophobia, the legitimization of - [Parthemore and Gower on Today's Nuclear Arms Race](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/06/16/parthemore-and-gower-on-todays-nuclear-arms-race/) - By Christine Parthemore Last week reporter Dana Lewis hosted me and colleague Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE, for a great discussion on the nuclear arms race the world is now experiencing. His podcast is timely for many reasons. The world is grappling with a nuclear arms race and related missile competitions even as so - [The New Water Development Report and Implications for Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/06/18/the-new-water-development-report-and-implications-for-security/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack Climate change has and will continue to have both direct and indirect effects around the world. Changes in water will be one of the most visible direct effects, whether it is too little water, such as during prolonged droughts; too much, such as flooding caused by sea-level rise, rivers, or tropical storms; - [Building a Resilient Future Post COVID-19](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/06/08/building-a-resilient-future-post-covid-19/) - While states partially reopen and begin taking the first steps to bring back the American economy, many are still feeling the damaging effects COVID-19 has put on the workforce. As of May 21st, almost 40 million have people claimed unemployment benefits, and those that have returned to work often do so at reduced hours and - [Climate Change Entails More Than Changing Temperatures: Disease and Security Implications](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/06/10/climate-change-entails-more-than-changing-temperatures-disease-and-security-implications/) - By Leah Emanuel In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Matthew Vollrath, a journalism Master’s student at Stanford, has created a podcast entitled “Life in the Coronaverse.” This five-part series explores the linkages between the coronavirus and climate change, how we respond to both, the partisan divides impacting action, and more. In the third episode, - [An Appeal to the National Security Community to Fight Racial Injustice](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/06/04/an-appeal-to-the-national-security-community-to-fight-racial-injustice/) - This is a cross-post article excerpt from Foreign Policy's "Shadow Government." Two former U.S. officials argue there is no security abroad without justice at home. By Bishop Garrison, Jon Wolfstahl We have both had the honor of serving our country, albeit in different ways. One of us is a West Point graduate, former Obama appointee, - [CSR Podcast Episode 5 with David Michel and Christine Parthemore](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/06/01/csr-podcast-episode-5-with-david-michel-and-christine-parthemore/) - Welcome to the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) Podcast Network! Here we speak with leading experts who are working to anticipate, analyze, and address core systemic risks to security in the 21st Century. Our fifth episode focuses on climate, nuclear, and security dynamics in Iran and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia and Iran are geopolitical rivals - [Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/06/call-for-applications-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-programs/) - As the world continues to battle the novel coronavirus that leads to COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. And while this ongoing pandemic arose naturally, it once again proves the grave threat biological weapons still pose to international security and stability. The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is - [Goodman on the Climate and Covid Threat and the Energy Opportunity](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/29/goodman-on-the-climate-and-covid-threat-and-the-energy-opportunity/) - By Leah Emanuel The Center for Climate and Security’s Senior Strategist, Sherri Goodman, spoke with Ben Hemmings and Joe Coppolino for their podcast and youtube channel, The One Tree Planted Show. In the episode published on May 1, Goodman spoke about the interconnection between climate change and national security, the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic - [Let's Not Get Caught Flat-Footed on the Next Crisis: Coronavirus, Climate Change, and American Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/19/lets-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 - [CSR Announces Inaugural Class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/20/csr-announces-inaugural-class-of-its-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-programs/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) has selected its inaugural class of the Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs. In this one-year program, five Fellows will work with leading experts from CSR’s team and network to generate ideas for ending the threat of state biological weapons programs. Together, the CSR team will collaborate with the Fellows - [Kazakhstan’s new national laboratory is a regional resource for a global cause](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/21/kazakhstans-new-national-laboratory-is-a-regional-resource-for-a-global-cause/) - By the Hon. Andy Weber and Dr. Richard Pilch On January 1 of this year, a new biosafety lab came online in Kazakhstan. Recently, some voices in China and the Russian Federation have questioned the impetus for the national biosafety level (BSL)-2 and BSL-3 laboratory, which was established in partnership with the United States. [1] - [Heeding the Intelligence Warnings of the Next Crisis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/27/heeding-the-intelligence-warnings-of-the-next-crisis/) - By John Conger and Kate Guy In the January 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment, the Director of National Intelligence offered this clear prediction: “We assess that the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next flu pandemic or largescale outbreak of a contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability…” It is - [Rose Gottemoeller and Andy Weber on the Future of Nuclear and Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/14/rose-gottemoeller-and-andy-weber-on-the-future-of-nuclear-and-biological-threats/) - Correspondent Dana Lewis' most recent "BackStory" podcast covers the worrying increase in global nuclear and biological threats. For the show, Lewis interviews two leading lights in the field: Rose Gottemoeller, former Lead Negotiator for the New Start Treaty, and Andy Weber, Senior Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) and former Assistant Secretary of Defense - [Lack of Flood Maps at Many U.S. Military Bases Creates Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/22/lack-of-flood-maps-at-many-u-s-military-bases-creates-risks/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) required that for any proposed major or minor U.S. military construction project within the Department of Defense (DoD), the Pentagon must disclose to Congress whether or not that project is located within the 100-year floodplain. DoD was to use the most recent Federal Emergency Management - [Climate Change Didn’t Pause for COVID-19: Implications for Military Readiness](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/18/climate-change-didnt-pause-for-covid-19-implications-for-military-readiness/) - By Joan VanDervort As COVID-19 continues to hammer the nation, approximately 61,900 Department of Defense (DoD) personnel (45,600 of which are made up of National Guard) have been called on to support the national response. “With COVID-19, it’s like we have 54 different hurricanes hitting every state, every territory, and the District of Columbia - [New Study: Increased Risk of Armed Conflict Onset After Climate Related Disasters](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/15/new-study-increased-risk-of-armed-conflict-after-climate-related-disasters/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack Over the past decade, understanding of the relationship between natural disasters, climate change and conflict has increased significantly. The Center for Climate and Security has been exploring case studies of this relationship since 2012, and four years ago, a major study of global datasets found that the "risk of armed-conflict outbreak is - [The Council on Strategic Risks Joins Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/11/the-council-on-strategic-risks-joins-gender-champions-in-nuclear-policy/) - By Christine Parthemore, CEO, The Council on Strategic Risks The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is excited to be part of Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy, an initiative that brings together heads of organizations working in nuclear policy who are committed to working towards gender equality in their spheres of influence. The work of Gender - [What International Relations Tells Us about COVID-19](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/08/what-international-relations-tells-us-about-covid-19/) - This is an excerpt from an article first published on E-International Relations (April 26, 2020) By Joshua Busby The emergence of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19) in 2019 may be the most consequential event of the early 21st century, upending modern life, globalization, and relations between countries. The outbreak of COVID-19 is a health crisis, with approximately 3 million - [The Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent: The Urgent Need For a Climate-Security Governance Architecture](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/06/the-responsibility-to-prepare-and-prevent-the-urgent-need-for-a-climate-security-governance-architecture/) - This article was first published on AsiaGlobal Online (April 29, 2020) By Rachel Fleishman Today’s international security and governance architecture was born of the post-World War II period, when a conflict-weary world sought to prevent another clash of nation-state alliances drawn into battle by the expansionist actions of a few. Yet many modern security challenges - [BRIEFER: Nuclear Energy Developments, Climate Change and Security in Turkey](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/28/nuclear-energy-developments-climate-change-and-security-in-turkey/) - By Nilsu Goren, Ph.D. In “The Clash of Civilizations,” Samuel Huntington categorized Turkey as a “torn” state between the West and Islam.While this categorization is overly simplistic, it points to Turkey’s problematic identity that is reflected in its foreign and security policymaking between East and West. This complicated landscape is seen in Turkey’s quest to - [Climate Security on Day One](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/05/04/climate-security-on-day-one/) - By John Conger It’s a frequent question that presidential candidates are asked: What would you do on Day One of your Presidency? Aside from the fact that there’s only so much you can practically get accomplished before you have your staff in place and operations running, a four-year term rapidly becomes a short period of - [Pentagon and Northern Command: Climate Change Has Implications for National Security in the Arctic](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/29/pentagon-and-northern-command-climate-change-has-implications-for-national-security-in-the-arctic/) - By Dr. Marc Kodack On March 3, the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sub-Committee on Readiness and Management Support, held a hearing on “U.S. Policy and Posture in Support of Artic readiness.” Witnesses providing written statements and answering questions included the HON Dr. James Anderson, Performing the Duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for - [International Response to Pandemics: Is there a need for a new international institution?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/27/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 - [Redefining Critical Infrastructure and Essential Workers](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/21/redefining-critical-infrastructure-and-essential-workers/) - By Bishop Garrison As the country continues to deal with the fallout brought on by the coronavirus, missteps in early high-level decision-making and failure to heed the persistent warnings of our government’s experts about the need to better prepare for biological threats are creating a deficit of trust in the federal government to protect Americans. - [Christine Parthemore on Climate One: The Rewards and Risks of Nuclear Power](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/17/christine-parthemore-on-climate-one-the-rewards-and-risks-of-nuclear-power/) - On April 10, Christine Parthemore, CEO of the the Council on Strategic Risks - the parent organization of the Center for Climate and Security - was interviewed by Climate One on the future of nuclear power. Christine brings a unique security experience to this perennial debate, given both her experience in both the U.S. Department - [Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/16/call-for-applications-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-programs-2/) - As the world continues to battle the novel coronavirus that leads to COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. And while this ongoing pandemic arose naturally, it once again proves the grave threat biological weapons still pose to international security and stability. The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is - [Briefer: Climate Risks to India's Nuclear Program](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/15/briefer-climate-risks-to-indias-nuclear-program/) - CSR’s three-tiered study analyzes the complex climate and nuclear security nexus in India. This is the third briefer, “Climate Risks to India’s Nuclear Program,” by Sarang Shidore. Read the first and second briefers, Climate Change and the India-Pakistan Rivalry, and Climate Risks to India's Internal Security, if you haven’t already. This work is part of CSR’s broader - [The Geopolitics of COVID-19 and Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/13/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 - [America’s Military is Demonstrating it Should Play a Leading Role in Combatting Coronavirus — Look No Further Than New Rochelle](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/10/americas-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 - [Statement on the Postponed NPT Review Conference](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/08/csr-statement-on-the-postponed-npt-review-conference/) - Today, CSR released a statement on the recently-announced postponement of the 2020 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). This statement is signed by 30 multidisciplinary experts among our team, advisors, and participants in CSR’s Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs. It calls on world leaders to use - [How the U.S. Should Counter Coronavirus Disinformation Campaigns](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/04/01/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 - [Briefer: Climate Risks to India's Internal Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/03/09/briefer-climate-risks-to-indias-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 exacerbate challenging conditions in the country. Read the first briefer, Climate Change and the India-Pakistan Rivalry, if - [CSR Receives Grant for Reducing Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/03/30/csr-receives-grant-for-reducing-biological-threats/) - As the world continues to grapple with the devastation of an ongoing pandemic from a novel coronavirus, the Council on Strategic Risks is doing all it can to help inform response decisions and mitigate future biological threats. To help advance this work, in March 2020 Open Philanthropy provided a grant to the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). The - [Parthemore Highlights Critical Lessons for Pandemic Response](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/03/18/parthemore-highlights-critically-important-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 - [Last Year, the U.S. Intelligence Community Warned of a Coronavirus Pandemic: Will We Heed their Climate Warnings?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/03/19/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 - [RELEASE: Can the U.S. Make Bioweapons Obsolete?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/03/09/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 virus, designated COVID-19, has sickened tens of thousands more, disrupted global trade and travel, and - [RELEASE: Future Climate Change Presents High-to-Catastrophic Security Threat, Warn U.S. National Security, Military and Intelligence Experts in New Assessment](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/02/24/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 - the avoidance of which will require “quickly reducing and phasing out global greenhouse gas - [BRIEFER: Climate Change and the India-Pakistan Rivalry](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/02/11/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 the geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers.This work is part of CSR's - [Council on Strategic Risks Named Best New Think Tank](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/02/19/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) at the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. CSR is honored to be included, - [New Zealand Defence Leadership Meets with Council on Strategic Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/01/31/new-zealand-defence-leadership-meets-with-ccs-csr-leadership/) - On January 25, New Zealand's Minister of Defence Ron Mark, and a team of senior defense leaders including the New Zealand Secretary of Defence and Chief of the Navy, met with the Council on Strategic Risks' leadership, including from the Center for Climate and Security, to discuss the security and military implications of climate change, - [“Where do we go after the INF Treaty?” Possible Options](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/01/28/where-do-we-go-after-the-inf-treaty-possible-options/) - By Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe The US formally withdrew from the INF Treaty on August 2, 2019, and the bilateral treaty with Russia (as successor to the Soviet Union) came to its end after nearly 32 years in force. Soon after, the US tested ground-based intermediate range missiles that were previously banned under the treaty. The - [CSR Podcast Episode 4: with Dr. Benjamin Santer and Matt Korda](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2020/01/14/csr-podcast-episode-4-with-dr-benjamin-santer-and-matt-korda/) - Welcome to the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) Podcast Network! Here we speak with leading experts who are working to anticipate, analyze, and address core systemic risks to security in the 21st Century. Our fourth episode focuses on effectively communicating climate and nuclear issues. It can be difficult to effectively translate complex risks like climate - [Hypersonic missiles: Three questions every reader should ask](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/12/18/hypersonic-missiles-three-questions-every-reader-should-ask/) - This article is a cross-post from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists By Ivan Oelrich, December 17, 2019 Interest in hypersonic weapons is taking off. The United States has for decades supported a modest research effort in such weapons, but now, spurred along by Russia and China, it’s ramping up efforts. Russian President Vladimir Putin used his 2018 address to the - [Report: Strengthening Global Governance Against Weapons of Mass Destruction](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/11/12/report-strengthening-global-governance-against-weapons-of-mass-destruction/) - By Christine Parthemore Next week the United Nations Secretary General will convene the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction in New York City. Despite its many strengths, the current global governance system regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) suffers several important weaknesses. - [CSR Podcast Episode 3: with Hon. Joyce Connery and Seth Grae on UAE](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/10/25/csr-podcast-episode-3/) - Welcome to the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) Podcast Network! Here we speak with leading experts who are working to anticipate, analyze, and address core systemic risks to security in the 21st Century. Our third episode focuses on the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Many consider the UAE a nascent nuclear energy success story in a - [Cruise Control: The Logical Next Step in Nuclear Arms Control?](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/10/30/cruise-control-the-logical-next-step-in-nuclear-arms-control/) - By Christine Parthemore and Andy WeberIn January 2019, our colleague Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE outlined a logical vision for balancing future progress in nuclear arms control and reductions with the need for maintaining nuclear strategic stability over time. In Improving Nuclear Strategic Stability Through a Responsibility-Based Approach: A Platform for 21st Century Arms - [The Human and Climatic Effects of an India-Pakistan Nuclear Conflict](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/10/18/the-human-and-climatic-effects-of-an-india-pakistan-nuclear-conflict/) - By Christine Parthemore On October 2, a team of researchers published the results of extensive work to model the effects of nuclear war between Pakistan and India. The scenario, posited for the year 2025, features a high-casualty terrorist attack on Indian government officials resulting in widespread conflict between these countries. In “Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals - [Planning for a Changing Arctic: A Scenario-Based Discussion Paper](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/09/19/planning-for-a-changing-arctic-a-scenario-based-discussion-paper/) - In partnership with the Sandia National Laboratories and the Polar Institute at the Wilson Center, the Council on Strategic Risks, led by Sherri Goodman, Peter Davies, Jim Townsend and Marisol Maddox, developed and executed a Tabletop Exercise Demonstration at the Arctic Futures 2050 Conference on September 5, 2019. The goal of the session was to - [NPR on Climate and Security Scenarios](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/09/20/npr-on-climate-and-security-scenarios/) - In yesterday's episode of NPR's On Point, Meghna Chakrabarti interviewed journalist Emily Atkin and Francesco Femia, the Council on Strategic Risks' CEO and Co-Founder of the Center for Climate and Security, to discuss the implications of climate change for global instability and conflict. The show built upon an article in the New Republic by Emily - [Werrell and Femia: A Responsibility to Prepare for Climate Change](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/09/16/werrell-and-femia-a-responsibility-to-prepare-for-climate-change/) - In an article published today by the IPI Global Observatory, Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia, CEOs of the Council on Strategic Risks and Co-Founder of the Center for Climate and Security, highlight the "Responsibility to Prepare" principle regarding climate change, which rests on the idea that unprecedented climate change risks coupled with society's foresight about those - [Climate and National Security on MSNBC with CCS Director John Conger](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/09/17/climate-and-national-security-on-msnbc-with-ccs-director-john-conger/) - The Hon. John Conger, Director of CSR's Center for Climate and Security and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment, appeared on MSNBC's Velshi and Ruhle show yesterday, to discuss climate change impacts on the U.S. military, the geostrategic landscape (especially in terms of China and Russia's activities in the Arctic), and - [Leading Climate Denier Departs National Security Council – Good News, But Hold the Celebrations](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/09/11/leading-climate-denier-departs-national-security-council-good-news-but-hold-the-celebrations/) - According to reports by E&E News and the New York Times, a leading voice for climate denialism at the White House’s National Security Council, William Happer, has stepped down from his position after a failed effort to suppress climate change analysis from U.S. science, intelligence, defense and other agencies. Speaking to Lisa Friedman at the New York Times, Francesco Femia, - [CSR Podcast Episode 2: Rear Admiral Leendert “Len” Hering Sr., USN (Ret) and Christine Parthemore](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/09/10/csr-podcast-episode-2-rear-admiral-leendert-len-hering-sr-usn-ret-and-christine-parthemore/) - Welcome to the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) Podcast Network! Here we speak with leading experts who are working to anticipate, analyze, and address core systemic risks to security in the 21st Century. Our second episode focuses on China. - [BRIEFER: Nuclear, climate, and security issues in Nigeria](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/08/28/briefer-nuclear-climate-and-security-issues-in-nigeria/) - By Andrea Rezzonico and Christine Parthemore As Africa’s largest economy with a monumentally large and young population, Nigeria is a critical country whose future is often seen as a key factor in regional stability. It is also experiencing a wide range of pressures, including terrorist threats, water stress, high energy demands, and one of the - [Ambassador Üzümcü awarded the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/08/21/ambassador-uzumcu-awarded-the-most-distinguished-order-of-st-michael-and-st-george/) - Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, a Senior Advisor to the Council on Strategic Risks and former Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, was awarded The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George by the Queen of the United Kingdom. This honorary award recognizes service in a foreign country or in relation - [After a Year: A Note from the Former Head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/07/28/after-a-year-a-note-from-the-former-head-of-the-organisation-for-the-prohibition-of-chemical-weapons/) - By Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Senior Advisor, Council on Strategic Risks It has been exactly a year since I left my position of Director General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), at the end of my second term of four years. I was elected to this position ten years ago. I always - [CSR Podcast Episode 1: Elizabeth Threlkeld and Neil Bhatiya on Pakistan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/07/24/csr-podcast-episode-1-elizabeth-threlkeld-and-neil-bhatiya-on-pakistan/) - What happens in Pakistan is critical to the security and stability of its people, its region, and the world. The inaugural episode of the Council on Strategic Risks Podcast Network features a discussion on Pakistan by South Asia experts (and participants in CSR's Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs) Elizabeth Threlkeld of the - [Femia on TRT World: The Strategic Benefit of Acting on Climate and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/07/18/femia-on-trt-world-the-strategic-benefit-of-acting-on-climate-and-security/) - In an interview segment released on July 17 by TRT World, Francesco Femia, the CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks and Co-Founder of the Center for Climate and Security, spoke with host Ghida Fakhry and WRI's Rebecca Carter about the increasing evidence of a connection between climate change and conflict, the growing bipartisan consensus - [The Security Threat of Extreme Heat](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/07/19/the-security-threat-of-extreme-heat/) - By Christine Parthemore Heatwaves are all over the news this week. Forecasts indicate that two-thirds of the United States will experience a severe heatwave this weekend. This comes days after the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued a new report on the topic. CBS News quoted the organization’s president in describing - [A Tribute to Dr. Janne E. Nolan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/07/03/a-tribute-to-dr-janne-e-nolan/) - It is with great sadness that the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) mourns the passing of Dr. Janne E. Nolan, Founding Board Member of CSR, and Member of the Center for Climate and Security’s Advisory Board. Janne was a strong proponent of practical, non-partisan solutions for anticipating, analyzing and addressing systemic risks to security. She - [Release: New Report on Converging Nuclear Energy, Climate and Security Risks in Egypt](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/06/12/release-new-report-on-converging-nuclear-energy-climate-and-security-risks-in-egypt/) - Washington, DC, June 12, 2019 - Today the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released a new report, titled “Nuclear Energy Developments, Climate Change, and Security in Egypt,” through its Converging Risks Lab program. The report explores the ways in which nuclear, climate and security trends are converging in this critical country - an under-explored yet - [The South China Sea: A Potential Climate, Nuclear, Security Hotspot](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/04/29/the-south-china-sea-a-potential-climate-nuclear-security-hotspot/) - Earlier this year, The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) convened its multidisciplinary Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs to further investigate the intersections of these trends. In the forthcoming weeks, CSR will publish a series of posts expanding on workshop discussions. The South China Sea: A Potential Climate, Nuclear, Security Hotspot By - [The Future of South Asia: Nuclear, Climate & Security Nexus in India & Pakistan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/03/07/the-future-of-south-asia-nuclear-climate-security-nexus-in-india-pakistan/) - Earlier this year, The Council on Strategic Risks convened its multidisciplinary Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs to further investigate the intersections of these trends. In the forthcoming weeks, CSR will publish a series of posts expanding on workshop discussions. By Andrea Rezzonico and Christine Parthemore The Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, - [Nuclear Strategic Stability & Arms Control in the 21st Century](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/01/14/nuclear-strategic-stability-the-arms-control-in-the-21st-century/) - By Christine Parthemore Last week the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) published a briefer by our colleague, Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE, titled “Improving Nuclear Strategic Stability Through a Responsibility-Based Approach: A Platform for 21st Century Arms Control.” Gower paints a daunting and accurate picture of nuclear affairs today, with a new arms racing - [A Smarter Path on Nuclear Modernization](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2019/01/08/a-smarter-path-on-nuclear-modernization/) - By Andy Weber and Christine Parthemore In the new issue of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, we recommend a smarter modernization program for the U.S. nuclear weapon enterprise. While some worrisome trends in U.S. nuclear policy began while we served in government, the subsequent 2018 Nuclear Posture Review presented several sharp departures from long-held, - [The Future of Arms Control](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2018/12/19/the-future-of-arms-control/) - By Andy Weber & Christine Parthemore We have an op-ed this week in The Hill on the ongoing crisis over the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. It is based in large part on private discussions we’ve had in recent months with current and former government officials from the United States, Russia, NATO and East Asian - [The INF Treaty and Its Grander Implications](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2018/10/25/the-inf-treaty-and-its-grander-implications/) - By Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber Last week, the Trump administration announced its intention to withdraw from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed by the Reagan and Gorbachev administrations in 1987 to ban ground-launched cruise and ballistic missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. These dangerous weapons helped keep Cold War tensions - [Welcome to the Council On Strategic Risks Blog](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2018/10/24/welcome-to-the-council-on-strategic-risks-blog/) ## Pages - [Kevin Cutright](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/kevin-cutright/) - Nonresident Senior Fellow, Converging Risks Lab Dr. Kevin Cutright is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Converging Risks Lab, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. Prior to this, he was an Associate Dean for Character Development and an associate professor of philosophy at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point). During his Army career, he served - [Rob Mugno](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/rob-mugno/) - Research Intern, Converging Risks Lab Rob Mugno is a summer 2026 research intern at the Council on Strategic Risks, where he works with the Converging Risks Lab. 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A team of experts, inspired by the pioneering work and philosophy of the late Janne E. Nolan, launched the Center with - [The Warsaw Biosecurity Dialogue](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/warsaw/) - The Warsaw Biosecurity Dialogue June 17-18, 2026 CSR, in collaboration with Poland’s Ministry of National Defence, will center the Warsaw Biosecurity Dialogue on topics such as early warning for biological threats, strategic investment in threat-agnostic protection, and improved NATO biodefence infrastructure, to deepen cross-Alliance cooperation. Challenge: NATO allies are increasingly concerned about biological weapons threats, - [The Global Biosecurity Accelerator](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/) - Biological threats, whether from hostile-state activities, the misuse of biotechnology, or novel zoonotic diseases, have multiplied in recent years. 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By tracking the implementation of efforts to mitigate biological risks and highlighting national biosecurity capabilities, we aim to enhance public understanding of these risks, highlight government responses, - [GBT: North Atlantic Treaty Organization](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/nato/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Country Profile Updated 2026-05-29 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources NATO is a military alliance of 32 member states committed to collective defense. 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Biological and pandemic threats are embedded within national defense planning, with the Ministry of Health holding lead - [GBT: France](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/fra/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: France (FRA) Country Profile Updated 2026-04-06 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources France’s commitment to bioresilience and biosecurity is evident through the integration of these principles into broader national policies and institutions, despite the lack of a singular national biosecurity strategy. The nation's dedication to this field is reinforced - [William Lynn](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/board-of-directors/william-lynn/) - CSR Board of Directors William (Bill) J. Lynn III has a distinguished career in national security, both in government, serving two Presidents, five Secretaries of Defense and as an aide to Senator Edward Kennedy, and in industry as a senior executive for Raytheon and Leonardo DRS. 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Whether it’s Russian propaganda blaming hurricane impacts in the US on support to Ukraine, extremists groups targeting recovery efforts after extreme - [Reducing Nuclear Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/reducing-nuclear-risks/) - Reducing Nuclear Risks A New Era of Nuclear Risks The confluence of renewed great power competition, the erosion of long-held norms best exemplified by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the emergence of disruptive technologies and the collapse of conventional and nuclear arms control structures continues to undermine global strategic stability. It is the nexus of these - [CSR Board of Directors](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/board-of-directors/) - Board of Directors CSR benefits from a strong and engaged Board of Directors, and their exceptional experiences in security and diplomacy, technology and innovation, business and nonprofit governance, the practice of law, communications, and more. Hon. Sherri Goodman Founding Chair of the BoardSecretary General, International Military Council on Climate & Security Dr. Marcus D. King - [About The Council on Strategic Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/about/) - Anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century The Council on Strategic Risks is a nonprofit, non-partisan security policy institute. CSR is devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the ways in which these risks intersect and exacerbate - [Dialogue to Strengthen the Outer Space Treaty and Deter the Placement of Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ost-dialogue/) - Dialogue to Strengthen the Outer Space Treaty and Deter the Placement of Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space May 26-27, 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland The Council on Strategic Risks, (CSR), in partnership with the Secure World Foundation (SWF) and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), is pleased to co-organize the “Dialogue to Strengthen the Outer - [Katherine Yusko](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/katherine-yusko/) - Research Fellow, Center for Climate and Security Katherine Yusko is a research fellow at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), where she focuses on the global impacts of climate change and climate variability on conflict, food security, and stability. Prior to joining CCS, Katherine led the American Security Project’s research on climate and energy - [Research & Analysis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/research/) - Browse entries by field: Climate Security | Biosecurity | Nuclear Weapons | Ecological Security. Browse entries by type: Reports | Briefers | CSR Blog - [The Nuclear Weapon Systems Project](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/nuclear-systems-project/) - The Nuclear Weapon Systems Project A Qualitative Approach to Nuclear Policy How states view the roles and relevance of nuclear weapons is changing. While these perspectives have been dynamic since the dawn of the atomic age, the changes occurring today and drivers of these changes are particularly worrisome—in particular given that they seem to be - [Richard G. Kidd](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/richard-g-kidd/) - Advisory Board Member, Center for Climate and Security Richard G. Kidd IV is a member of the Center for Climate and Security’s Advisory Board. He joins the board following over 31 years of combined Federal service, including Senior Executive Service assignments in three federal agencies and the White House. Additionally, he has been an international - [Scott Stinson](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/scott-stinson/) - Chief Operating Officer Scott Stinson joined the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2025. In this role, he oversees the organization’s day-to-day operations across finance and accounting, human resources, information technology, and legal/risk management. He also leads continuous process improvement efforts and contributes to shaping CSR’s organizational strategy. Prior to - [GBT: Republic of Korea](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/rok/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: Republic of Korea (ROK) Country Profile Updated 2025-12-10 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources The Republic of Korea (ROK), also known as South Korea, has emerged as a world leader in many aspects of biosecurity. Perhaps most significant is South Korea’s digital-based biosurveillance system for pandemic response, which has - [John Conger](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/about/leadership/john-conger/) - Director Emeritus, Center for Climate and SecuritySenior Advisor, Council on Strategic Risks John Conger is Director Emeritus of the Center for Climate and Security, Senior Advisor to the Council on Strategic Risks, and Senior US Advisor to the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). Mr. Conger previously served as Director and Senior Policy Advisor with the - [Tom Ellison](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/tom-ellison/) - Deputy Director, The Center for Climate and Security Tom Ellison is Deputy Director of the Center for Climate and Security (CCS). His expertise includes the security implications of food and water crises, migration, climate mis/disinformation, geoengineering, and the energy transition. His commentary and analysis appear on Bloomberg, Carbon Brief, The Financial Times, The Guardian, Just - [Institutes at CSR](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/institutes/) - Institutes at CSR The Council on Strategic Risks hosts institutes on climate security, strategic weapons, and a converging risks “lab,” an institute designed to deepen understanding of the threats and opportunities stemming from how global trends are intersecting and exacerbating one another. Regular output from these institutes includes original research, timely analysis, expert policy recommendations, and - [The Security Dynamics of Climate Intervention](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ccs/the-security-dynamics-of-climate-intervention/) - The Security Dynamics of Climate Intervention As the impacts of climate change intensify, so too do global conversations about new and emerging climate intervention technologies (sometimes referred to as geoengineering). These conversations are especially prominent around solar radiation modification (SRM), deliberate and large-scale actions to reflect sunlight back into space and cool the planet. CCS - [Andrew Facini](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/andrew-facini/) - Communications Director, The Council on Strategic Risks Senior Fellow, The Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Andrew Facini is Communications Director for The Council on Strategic Risks and a Senior Fellow in The Janne E. Nolan Center for Strategic Weapons, focusing on nuclear weapons issues. His topics of expertise include American nuclear policy and - [Mallory Stewart](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/mallory-stewart/) - Chief Executive Officer Mallory Stewart is the Chief Executive Officer of The Council on Strategic Risks. Her areas of expertise include weapons of mass destruction law and policy, missile defense, outer space security policy, and risk management regarding emerging and disruptive technologies. From 2022 to 2025, she served as the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau - [Bridging Climate Science and Security](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ccs/bridging-climate-science-and-security/) - Bridging Climate Science and Security | Bridging Climate Science and Security CCS and the Woodwell Climate Research Center collaborate to bring their unique strengths to the pressing challenges of climate and security. Intensifying climate and ecological change is disrupting the interconnected environmental, political, social, and economic systems that underpin stability and security, affecting not only the most vulnerable countries, but every - [A Resilient United States](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ccs/a-resilient-united-states/) - A Resilient United States In recent years, worsening extreme weather events such as Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the Los Angeles wildfires have cost American lives and livelihoods, strained infrastructure and insurance markets, enabled extremists, and triggered damaging disinformation in the United States. Since 2022, the National Guard and other US military forces have deployed - [Nexus25](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ccs/nexus25/) - Nexus25 Nexus25 is a joint initiative of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and CCS, and is funded by Stiftung Mercator. The project centers on the study of nexus challenges – complex and interrelated issues like migration, climate change, food security and more. The team’s research supports sustainable multilateralism, particularly how the international community can develop - [Crystal Grant](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/crystal-grant/) - Senior Fellow, The Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Dr. Crystal Grant is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks’ Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons. At CSR, she is interested in the impact of AI and other emerging technologies on biosecurity. Prior to joining CSR, she served as a Technologist - [Noah Fritzhand ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/noah-fritzhand/) - Research Fellow, Center for Climate and Security Noah Fritzhand is a Research Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). Prior to joining CCS, Noah helped develop sustainable resiliency strategies to address climate and ocean risk in vulnerable Small Island Developing States and the Global South - [Jackson du Pont](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/jackson-du-pont/) - Former Research Fellow, Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Jackson du Pont is a former Research Fellow with the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons at the Council of Strategic Risks. He was a 2021-2022 Fellow for the John Kerry Initiative. He graduated from Yale College with a degree in Global Affairs. Previously, - [Siena Cicarelli](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/siena-cicarelli/) - Former Program Director, Nexus25Former Fellow, Center for Climate and Security Siena Cicarelli is the former Program Director at the Nexus25 project, a transatlantic initiative focused on sustainable multilateralism and supported by Stiftung Mercator in Germany. She is a former Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). - [Support CSR](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/donate/) - Donate Please Help the Council on Strategic Risks Meet Its Mission The Council on Strategic Risks relies on the generous support of individuals and philanthropic organizations in order to fulfill its missions of anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security. Please help us achieve a world of 21st century solutions to 21st century - [GBT: United States of America](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/can/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: Canada (CAN) Country Profile Updated 2025-12-11 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources Canada has a straightforward approach to biosecurity. While much of the federal government’s approach to biosecurity focuses on reducing risks in research and capabilities for preventing the spread of infectious disease outbreaks, the effects of the counterterrorism - [GBT: United States of America](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/usa/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: United States of America (USA) Country Profile Updated 2025-12-10 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources The United States is one of the first countries to implement a whole-of-government strategy for biodefense. With over ten federal departments having responsibilities and authorities related to biodefense and bioresilience, the United States must - [GBT: Japan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/jpn/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: Japan (JPN) Country Profile Updated 2025-12-10 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources Japan has long been attuned to the risks of infectious diseases and other biosecurity challenges. In addition to its unique geography and its role as a hub for global travel and commerce, the country’s approach to these - [GBT: Germany](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/deu/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: Germany (DEU) Country Profile Updated 2025-12-10 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources Germany has a rich history of global biosecurity initiatives, including building the capacity of their own and partner countries' health systems, strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention, and tackling bioweapons proliferation risks. Germany has also been instrumental in - [GBT: Kingdom of Norway](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/nor/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: Kingdom of Norway (NOR) Country Profile Updated 2025-12-10 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources Norway serves as an example of a country that has invested considerable effort in reviewing and understanding national security and biological threats within the modern risk landscape. Over the past several years, Norway has emphasized - [GBT: European Union](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/eur/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: European Union (EUR) Country Profile Updated 2025-12-10 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources The role of the European Union (EU) in biodefense is not immediately obvious. Member states hold the primary responsibility for health policy and services, and defense remains a national “domaine reservee”. However, as the management of - [GBT: Finland](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/fin/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: Finland (FIN) Country Profile Updated 2025-12-10 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources Finland is a global leader in biopreparedness and bioresilience capacities. Foundational to Finnish national resilience is the concept of “comprehensive security", which is defined by the Security Strategy for Society 2025 as a framework where “the vital - [GBT: United Kingdom](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/tracker/gbr/) - Global Biosecurity Tracker: United Kingdom (GBR) Country Profile Updated 2025-11-21 Key Documents Information & Organization Biosecurity Analysis Further Sources The UK has a long and well-chronicled history of biological incidents. The first known English quarantine regulations were introduced in 1663 to confine crew and passengers on ships suspected of carrying the plague. More recently, the - [Membership](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/membership/) - Membership Starting in 2025, join a cutting-edge community of practice and build a network of experienced strategic thinkers, policy makers, and change agents among the convergent fields of climate security, biosecurity, nuclear policy, and beyond. Membership brings you privileged access to CSR experts and events, exclusive briefings on unfolding events, but perhaps most importantly, critical - [Biodefense Budget Breakdown](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/biodefense-budget-breakdown/) - Biodefense Budget Breakdown Data Visualization of U.S. Biodefense Investments In recent years, US strategies and policies have taken several major strides to improve deterrence and response in addressing biological risks from all sources. We at CSR have marked several areas of progress through writings and analysis: the beginning of a pivot toward pathogen-agnostic approaches, requiring - [Charlie Petty](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/board-of-directors/charlie-petty/) - Treasurer, CSR Board of Directors Charlie Petty is a longtime investor in global health research and development. He serves as Managing Director and Partner of the Global Health Investment Corporation (GHIC), where he leads investment activities, including a global health security fund. As a member of GHIC’s Investment and Management Committees, he oversees capital allocation - [Dr. Marcus D. King](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-marcus-d-king/) - Vice Chair and Secretary, Council on Strategic Risks Governing Board, CCS Non-resident Fellow Marcus D. King is the Vice Chair and Secretary of the Council on Strategic Risks Governing Board. He is also a Non-resident Senior Fellow and member of the Advisory Board at the Center for Climate and Security. He has extensive experience with - [CCS Resource Hub](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ccs/ccs-resource-hub/) - CCS Resource Hub Key Climate and Security Documents This Resource Hub houses US government climate and security resources from 1990-present. These resources are from the Department of Defense, Department of State, USAID, US Congress, US intelligence community, Department of Homeland Security, government scientific agencies and more. Without any filters, the documents are listed in alphabetical - [Greg Pollock](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/greg-pollock/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Greg Pollock is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he teaches graduate courses on national security risks. He previously served in a series of leadership positions in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense (OSD) from 2010-2025, most recently as the acting Deputy Assistant - [Dr. Tegan Blaine](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-tegan-blaine/) - CCS Advisory Board Member Dr. Tegan Blaine is currently an independent consultant and an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Previously, she served for five years as the Director of the Program on Climate, Environment, and Conflict at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Prior to joining USIP, she served - [Francesco Femia](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/francesco-femia/) - Co-Founder & Research Director, The Council on Strategic Risks; The Center for Climate and Security Francesco Femia is Co-Founder and Research Director of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) and the Center for Climate and Security (CCS). 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In order to maintain oversight and control—ensuring the human stays in the loop - decisionmakers must - [Sabrina Chwalek](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/sabrina-chwalek/) - Fellow, Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Prior to joining CSR, Sabrina was a biosecurity fellow at the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health where she advanced indoor air quality policy and supported initiatives to strengthen global surge financing mechanisms for medical countermeasures. Previously, Sabrina served as a technical consultant - [Climate Intervention at High Latitudes: A Security Simulation](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/climate-intervention-at-high-latitudes-a-security-simulation/) - Climate Intervention at High Latitudes: A Security Simulation Materials - [The Resilience Brief Podcast](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/imccs/the-resilience-brief/) - In this podcast, expert guests help us to navigate different methods of ensuring battlefield resilience for current and future armed forces. The threat of climate change to long-term, global security is well publicised. 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Through mentorship and exchanges of ideas with key leaders in the field, the early-career fellowship will enable participants to collaboratively explore the current nuclear threat - [Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/biofellows/) - Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons As the world continues to battle the novel coronavirus that leads to COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. And while this ongoing pandemic arose naturally, it reinforces the grave threat biological weapons still pose to international security and stability. The Council on Strategic Risks - [Andrea Rezzonico](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/andrea-rezzonico/) - Former Program Lead, Ecological Security Program Andrea Rezzonico is former Program Lead of the Council on Strategic Risks’ Ecological Security Program. At CSR, she co-led the development and execution of much of its converging risks work, beginning with its inaugural project analyzing the nexus of climate change, nuclear trends, and security dynamics. Her work centered - [Sherri Goodman](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/about/leadership/sherri-goodman/) - Founding Chair of the BoardSecretary General, International Military Council on Climate & Security Sherri Goodman serves as Chair of the Board at the Council on Strategic Risks, Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security, Senior Strategist and Advisory Board member at the Center for Climate and Security, and Senior Fellow at - [CSR Blog](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/blog/) - RESEARCH UPDATES, EMERGING ANALYSIS, AND CSR NEWS Browse entries by field: Climate Security | Biosecurity | Nuclear Weapons | Ecological Security. Browse entries by type: Reports | Briefers | CSR Blog - [Ecological Security Fellowship Briefer Series](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ecological-security-program/ecological-security-fellowship-briefer-series/) - Foreword Since 2021, the Council on Strategic Risks has hosted an annual Ecological Security Fellowship for mid-career experts interested in exploring the ways in which ecological degradation exacerbates global security risks. A key part of this fellowship program centers on intergenerational “lessons learned” leadership dialogues aimed at helping these rising leaders “backcast” from 2040 – - [Brian O’Neil](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/brian-oneil/) - Nolan Visiting Fellow Brian O’Neil is a Visiting Fellow at the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. Prior to joining the Nolan Center, he worked in the biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals sector, having held leadership positions in technical operations at a number of startups. His experience includes - [Ann Vaughan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/ann-vaughan/) - CCS Non-Resident Fellow Ann Vaughan is a former Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security at USAID, helping to oversee Feed the Future, the US government's global food security initiative. Ann helped create and lead USAID’s efforts to implement the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE), a whole - [](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/berlin/) - The Berlin Biosecurity Dialogue June 19-20, 2025 Building on the ‘total defense’ and ‘whole-of-society’ approaches championed last year at the Helsinki Dialogue and the subsequent East Asia Dialogues, CSR will center the Berlin Biosecurity Dialogue on biothreat early warning to accelerate innovation, foster collaboration, and deepen the interoperability of our biosurveillance capabilities. Context: The Council - [Dr. Duncan Depledge](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-duncan-depledge/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Dr. Duncan Depledge is Senior Lecturer in Geopolitics and Security at Loughborough University (UK). He is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute and a Senior Research Associate to the Climate Change & (In)Security Project. For the past fifteen years, Duncan’s research has examined the implications of climate change - [Global Bioresilience Tracker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/gba/global-bioresilience-tracker/) - [Jennie King](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/jennie-king/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Jennie King is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD). Since 2019, she has led efforts to translate digital research around disinformation, hate speech and extremism into frontline programming and response. Through ISD, she co-founded Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), a coalition of over 50 organisations working to identify, analyse and counter - [Dr. Heidi Hardt](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-heidi-hardt/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Prof. Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council via their Transatlantic Security Initiative. Her research examines NATO, European security and defense and international organizations. Issue areas include alliance politics, crisis management, collective defense, military operations - [Dr. Michael Thomas](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-michael-thomas/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Michael Thomas is a Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Center for Climate & Security, a council member with the International Military Council on Climate Change, and founding Executive Member of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group. Michael served as an officer in the Australian Defence Force and completed PhD research with UNSW - [Peter Schwartzstein](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/peter-schwartzstein/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Peter Schwartzstein is an Environmental Journalist and a Non-resident Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security. Based first in Cairo and now Athens, he has reported on water, food security, and conflict-climate issues across more than 30 countries in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. Peter mostly writes for National - [David Michel](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/david-michel-1/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow David Michel is a Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Center for Climate and Security. He is also a Senior Researcher with the Environment of Peace Program at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Previously, he served as Research Fellow and Director of the Environmental Security Program at the Stimson Center (2008-2015), - [Dr. Kimberley R. Miner](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-kimberley-r-miner/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Dr. Kimberley R. Miner is a Scientist and Systems Engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in California, where she researches and forecasts climate risks. Her work has taken her to the most extreme environments in the world, from Antarctica to Mt. Everest– where her team secured a Guinness World Record for - [Marisol Maddox](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/marisol-maddox/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Marisol Maddox is a Non-resident Fellow at the Center for Climate & Security. She works full time as a Senior Arctic Analyst at the Polar Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, is co-lead of the International Climate working group of Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen Initiative, and is a - [Stephanie Leutert](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/stephanie-leutert/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Stephanie Leutert is a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security and also the Director of the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work focuses on issues related to Central American - [Dr. Marc Kodack](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-marc-kodack/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Dr. Marc Kodack is a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security where he focuses on water and energy security and climate change risks/adaptations to installations. Before retiring from federal service in 2018 with over 31 years of experience, Marc served as the Water Program Manager in the Office - [Dr. Cullen Hendrix](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-cullen-hendrix/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Dr. Cullen Hendrix (@cullenhendrix) is Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Climate & Security. Recently, Dr. Hendrix was a Specially Appointed Research Professor at Hiroshima University in Japan, where he is a researcher with the Network for Education and Research on - [Rachel Fleishman](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/rachel-fleishman/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Rachel Fleishman is a Non-resident Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific at the Center for Climate and Security where she focuses on the Asia-Pacific region, and Asia-Pacific Liaison at the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). Rachel started her career in national security policy, working in nuclear arms control at SAIC, the Pentagon and - [Shiloh Fetzek](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/shiloh-fetzek/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Shiloh Fetzek is a Non-resident Senior Fellow for International Affairs at the Center for Climate and Security, and Research Coordinator for the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). Shiloh leads international programs at the Center, and chairs the primary collaborative forum for international cooperation on climate change and security, the Climate and Security - [Dr. Joshua Busby](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-joshua-busby/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Joshua Busby is a Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Center for Climate and Security. He is also an Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs. Dr. Busby was a research fellow at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School (2005–06), Harvard’s Kennedy School (2004–05), and the Brookings - [Dr. Eric Hunt](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-eric-hunt/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Dr. Eric Hunt is a Non-resident Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security, where he looks at national, environmental, and food security risks from climate change and hydrometeorological extremes. Eric is a Staff Scientist in the Research and Development division of Verisk Atmospheric and Environmental Research, where his research focuses on - [Clean Energy is National Security: A Tabletop Game for Security & Foreign Policy Leaders](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ccs/censttx/) - Clean Energy is National Security A Tabletop Game for Security & Foreign Policy Leaders 8-9 February, 2024 / Tokyo2024年2月8日～9日 / 東京 Militaries around the world are increasingly recognizing the security risks posed by continued dependence on fossil fuels and the need for energy resilience. As U.S. Lt. Gen. Norman Siep argued in 2014, “Senior military - [Catherine Dill](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/catherine-dill/) - Vice President of Programs, Council on Strategic RisksSenior Fellow, Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Catherine Dill is the Vice President of Programs at the Council on Strategic Risks and a Senior Fellow in the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons. As Vice President of Programs, Catherine helps to shape CSR’s organizational strategy - [Daniel P. Regan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/daniel-p-regan/) - Senior Fellow, Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Dr. Daniel P. Regan is a Senior Fellow at the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons (The Nolan Center), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). He leads the Nolan Center’s work on domestic biodefense analysis and supports efforts across CSR’s mission set - [Annalise Blum](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/annalise-blum/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Dr. Annalise Blum is a hydrologist with expertise in climate, water and national security policy. Most recently, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the US Department of the Interior, where she worked to advance science policy and helped oversee the US Geological Survey, including approving the $1.5 - [Scott Moore](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/scott-moore/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Scott Moore is Practice Professor of Political Science, Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives, and Senior Advisor to The Water Center at Penn at the University of Pennsylvania. His primary research interests center on climate change, China, and water security. Other research and teaching interests include fisheries, - [Genevieve Maricle](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/genevieve-maricle/) - CCS Non-resident Fellow Genevieve Maricle served in the Biden-Harris Administration at the White House National Security Council and U.S. Agency for International Development. At the National Security Council, she served in two roles - as the Director of Climate Policy, with a specific focus on climate security, resilience, and adaptation. In this role, she led - [CCS Advisory Board](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ccs/ccs-advisory-board/) - Advisory Board Brigadier General John Adams, US Army (Retired) John Adams is a member of the Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board. retired from the US Army in September 2007. As the President of Guardian Six Consulting LLC, he assists clients in successfully analyzing national security issues and addressing US and allied national security - [Jess Rogers](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/jess-rogers/) - Senior Fellow, The Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Jess Rogers is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks’ Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons. From 2023-2025, she served as Advisor for Arms Control & Nonproliferation Treaties in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In this role, she led initiatives to - [Dr. Janne E. Nolan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/dr-janne-e-nolan/) - Janne E. Nolan was a founding member of the Council on Strategic Risks Governing Board and of the Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board, where she served for 9 years until she passed away in 2019. She was a member of the international affairs faculty at George Washington University, and a Senior Fellow at - [Dan Levine](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/board-of-directors/dan-levine/) - CSR Board of Directors Dan Levine is a private investor and the Founder & Managing Partner of Tenfore Holdings, a leading New York-based investment firm. The firm specializes in investing in growth-stage commerce and predictive data investments that address pressing global challenges in agriculture, food, logistics, health care, and the environment. Dan and Tenfore deploy - [Hon. Andrew Weber](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/andrew-weber/) - Senior Fellow, The Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons The Honorable Andrew "Andy" Weber is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks' Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons. Mr. Weber has dedicated his professional life to countering nuclear, chemical, and biological threats and to strengthening global health security. Mr. Weber’s decades - [Erin Sikorsky](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/erin-sikorsky/) - Director, The Center for Climate and SecurityDirector, The International Military Council on Climate and Security Erin Sikorsky is Director of the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), and the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). She is an expert in geopolitical risk, strategic forecasting, and the national security implications of climate change, particularly - [Christopher East](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/christopher-east/) - Senior Fellow and Program Manager, Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Christopher is a Senior Fellow and Program Manager at the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons (The Nolan Center), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. Based in London, Christopher leads the Center’s international biosecurity initiatives. He has a particular interest - [Kyle Wilgus](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/kyle-wilgus/) - Research Fellow, Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Kyle Wilgus is a Research Fellow at the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. They hold a Master of Arts in Science and Technology Policy from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs - [Captain John Moulton, USN (Ret.)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/john-moulton/) - Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, The Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons John Moulton is Deputy Director and a Senior Fellow of the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, where he and his teammates address threats presented by biological, nuclear and chemical weapons. Prior to - [Yong-Bee Lim](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/yong-bee-lim/) - Deputy Director, Converging Risks LabBiosecurity Projects Manager, Council on Strategic Risks Dr. Yong-Bee Lim is Deputy Director of the Converging Risks Lab, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), and Biosecurity Projects Manager for CSR. Previously, he was a Deputy Director and Fellow at the Nolan Center, where he wrote extensively on biological - [Caroline Baxter](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/caroline-baxter/) - Director, Converging Risks Lab Caroline Baxter is the Director of the Converging Risks Lab at the Council on Strategic Risks. Prior to this position, she served as a Senior Advisor at the Center for Climate and Security. From 2021 to 2024, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training within - [Support](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/donate-and-support/) - Please Help the Council on Strategic Risks Meet Its Mission The Council on Strategic Risks relies on the generous support of individuals and philanthropic organizations in order to fulfill its missions of anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security. Please help us achieve a world of 21st century solutions to 21st century risks - [Commission on Nuclear Energy and American Leadership](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/cneal/) - July 2023 The Council on Strategic Risks is pleased to announce the launch of the Commission on Nuclear Energy and American Leadership (CNECS), with a view to restoring U.S. leadership in civilian nuclear technology to meet energy, climate, and national security needs for the 21st century. Given the climate crisis and increasing global tensions around - [Symposium: Resilience in the Face of Global Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/symposium-2024/) - Programming Agenda Contact & FAQ Josephine Butler Parks Center2437 15th St NW 9:15am – 4:00pm ETLunch will be served. Please note the second floor of the venue is accessible by stairs only. Programming & Activities Risk & opportunity anticipation Scan the horizon to identify the risks and opportunities likely to present themselves in the year - [Anna Spear](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/anna-spear/) - Consultant, Center for Climate and Security Anna Spear is a Consultant at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). Anna is currently a master’s student at Georgetown University where she is studying climate security at the Walsh School of Foreign Service. Prior to joining CCS, Anna - [Ending Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/ending-biological-threats/) - Ending Biological Threats From state-sponsored bioweapons programs to naturally occurring pandemics, tomorrow’s biological threats may take on many different forms. With a dedicated team of biological risk experts, CSR is looking to eliminate the existential risks posed by future biological threats—whether natural, accidental, or deliberate. Our Mission: Deterrence By Denial We believe that it is - [Strengthening Arms Control](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/strengthening-arms-control/) - Strengthening Arms Control The global security environment is experiencing monumental strains. From the weakening of long-held norms and worsening relations among many nations, to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, global order is at a crossroads. Amidst these changes, nuclear arms control and risk reduction between nuclear armed states is severely endangered. New START, the only - [Pathogen Early Warning: A Progress Report & Path Forward](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/research/reports/pathogen-early-warning-a-progress-report-path-forward/) - By Rhys Dubin, Rassin Lababidi, John Moulton, Harshini Mukundan, Lillian Parr, Christine Parthemore, Saskia Popescu, and Daniel P. ReganEdited by Francesco Femia Download Full PDF Executive Summary When COVID-19 struck in late 2019 and early 2020, governments worldwide were caught off guard. Despite decades spent improving global capacity to detect, track, and analyze disease threats, the virus still managed to rapidly spread - [Center for Climate & Security Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ccs/ccs-programs/) - The Center for Climate and Security leads programs that analyze climate and ecological security risks, train future climate leaders, inform smart policymaking, and cultivate interdisciplinary communities of practice. Forecasting and Scenarios Climate Literacy, Education, and Training Policy Development and Recommendations IMCCS Ecological Security Program Forecasting and Scenarios CCS uses a range of strategic foresight methods across - [Test page for NW Tableau embed](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/test-page-for-nw-tableau-embed/) - [Youth-Led Visions for a Climate-Secure Pacific](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nzccs/) - The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), with support from the U.S. Mission to New Zealand, called upon young people across Aotearoa New Zealand, Niue, the Cook Islands, and the United States to share their perspectives on working towards a better future by building a climate-secure Pacific. We are proud to present a video showcasing - [Vic Suarez, Colonel (Ret), US Army](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/vic-suarez-colonel-ret-us-army/) - Vic Suarez, Colonel (Ret), US Army, MS, PMP, CMRP is the Founder and Principal Growth Partner of Blu Zone Bioscience & Supply Chain Solutions, LLC. Blu Zone Bio assists biotechnology and life science supply chain organizations accelerate growth and expand domestic biomanufacturing through effective public and private partnerships, strategic alliances and business development. Vic recently - [Sahil V. Shah](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/sahil-v-shah/) - Senior Fellow and Program Manager, Nolan Center for Strategic Weapons Sahil V. Shah is a Senior Fellow and Program Manager at the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR)’s Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons. Sahil came into his role at CSR after several years as a Policy Fellow at the European Leadership Network (ELN), where he now - [Shannon Green](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/shannon-green/) - Senior Fellow, Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic WeaponsDiversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Lead, CSR Shannon Green is a Senior Fellow in the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, focusing on chemical, biological, and nuclear issues, and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Lead for the Council on Strategic Risks. Prior to joining CSR, - [Rear Admiral John Gower, CB OBE](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/about/leadership/rear-admiral-john-gower-cb-obe/) - In Memoriam Senior Advisor, The Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, CSR Rear Admiral (RAdm) John Gower, CB OBE, was a Senior Advisor with the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons at the Council on Strategic Risks, where he served for 5 years until he passed away in 2024. RAdm Gower served, until - [Dr. Rohit Chitale](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-rohit-chitale/) - Senior Non-Resident Fellow, The Council on Strategic Risks Dr. Rohit Chitale is a medical epidemiologist with 25 years of experience at the intersection of global health and technology, helping national and international organizations establish and lead programs on disease prevention and eradication. He has specific expertise in the design and implementation of disease surveillance systems, - [Ecological Security Program](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ecological-security-program/) - Risks to global security are heightened by ecological degradation due to anthropogenic stressors. The loss of ecological function and services, the acceleration of ecological harms (such as zoonotic spillover) and environmental crime will contribute to risks of future pandemics, geopolitical clashes, political instability, loss of social cohesion, economic fragility, food insecurity, resource scarcity, and more. - [National Security Voices for Clean Energy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/national-security-voices-for-clean-energy/) - In the past year, the significant security risks of a continued dependence on fossil fuels have been exemplified by two developments: first was the attempt by Vladimir Putin to hold Europe hostage to its reliance on Russian oil and gas in the wake of his brutal invasion of Ukraine. Second, was the unprecedented pace and - [Hon. Daniel Poneman](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/danielponeman/) - Member, Council on Strategic Risks Board of Directors Daniel B. Poneman is president and chief executive officer of Centrus Energy Corp. He also serves on the company’s board of directors. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Poneman was the Deputy Secretary of Energy, also serving as the chief operating officer of the U.S. Department of Energy. His - [CSR at COP28](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/csr-at-cop28/) - The Council on Strategic Risks and its Center for Climate and Security are proud to have representatives attending the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai, UAE from November 30- December 12, 2023. A range of challenging security and geopolitical dynamics will shape the landscape - [Test Page Fonts Issue](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/testing-test-page-fonts-issue/) - This is a regular paragraph This paragraph is inside an tag This paragraph is inside an tag - [Fireside Chat: Chemical Weapons Threats and Responses](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/fireside-chat-chemical-weapons-threats-and-responses/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) will host a public event on Monday, November 13, 2023 in Washington, D.C. on chemical weapons threats and responses. This will be the first in a series of quarterly “fireside chat” discussions that CSR plans to host regarding weapons of mass destruction issues. Speakers Honorable Deborah G. Rosenblum, Assistant Secretary of Defense for - [Ethan Wong](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/ethan-wong/) - Research Fellow, Center for Climate and Security Ethan Wong is a Research Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). Prior to joining CCS, he researched and worked on a range of environmental, climate, and security issues at The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar - [Shawn Rostker](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/shawn-rostker/) - Fellow, Nuclear Risk Reduction Program Shawn Rostker is a Master’s candidate in the Security Studies Program in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of California, San Diego where he graduated summa cum laude. He has interned at the Center for Political-Military - [Dilan Koç](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dilan-koc/) - Fellow, Nuclear Risk Reduction Program Dilan Koç is a Responsible AI Officer at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Her work focuses on accelerating and mainstreaming the responsible integration of artificial intelligence across a range of Alliance capabilities. Dilan was a 2022 Nuclear Scholar at the Project on Nuclear Issues at CSIS and a United Nations Youth - [Donghyeon Kim](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/donghyeon-kim/) - Fellow, Nuclear Risk Reduction Program Donghyeon Kim completed multiple research fellowships including Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Pacific Forum, and Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center (NEREC) at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Donghyeon is also a graduate of 2020 Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) - [Shinichi Hirao](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/shinichi-hirao/) - Fellow, Nuclear Risk Reduction Program Shinichi Hirao is a Captain in the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force. He served as a platoon leader and an operations and training officer in tactical units, joining various field exercises and disaster relief operations. Mr. Hirao also works on strategic and nuclear issues through the CTBTO Youth Group and - [Dana Hatic](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dana-hatic/) - Fellow, Nuclear Risk Reduction Program Dana Hatic is a policy analyst for Noblis ESI researching emerging technologies and novel threats in support of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Cooperative Threat Reduction program. She previously spent seven years working as a journalist in the Boston area. Hatic holds an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from The - [Ashley Christ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/ashley-christ/) - Fellow, Nuclear Risk Reduction Program Ashley Christ is an advisor to the U.S. Mission to the Conference on Disarmament where she supports U.S. efforts related to arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation in multilateral fora. Previously, she worked on international nuclear safeguards issues at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and was a - [Ashley Woodson](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ashley-woodson/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Ms. Ashley Woodson serves as faculty associate and the Emergency Management & Resilience(EM&R) functional area deputy in the Practice and Capabilities Division of the Institute forSecurity Governance (ISG). In her current role, she supports the planning and facilitation of international disaster preparedness and response engagements, and post-event evaluation and assessment. - [Ans Irfan](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ans-irfan/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Ans Irfan, MD, EdD, DrPH, ScD, MPH, MRPL is a multidisciplinary global climate health expert with over a decade and a half of experience as a global health equity strategist, both domestically and globally. As a pracademic, he has worked across cultures, continents, and countries, including Pakistan, China, and the - [V. Page Fortna](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/v-page-fortna/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program V. Page Fortna is the Harold Brown Professor of US Foreign and Security Policy in thePolitical Science Department at Columbia University, and the Director of the Arnold A.Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. Her research focuses on terrorism, thedurability of peace in the aftermath of both civil and interstate wars, war - [Julia Bontempo](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/julia-bontempo/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Julia is a resiliency professional who has worked with communities across the country tounderstand the extent of climate-related threats and realize inclusive, resilient, andsustainable development. As a member of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Resiliency, shecollaborated with some of the city’s most vulnerable communities to stay safe during heatwaves and - [Audrey Thill](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/audrey-thill/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Audrey Thill holds a Master of Global Affairs degree from the University of Notre Dame whereshe concentrated in international peace studies and climate change. For her capstone, sheanalyzed patterns of illicit trade in conflict-affected climate-critical minerals supply chains. She is currently a research assistant for the Fourth Freedom Forum, contributing - [Benjamin Huynh](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/benjamin-huynh/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Benjamin Huynh is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering at theJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His work lies at the intersection of AI,climate, and public health. He and his research group develop data science approaches toaddress public health issues pertaining to natural disasters and environmental injustices, - [Kelsey Harpham](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/kelsey-harpham/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Kelsey Harpham is an international climate policy specialist working at the nexus of water andclimate adaptation, focused on collaborative, place-based solutions for ecological, economic,and community resilience. Kelsey is currently the Water Tracker for National Climate Planninglead at the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), where she is directing a global - [Nadia Seeteram](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nadia-seeteram/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Nadia Seeteram is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University's Climate School.Her current research is focused on understanding multi-sectoral policy solutions for reducingclimate risks across U.S. housing markets. She received her Ph.D. in Earth Systems Science atFlorida International University, where she researched the dynamic, long-term impacts ofsea-level rise on coastal - [Maddie Craig-Scheckman](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/maddie-craig-scheckman/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Maddie Craig-Scheckman is a PhD student and research assistant at Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, where she specializes in equitable renewable energy solutions in Southeast Asia. She holds a Master's degree from The George Washington University, where she studied climate security, US-China relations, and conducted field - [Laura Leddy](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/laura-leddy/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Laura Leddy is a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO,where her work focuses on energy system security and resilience. Prior to joining NREL, Lauraearned a Master of International Affairs degree at Texas A&M University's Bush School ofGovernment & Public Service and completed a climate security - [Claire Coffey](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/claire-coffey/) - Fellow, Climate and Security Program Claire Coffey is a Technical Account Manager at Windward, where she supports USgovernment partners in analyzing national security issues in the maritime domain. Prior toWindward, Claire was an Analyst at C4ADS where she tracked unsustainable natural resourcesupply chains. She also worked as a Senior Analyst at Panjiva, a global trade - [Dr. Saskia Popescu](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/saskiapopescu/) - Senior Fellow, Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Dr. Saskia Popescu is a Senior Fellow at the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons (The Nolan Center), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. Previously, she was a non-resident Fellow at the Nolan Center, where she provided insight on pandemic response and global health security. - [Latest Research](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/latest-research/) - [The Climate-Nuclear-Security Project (CNSP)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/the-climate-nuclear-security-project-cnsp/) - The Climate-Nuclear-Security Project (CNSP) is the first project of the CRL, bringing together the experience and expertise housed within the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and the Center on Strategic Weapons (CSW), as well as the broader climate security and nuclear security policy communities. The CNSP recognizes that climate and nuclear risks are growing - [The Security Threat That Binds Us](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/the-security-threat-that-binds-us/) - The Security Threat That Binds UsThe Unraveling of Ecological and Natural Security and What the United States Can Do About It Washington DC, February 9, 2021 – The Converging Risks Lab of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released a landmark report today that identifies ecological disruption as a major and underappreciated security threat and - [Societal and Security Implications of Ecosystem Service Declines, Part 1: Pollination and Seed Dispersal](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/societal-and-security-implications-of-ecosystem-service-declines-part-1-pollination-and-seed-dispersal/) - Washington DC, March 22, 2022 – Today, the Converging Risks Lab of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released a groundbreaking report, Societal and Security Implications of Ecosystem Service Declines, Part 1: Pollination and Seed Dispersal. It is the first in a planned three-part series on the international security implications of declines in ecosystem services - [NATO and Climate Security in my Backyard](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/natocs/) - Young Leaders: NATO and Climate Security in my Backyard The International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) with support from the U.S. Mission to NATO called upon young people across the Arctic, the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, and beyond to share their personal stories about the impacts of climate change in their communities. We heard - [Rear Admiral Kenneth Bernard MD, USPHS (Ret.)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/rear-admiral-kenneth-bernard-md-usphs-ret/) - Rear Admiral Kenneth Bernard MD, USPHS (Ret.) is Senior Advisor at The Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. RADM Bernard advises U.S. government agencies and private institutions on issues related to security, defense, intelligence, and health. Dr. Bernard was appointed by President George W. Bush to be Special - [Lillian Parr](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/lillian-parr/) - Lillian ParrFellow, The Council on Strategic Risks Lillian Parr is a Research Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), where she works on a range of biosecurity issues. Her research interests include zoonotic disease spillover prevention, pathogen early warning systems, and pathways for regulating dual-use life sciences research. Lillian graduated from William & Mary - [Tessa Alexanian](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/tessa-alexanian/) - Fellow, Ending Bioweapons Program Tessa Alexanian is trying to steer towards nice futures for biotechnology. After finishing her engineering degree, she spent four years wrangling robots to do biological engineering at Zymergen, followed by two years serving as the iGEM Competition's Safety and Security officer. Her work has focused on modular laboratory automation, developing cultures - [Britt Lampert](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/britt-lampert/) - Fellow, Ending Bioweapons Program Britt Lampert is a researcher funded by Open Philanthropy’s Biosecurity Scholarship. Her work has focused on open-source intelligence for detecting biological weapons threats, as well as emerging technologies for reducing disease transmission. In the fall, she will begin a think tank fellowship in Washington, DC. Prior to her career shift into - [Riley Ray Griffin](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/riley-ray-griffin/) - Fellow, Ending Bioweapons Program Riley Griffin is a health reporter for Bloomberg News who covers biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Based in Washington, Riley is focused on how U.S. government agencies, from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Defense Department, are working with industry, academia and nonprofits to counter a range of naturally-occurring, - [Dr. James Coates](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/dr-james-coates/) - Fellow, Ending Bioweapons Program Dr. James Coates is the Health and Human Performance principal at Decisive Point, a venture capital and strategic advisory firm that invests in and supports startups with emerging defense technologies. Previously, James worked at Bain Capital Life Sciences and was a research fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. - [Nils Justen](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/nils-justen/) - Fellow, Ending Bioweapons Program Nils Justen is finishing up an engineering graduate degree at the Technical University of Munich where he is conducting research on mitigating aerosol transmission of respiratory viruses. In the fall, Nils will begin a new role in the U.S. government focused on enhancing biosecurity through an Executive Branch fellowship. Prior to - [Abi Olvera](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/abi-olvera/) - Non-Resident Fellow, Council on Strategic Risks Abi Olvera is a Non-Resident Fellow at CSR focusing on the AI-bio-cyber risks nexus and early biothreat detection. With over 7 years of experience as a diplomat with the Department of State, she has worked extensively on crisis preparedness, national security, international coordination, China issues, and emerging tech risks, - [Rassin Lababidi, P.h.D](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/experts/rassin-lababidi-p-h-d/) - Non-Resident Fellow, Council on Strategic Risks Rassin is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risk (CSR), focused on supporting CSR’s mission to increase biosecurity internationally, and was previously a Nolan Centre fellow at CSR. Apart from CSR, Rassin works at Chatham House within the health security team and consults for the World Bank - [Cleaner and Meaner: The Military Energy Transition by Design](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/msc2023/) - Friday, February 17, 2023 | 20:00–21:30 cetPromenadesalon at Hotel Bayerischer HofPromenadepl. 2-6, 80333 München, Germany Background The Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent global energy crisis, coupled with the last few years of unprecedented extreme heat, droughts, and floods, have revealed a new, more complex security reality for NATO countries. Navigating this reality requires militaries - [Nuclear Decision-Making and Risk Reduction in an Era of Technological Complexity](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/research/reports/nuclear-decision-making-and-risk-reduction-in-an-era-of-technological-complexity/) - December 2022 | By Natasha E. Bajema and John Gower Download full PDF Overview Emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) are expected to produce a variety of new risks for nuclear decision-making in the future, which need to be thoroughly explored, understood, tested, and then mitigated. In the next crisis between nuclear-armed states, decision-makers may confront - [Brigitte Hugh](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/brigittehugh/) - Brigitte Hugh is a Research Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). Prior to joining CCS, she worked on a range of climate security topics at the Woodrow Wilson Center, the United Nations Foundation, and the International Water Management Institute. Brigitte holds an M.S. - [Elsa Barron](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/elsa-barron/) - Elsa Barron,Research Fellow, The Center for Climate and Security Elsa Barron is a Research Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security (CCS), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). She is also the Co-Chair of the Young Professionals Interest Group at the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. She has worked on environment, climate, and - [Janet Wu](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/janet-wu/) - Janet Wu is a Bloomberg Anchor/Reporter, based in Boston. She interviews entrepreneurs and investors for all Bloomberg platforms. Her Op-Eds and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, and the "Norton Sampler of Essays." She graduated from Yale with a dual major in Philosophy and Psychology and earned - [Glenn Prickett](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/glenn-prickett/) - Glenn Prickett is is a member of the Council on Strategic Risks Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer of the World Environment Center, which advances sustainable development through corporate business practices. Founded in 1974, WEC builds capacity of small enterprise in the developing world, helps global companies improve their sustainability performance, and - [John C. Cruden](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/john-c-cruden/) - John C. Cruden is a member of the Council on Strategic Risks Board of Directors. He is Principal at Beveridge & Diamond PC, offering decades of experience as a top environmental lawyer, as well as experience as a leader of major bar and environmental organizations, and a distinguished military career. John provides strategic counsel on - [Dr. Steph Guerra](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/dr-steph-guerra/) - Dr. Steph Guerra is a Fellow in the Ending Bioweapons Program at CSR's Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons. She is also a biomedical research scientist currently working at the Office of Research and Development at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and - [Dr. Rod Schoonover](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/dr-rod-schoonover/) - Dr. Rod Schoonover,Head, Ecological Security ProgramThe Converging Risks Lab Rod Schoonover was Head of the Ecological Security Program at the Converging Risks Lab, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. He is also a member of the Center for Climate and Security’s and the Council on Strategic Risks' Advisory Board. Dr. Schoonover is the - [Rear Admiral Ann C. 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Rachel’s area of expertise involves the laws and policies surrounding environmental, energy, and natural resource issues, and includes Superfund cleanup, emerging contaminants, natural resource damages, endangered species - [Advisory Board](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/about/advisory-board/) - Advisory Board Brigadier General John Adams, USA (Ret) Brigadier General Bob Barnes, USA (Ret)* Lieutenant General John Castellaw, USMC (Ret) Major General Richard T. Devereaux, USAF (Ret) Hon. Sherri Goodman* Alice Hill Dr. Geoffrey Kemp General Ron Keys, USAF (Ret) Dr. Marcus King* Lieutenant General Stephen Lanza, USA (Ret) Vice Admiral Dennis “Denny” McGinn, USN - [Summit on Ending Biological Threats: September 26, 2022](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/ebt22/) - Save the Date: A full-day workshop to be followed by a networking dinner. Monday, September 26, 2022 | 9:00am – 5:00pm Hotel Washington, Washington, DC Pre-read document available here: [pdf download] Al Swiston Presentation here: [pdf download] - [Visualizing Potential Pathogen Early Warning for Force Health Protection and Biothreat Response](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/visualizing-pathogen-early-warning/) - A layered biosurveillance strategy is an essential component of a biodefense strategy for detecting and deterring infectious disease cases and other biological threats. The Council on Strategic Risks has detailed key elements of a biosurveillance network and their interoperability in providing force health protection on a military installation. Additionally, we explore the workflow of an - [Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-programs/) - As the world continues to battle the novel coronavirus that leads to COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. And while this ongoing pandemic arose naturally, it reinforces the grave threat biological weapons still pose to international security and stability.The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is developing creative solutions - [William (Bill) Beaver](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/william-bill-beaver/) - William (Bill) BeaverFellow, Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons Bill Beaver is a Fellow at the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons (The Nolan Center), an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). He joined CSR after serving in policy roles for the Department of Defense. He was an analyst supporting the - [Understanding the Threat of Biological Weapons in a World With COVID-19 ](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/understanding-the-threat-of-biological-weapons-in-a-world-with-covid-19/) - Update: Part III of the report was updated in May 2022, including the addition of new co-author Dr. Ryan Duncombe. February 17, 2022 (Update: May 2022) - Understanding the Threat of Biological Weapons in a World with COVID-19 is an in-depth study of how the COVID-19 pandemic could influence the desirability and development of deliberate - [Sarang Shidore](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/sarang-shidore/) - Sarang Shidore,Senior Fellow (Nonresident) Sarang Shidore is Senior Fellow (Nonresident) at the Council on Strategic Risks and Director of Studies at the Quincy Institute. His areas of research and analysis are geopolitical risk, grand strategy, and climate security, with a special emphasis on Asia. Sarang has collaborated and published with multiple organizations including the Asian Peace - [Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Risks and Exploring the Future of Arms Control](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/armscontrol/) - The global security environment is experiencing monumental strains, including from the weakening of long-held norms, worsening relations among many nations, clear violations of the rules-based international order as exemplified by Russia’s second, and devastating, invasion of a sovereign Ukraine, and mounting strains from a multiyear pandemic, economic strains, the worsening effects of climate change, and - [Biosecurity](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/biosecurity/) - Making Bioweapons Obsolete From their increasing use and testing of chemical weapons and nuclear weapon capabilities, countries such as North Korea, Syria, and Russia are weakening norms against weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Based on current and emerging technical and political solutions, the strongest American response to this trend would be to set a national, - [A Handbook for Ending Catastrophic Biological Risks](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/a-handbook-for-ending-catastrophic-biological-risks/) - A Handbook for Ending Catastrophic Biological RisksHow the United States Can Deter Biological Weapons and Prevent Future PandemicsRead the full Handbook here. December 20, 2021, Washington, DC - In a time of daily confusion in the public discourse on the current pandemic, the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of the Council - [Mission and Vision](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/about/mission-and-vision/) - The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is a nonprofit, non-partisan security policy institute devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the ways in which these risks intersect and exacerbate one another. To further this goal, CSR currently hosts non-partisan institutes on climate and - [Congressional Testimony](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/analysis/congressional-testimony/) - Congressional TestimonyBiosecurity for the Future: Strengthening Deterrence and DetectionHonorable Andy WeberDecember 2021 Congressional TestimonyThe Climate Security Plan for AmericaHonorable John CongerFebruary 2020 Congressional TestimonyUnderstanding and Combating the Security Risks of Climate ChangeRear Admiral Ann Phillips, USN (Ret)February 2020 Congressional TestimonyThe Costs of Climate Change: From Coasts to Heartland, Health to SecurityRear Admiral Ann Phillips, USN - [Chris Bakerlee](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/chris-bakerlee/) - Chris Bakerlee,Fellow, Ending Bioweapons ProgramChris Bakerlee is a PhD candidate in Harvard University's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and a Fellow in the 2020 class of the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. He is focusing his career on mitigating catastrophic anthropogenic biological risks. In his research, - [Joon Hwang](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/joonhwang/) - Joon Hwang Non- Resident Expert, Research Fellow Joon Hwang is Research Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR). He graduated from Rhodes College with a B.A. in International Studies and a minor in Economics. As a research assistant to Dr. Jennifer Sciubba, Joon conducted research on political demography and environmental security. He has interned with - [Hon. Rose Gottemoeller](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/rosegottemoeller/) - Rose Gottemoeller is the Steven C. Házy Lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and its Center for International Security and Cooperation. Before joining Stanford, Gottemoeller was Deputy Secretary General of NATO from 2016-19. 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She interns at Outrider - [Analysis](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/analysis/) - CSR’s experts regularly conduct research and analysis on some of the most pressing and emerging security risks, and presents its findings to policy-makers, the media and the public. 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Kahn is also currently the Principal and President of Counter-Bio LLC, providing consulting services on national security issues with particular emphasis on weapons of mass destruction - [The Alliance To End Biological Threats](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/bioalliance/) - The Alliance to End Biological Threats brings together top scientists, policy experts, technologists, and business and nonprofit leaders who share a common vision: that future disease outbreaks can be detected and responded to so rapidly and effectively that they never again reach pandemic scale. Our Mission: The Alliance will help envision, promote, and create a - [Podcast](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/podcast-2/) - Welcome to the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) podcast page! 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Agata is also currently a Teaching Assistant in International Relations and PhD candidate in Political Studies at the University of Milan (Italy), where she is conducting research on the implications of climate change on national security in the American Arctic. She holds - [Dr. Stan Wang](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/dr-stan-wang/) - Dr. Stan Wang, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Council on Strategic Risks Dr. Stan Wang is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the Council on Strategic Risks. From medicine, science, to entrepreneurship, Dr. Stan Wang is driven by the possibility of bringing novel life-changing treatments to patients in need. 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Prior to joining CSR, Captain Brock served in a variety of - [Application Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/application-fellowship-for-ending-bioweapons-programs/) - THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS IS NOW CLOSEDAs the world continues to battle the novel coronavirus that leads to COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. And while this ongoing pandemic arose naturally, it once again proves the grave threat biological weapons still pose to international security and stability. The Council - [Scenario Exercises](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/scenario-exercises/) - Scenario ExercisesThe Council on Strategic Risks’ Converging Risks Labs develops and implements scenario exercises as a tool for encouraging better anticipatory governance of emerging security risks.Scenario Project 1: Inclusive Planning for Changing Arctic Futures: Demonstrating a Scenario-Based Discussion In partnership with the Sandia National Laboratories and the Polar Institute at the Wilson Center, the Council - [Dr. Rajeev Surati](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/dr-rajeev-surati/) - Dr. Rajeev Surati is a member of the Council on Strategic Risks Board of Directors. Surati is an inventor, entrepreneur, and investor. He has a Ph.D, SM, and SB in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. He is a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School one month of the year, teaching Computational Medicine. He is - [Deborah C. Gordon](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/deborah-c-gordon/) - Deborah C. Gordon is a member of the Council on Strategic Risks Board of Directors. Gordon is an independent consultant providing consulting services to several small technology companies. She is an Affiliate at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University from which she retired in August 2019 after 22 years as the - [Meggen Watt Petersen](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/meggen-watt-petersen/) - Meggen Watt Petersen,Non-Resident Senior Fellow Meggen Watt Petersen is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks. She has more than two decades of experience in international security, focused primarily on relationships and programs based on the principles in the Nonproliferation Treaty. She has worked for the U.S. government (Departments of State and - [Alexander Titus](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/alexander-titus/) - Alexander Titus,Senior Fellow Alexander Titus is a Senior Fellow with the Council on Strategic Risks. He is also the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) where he is part of the leadership team working to advance the U.S. regenerative manufacturing industry, as well as develop technologies for disaster preparedness. Alexander’s - [Rear Admiral Arthur J. Lawrence](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/rear-admiral-arthur-j-lawrence/) - Rear Admiral Arthur J. Lawrence,Senior Fellow Rear Admiral Arthur J. Lawrence, Assistant Surgeon General (Ret.), is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks. He served more than 37 years as a career officer in the US Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned Corps. He served in a wide variety of clinical, research, management, and - [Christine Cavallo](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/christine-cavallo/) - Christine CavalloFellow Christine Cavallo is a Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks. Christine is a candidate for a master’s degree in Environmental Communication at Stanford University that focuses on global instability and security threats that stem from climate change. As a teaching assistant, she led courses with a strong interdisciplinary focus on fundamentals of - [The World Climate and Security Report 2020](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/the-world-climate-and-security-report/) - Munich, Germany, February 13, 2020 — The Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released its inaugural “World Climate and Security Report 2020” at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), the annual and influential gathering of senior international security and military leaders. The report was released at the MSC on Feb 13, 2020 - [Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/nolan/ambassador-nobuyasu-abe/) - Ambassador Nobuyasu AbeSenior Advisor, The Council on Strategic Risks Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe served as U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs (2003-06) and as a Commissioner of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission (2014-17). He is a former Japanese diplomat with ambassadorial assignments in Vienna for the IAEA and other International Organizations (1999-), Riyadh (2001-) and Bern (2006-). - [Rear Admiral David W. Titley, USN (Ret)](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/rear-admiral-david-w-titley-usn-ret/) - Dr. Titley is a member of the Council on Strategic Risks Governing Board and the Center for Climate and Security’s Advisory Board. 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