The Weaponization of Information: The need for Cognitive Security This document analyzes the societal vulnerability to information warfare, which is increasing in scale due to increased global communication through…
Climate Hazards and Critical Infrastructures Resilience In this piece, Flynn and Hajjar identify the three main problems currently hindering practice and research of resilience: the nature…
FINnet Report: A Proposal to Enhance the Financial Sector’s Participation in Classified Cyber Threat Information Sharing In this report, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance calls for the establishment of FINnet, a classified cyber threat information…
Do resilient and sustainable design strategies conflict in commercial buildings? A critical analysis of existing resilient building frameworks and their sustainability implications In this report, the authors analyze current resilient strategies through various frameworks in order to evaluate current systems that are…
When Rising Seas Hit Home: Hard Choices Ahead for Hundreds of US Coastal Communities This analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists details when and where chronic inundation and coastal flooding will affect US communities. Researchers examine the potential for rising sea levels to disrupt human life and provide a timeline for affected communities to respond. The study finds that by 2035, about 170 communities will be subject to chronic inundation, and by 2100, 40-60% of East and Gulf coastal communities will experience chronic inundation, but concludes that aggressive action can slow these effects of climate change.
Framing of customer engagement opportunities and renewable energy integration by electric utility representatives This research looks at the discourse of 14 utility companies in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Texas, and Vermont…
Smallholder agriculture and climate change This research contrasts the impact of climate change on smallholder agricultural systems with other agricultural systems and populations. Using mapping…
A New International Framework for Bolstering Global Supply System Security and Resilience Given the longstanding vulnerabilities of the global supply system, it is surprising that the counterproliferation community has not made embedding…
Syria’s Extremist Opposition: How Western Media Have Whitewashed the Rebels’ Record As with any multi-sided conflict, backing any stakeholder in Syria's ongoing civil war is much more complex than choosing between…
Testimony on Maximizing the Value of Cyber Threat Information Sharing In this testimony before the U.S. House of Representative Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection of the Committee on Homeland…
Political power and renewable energy futures: A critical review This conceptual review explores the relationship between concentrated or distributed renewable energy and political power with the aim to assess…
Measuring Community and Multi-Industry Impacts of Cascading Failures in Power Systems This article, written by professors at ETH Zurich for IEEE Systems Journal, focuses on developing a framework for a multiregional, multi-industry…
