The Climate and Ocean Risk Vulnerability Index
…Morales-Napoles, “Expert Judgement for Dependence in Probabilistic modelling: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Directions,” European Journal of Operational Research 258 (2017): 801-819. NUMBER OF COASTAL CITIES: Due to…
The Threat from Within: An Overview of the Domestic Violent Extremist Threat Facing US Nuclear Security Practitioners
…upon the United States, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2004); https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-911REPORT/pdf/GPO-911REPORT.pdf; Tepring Piquado, Sina Beaghley, Lisa P. Colabella, and Nahom M. Beyene, Assessing the Potential for Racial Bias in the…
North Korea’s “Checkerboard” Threat: Obstacles & Opportunities for the US-ROK Alliance
…(Ret.) Vincent K. Brooks, Korea Defense Veterans Association (KDVA) Chairman and former commander of the United Nations Command, U.S.-ROK Combined Forces Command, and U.S. Forces Korea in the Republic of…
CORVI Risk Assessment: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
…Nicholls, “Population and Assets Exposure to Coastal Flooding in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania): Vulnerability to Climate Extremes,” Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, last edited January 17, 2011, https://typo3.p264412.webspaceconfig.de/fileadmin/_migrated/content_uploads/Dar-es-Salaam_City-Analysis_Final*]}*-Report_1__01.pdf. Moreover,…
An Assessment of the Risk of Mass Atrocities in Uganda
…External Actors Support Civilian-Led Atrocity Prevention? (Washington, DC: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, July 2020).Stephen Pomper assesses that the Genocide Prevention Task Force report22The Genocide Prevention Task Force report was released in…
Rethinking the Threat: Why China is Unlikely to Invade Taiwan
…1987, accessed June 5, 2025, https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA184730.pdf. The tactical and logistical difficulties experienced by U.S. forces in Operation Urgent Fury exemplifies the daunting challenges inherent in such an operation that P.L.A….
Afghanistan Under the Taliban: Findings on the Current Situation
…U.S. withdrew its forces, the armed forces of the previous government collapsed, and the Taliban captured power, so that violence resulting from either insurgency or counter-insurgency ceased. The Taliban believe…
Semiconductors and Taiwan’s “Silicon Shield”
…Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force to Address Short-Term Supply Chain Discontinuities”, Final Report, June 08, 2021, at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/08/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-supply-chain-disruptions-task-force-to-address-short-term-supply-chain-discontinuities/. None of these initiatives alone can end U.S. dependence on Taiwan for…