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World Risk Report 2016: The Importance of Infrastructure 

Crisis Response Journal

The Institute for Environmental and Human Security, part of United Nations University published its annual World Risk Report on August 25, 2016. The report focuses on the consequences of possible extreme natural events in 171 countries, reports Roger Gomm By Roger Gomm

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The Coming National Security Challenge

Recovery Diva

The college-going rate of high school graduates has dropped from 70 percent in 2016 to 62 percent in 2022, and if this trend continues, a group of young Americans will — for the first time in our history — enter the workforce with less education than the one before.” An excerpt: “Some 2.5

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Mass Attacks in Public Spaces, 2016-2020

Disaster Zone

Compiled by the Department of Homeland Security

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2016 Incident Landscape: Changes and Challenges

Plan B Consulting

I think these changes are going to affect us in 2016 and for several years to come. So what are the new challenges we are going to face in 2016? The post 2016 Incident Landscape: Changes and Challenges appeared first on PlanB Consulting. The incidents continue. Review plans for loss of power.

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2016 Incident Landscape: Changes and Challenges

Plan B Consulting

I think these changes are going to affect us in 2016 and for several years to come. So what are the new challenges we are going to face in 2016? The post 2016 Incident Landscape: Changes and Challenges appeared first on PlanB Consulting. The incidents continue. Review plans for loss of power.

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Duterte's Dalliance with China Is Over

The Rand Blog

When Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016, he pledged to shift his country's foreign policy away from the United States in favor of China and Russia. His China-friendly policy is now effectively over, and he's doing his best to align the Philippines with the United States once more.

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What's Happening with the Fire Service?

Disaster Zone Podcast

In May 2016, Mayor James Kenney appointed Adam Thiel to serve as the 20th Fire Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia. From 2014-2016, he was a Deputy Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Virginia. How do you measure up when it comes to experience and education? and 30,000 employees.