Risk analysts and military experts are always supposed to work outside the box. “Think the unpredictable and prepare for the impossible,” goes the motto. And yet, during the recent airline stoppage due to volcanic ash we discovered that no one was properly prepared for dealing with the crisis.
Airline planners, transport executives in both the public […]
Posts from ‘April, 2010’
What if?
Middle East Rumblings
Before earthquakes, we are told, animals move away from the region because they sense rumblings that even sophisticated machinery cannot register. Animals, it appears, are extremely sensitive to shifts in tectonic plates beneath the earth’s surface.
Are we now witnessing tectonic shifts in the relations between the United States and Israel that may turn into a […]
Inside and outside Russia
The signing of the START Treaty in Prague by Presidents Obama and Medvedev is an important step in restarting the button of U.S.-Russian relations. Just before a major international conference in Washington on nuclear security, a positive Russian-U.S. cooperation also sets a good example of best practices in reducing the dangers of nuclear proliferation.
Enough of […]
