Future Watch, May 2006: The Changing Face of Risk

The list of major disasters—both natural and inflicted by humans—over the past 18 months has been nothing short of overwhelming. By now it is cliché to say that 911 fundamentally altered the risk calculus. The challenge in looking forward is developing a framework with which we can better understand how the full spectrum of risks has changed, is changing, and will change in the future.

For these reasons, the CSIS Global Strategy Institute devoted its April 2006 anniversary meeting to the theme of "The Changing Face of Risk." A summary of the comments made at that meeting is presented in this edition of Future Watch.