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Germanwings 9525: Why didn’t this happen before?
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On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, I attended a commemorative meeting at the British Academy in London. A professor of international relations…
The 2015 U.K. Budget and Terrorism Insurance
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On 18 March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered his pre-election budget. Billions of further public spending cuts are…
Winter 2015: A Season to Remember (or Forget)
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This winter has brought a barrage of storms and Arctic air to more than half of the U.S., notably the New England region, resulting in record…
The Journey to Sendai and Beyond
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Sendai is a city of a million people 2 hours north of Tokyo on the Shinkansen bullet train. From March 14-17, 2015 it will attract seven…
Rising Storm Surge Losses in the U.S. Northeast
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A recent article in Nature Communications, picked up by the BBC, identified a record mean sea-level rise of 5” (127mm) along the coastline…
Measuring Disaster Risk for Global UN Goals
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A dispiriting part of the aftermath of a disaster is hearing about the staggering number of deaths and seemingly insurmountable economic…
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