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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| The Biggest Risks Facing the World in 2018 |
| 2018-02-12 |
| [SmallWarsCouncil] All of the risks point to profound social instability. If accurate, and I think we can already see that is the case, the threat of extremism for both state (hyper-nationalism) and non-state actors will increase overwhelming our capacity to manage it if we have a threat based strategy where we are constantly responding to threats. Any hope of success in my view is the necessity to shift more effort towards prevention. Arguably our new national security and defense strategies are largely neglecting prevention to rebuild credible deterrence. This is understandable based on years of under investing in our military, but perhaps also short sighted. As in previous years, the 13th edition of The Global Risks Report is based on the annual Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS)1, completed by 900 members of the World Economic Forum’s global multi-stakeholder community. Respondents are drawn from business, academia, civil society and the public. |
| Posted by:newc |
| #7 The threat of Al Gore's hot air flatulence should not be dismissed. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-02-12 13:33 |
| #6 Most recent migrations have occurred because migrants are encouraged and rewarded for migrating. The Open Society has aggressively pushed open borders as a plank of the NWO. Policies such "Sanctuary Cities" encourages illegals to come to the U.S. and stay without penalty. Wars have created a flood of migrants up through Europe. Human trafficking, the desire for cheap labor, and the promise of new voting blocs for certain parties has caused increased migration--both legal and illegal. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-02-12 11:32 |
| #5 ...completed by 900 members of the World Economic Forum’s global multi-stakeholder community. Sounds like reason enough to ignore it right there. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-02-12 11:05 |
| #4 We see an even stronger interconnectivity between “failure to climate change adaptation“, with “food and water crises”, “extreme weather events” and “large scale involuntary migration”. If it’s Al Gore, et al, they mean catastrophic global warming, global cooling not even being on their radar. The thing is, mass migrations occur because people believe they will not be stopped. Shut the borders tight, and they’ll make shift at home. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-02-12 10:59 |
| #3 Al Gore and Christine Lagarde (IMF) are on the Board of Trustees. So far as I can tell, the Leadership of the WEF is made up of globalists with linkages to other globalists orgs. I don't mean to stick my head in the sand; they have a few points which the U.S. is addressing--terrorism, cybercrime, corruption, unemployment. One problem I didn't see mentioned was opioids and drugs. One other threat not mentioned is from the globalists themselves. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-02-12 10:39 |
| #2 My matrix is quite different of course, but much that is presented is an accurate accord of what we have been seeing. Emerging known-knowns. The goal is to seek knowledge in the known un-knowns. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-12 03:54 |
| #1 Prob a Demo upset in November is the biggest risk. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-02-12 02:16 |