Abstract
Security concerns facing the United States today are broader and more complex than at any time in our history. They range from concerns arising from threats to systems that allow society to control intergroup and interpersonal conflict to more recently recognized concerns associated with threats to social and economic systems, and threats to the natural/environmental systems on upon which society depends. Each major type of threat represents a form of “fat-tailed risk,” where extreme consequences are far more likely than expected but possess significant uncertainty regarding their severity and timing. Each type of threat shares the common characteristic that some elements are non-negotiable because they contain requirements that society must address to avoid or suffer irreparable consequences. Based on these assessments, we discuss the implications of societal threats on the development of global institutions, cooperation, social justice and human rights.
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Nearly, all researchers caution that the rate of technological innovation will likely disrupt labor markets in the short run, as workers may not be able to adapt easily to the new skills or jobs that emerging labor markets require [16].
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We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Eileen Kirk for her editorial and research support as well as of Parth Baxi and Sarah Schulte for their research assistance in the early stages of this project.
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Pierce, G., Cleary, P., Holland, C., Rabrenovic, G. (2018). Security Challenges in the 21st Century: The Changing Nature of Risk, Security and Sustainability. In: Hoffman, M. (eds) Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 610. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60747-4_17
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