Clear Thinking about National Security: Why is it so Hard?
We often behave as if National Security is too important to think clearly about. Some risks are ignored, while others are exaggerated. Policies are adopted to meet threats without any clear idea of what exactly the threat is, how serious it might be, and how it could most cost-effectively be addressed. Major decisions are made on the most slender of bases: invading Iraq, rebuilding Afghanistan, toughening terrorism laws, buying battleships, have all been undertaken without due
Launch of the National Security College
Australias first National Security College will begin activities in May after its official launch by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at The Australian National University on Saturday 24 April 2010.In a major address on national security, the Prime Minister said the National Security College at ANU will enhance collaborative leadership in the national security community and build trusted networks within and outside government.For more about the National Security College: http://nsc.anu.edu.au/
Risk, Uncertainty & The Future of National Security
Officially we are still fighting a "War on Terror", but few people in
Australia would say we are still living in an "Age of Terror". Oil
prices have quadrupled, but we have not seen the same panicked queuing
at petrol stations as when this last occurred. This lecture launches an
important new book, Uncertainty and Risk: Multidisciplinary Perspectives ,
by discussing how risk and uncertainty inform the democratic politics
of national security; and more specifically, how the management of
national
Ambassador Thomas Pickering '53: Priorities for the Next President of the United States in Foreign a
Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering '53 holds the personal rank of career ambassador, the highest in the U.S. Foreign Service. In a diplomatic career spanning five decades, he has served as U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He served as U.S. ambassador and representative to the United Nations in New York from 1989 to 1992, a period that saw an international coalition move effectively against Saddam Hussein's invasion o
What does it mean to be secure? Human security in our region
Panellists Professor Alan Dupont (Director, Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney), Conny Lenneberg (Director, Policy and Programs, World Vision Australia), Professor Dennis Altman (Director, Institute for Human Security, Latrobe (Running Time 80:08)
Food and the Environment: Resilience and Multiple Livelihood Strategies for Food Security in Agincou
Gillian Hundt (School of Health and Social Studies, University of Warwick)
Food and the Environment: Climate Change Impacts on Coral Reefs- Implications for Regional Food Secu
Mebrahtu Ateweberhan (Biological Sciences, University of Warwick)
Food and the Environment: Societal and Cultural Impacts of Environmental Change Sustainability and S
Lenore Manderson (Monash University)
CIS: Canada and NATO: Professor Jane Boulden: Eclipse of Peace-keeping in Canadian Security Policy
Oxford Pearson Seminar 1: Canada, NATO, and Transatlanticism
CIS: Canada and NATO: Professor David Haglund - Tranatlanticism and NATO in Canadian Security Policy
Oxford Pearson Seminar 1: Canada, NATO and Transatlanticism
CIS: Canada and NATO: Professor JJ Jockel - The War on Terror and Continental Defence for Canadian S
Oxford Pearson Seminar 1: Canada, NATO and Transatlanticism
CIS: Canada and NATO: Professor Neil MacFarlane - Human Security in Canadian Security Policy
Oxford Pearson Seminar 1: Canada, NATO and Transatlanticism
CIS: Canada and NATO: Lt. Col. Michael Rostek - Forward Planning in Canada’s National Security Pol
Oxford Pearson Seminar 1: Canada, NATO and Transatlanticism
CIS: Canada and NATO: Professor Joel Sokolsky - Explaining Change in Canadian Security Policy from C
Oxford Pearson Seminar 1: Canada, NATO and Transatlanticism
Attorney-General Robert McClelland - Community resilience and National Security, at ANU
The Attorney-General, The Hon Robert McClelland MP, discusses what makes Australia resilient to short-term shocks and longer term challenges. Video recorded at The Australian National University on 13 July 2010.
His address covers a range of important issues for Australia's future resilience, including changing societal patterns, risks posed to social cohesion, infrastructure threats, cyber security, serious and organised crime, and contingency planning for national disasters and pandemics.
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Kevin Rudd MP keynote address at the National Security College conference, ANU
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd MP gives the keynote address at the National Security College conference at The Australian National University on 27 May 2010.
For more information on the National Security College see: http://nsc.anu.edu.au/
Aerosols from Nimbus 7 TOMS: Transatlantic Dust Event in 1983
Saharan dust storms raise dust that is carried in the upper atmosphere across the Atlantic Ocean. That dust can land as far west as the Caribbean and the Americas. This dust can carry potentially hazardous bacteria and fungi.
Aerosols from Earth Probe TOMS: Transatlantic Dust Event in July 2000
Saharan dust storms raise dust that is carried in the upper atmosphere across the Atlantic Ocean. That dust can land as far west as the Caribbean and the Americas. This dust can carry potentially hazardous bacteria and fungi.
Transatlantic Dust from North Africa (WMS)
Desert storms in northern Africa raise dust that is carried in the upper atmosphere across the Atlantic Ocean. The dust, which may carry potentially hazardous bacteria and fungi, can land as far west as the Caribbean and the Americas.
Basic Human Needs: Safety and security
Humans have basic needs that need to be met. Two of these needs are met by feeling safe and secure in their lives. Safety and security can pertain to both physical and emotional components.
