Lauren Risi

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Swathi Veeravalli on the Importance of Climate Security for US Strategic Interests In today’s episode of New Security Broadcast, ECSP Program Director Lauren Risi sits down with Swathi Veeravalli on her last day as the Director for Climate Security and Adaptation at the [...]

Swathi Veeravalli has been a force behind USG progress on #climatesecurity, most recently in her position at the National Security Council, so I happily nabbed a chat with her on her last day in office this week to get her thoughts on the new US framework for climate resilience. bit.ly/3V2LN7T

The End of the 20th Century The U.S. election ushers in a new world order

And for my inaugural flight, a must-read by historian Jason Steinhauer to help explain this moment we’re living in, what came before, and what it means for where we’re headed. jasonsteinhauer.substack.com/p/the-end-of...