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The Council on Strategic Risks Offers Recommendations for the Next U.S. Administration
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This 2020 policy brief from a national security think tank is primarily focused on biosecurity, climate, and nuclear risks rather than AI safety, making it tangential to the AI safety knowledge base but relevant as an example of cross-domain catastrophic risk governance frameworks.
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The Council on Strategic Risks released policy recommendations urging the incoming U.S. administration to adopt integrated, whole-of-government approaches to biological, climate, and nuclear threats. The report proposes a dedicated White House Strategy on Confronting Strategic Security Risks to coordinate interagency planning and leverage both defense and diplomatic capabilities. It frames these threats as systemic and interconnected, requiring proactive preparation rather than reactive responses.
Key Points
- •Proposes a White House Strategy on Confronting Strategic Security Risks to integrate interagency planning across biological, climate, and nuclear threat domains.
- •Argues systemic threats amplify traditional security challenges and require pairing Pentagon/intelligence analytics with diplomatic early-warning capabilities.
- •Emphasizes a 'Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent' framework, urging action on foreseeable catastrophic risks before they escalate.
- •Covers three distinct but interrelated global risk categories: biological threats (including pandemics), climate security, and nuclear risks.
- •Recommendations are positioned as bold yet actionable steps any U.S. administration can implement using existing knowledge and technologies.
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# RELEASE: The Council on Strategic Risks Offers Recommendations for the Next U.S. Administration on Biological, Climate and Nuclear Threats
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Washington, DC, October 20, 2020 – Today, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) released important new policy recommendations: “ [Confronting Systemic Security Risks: Proposals for the Next U.S. Administration](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Confronting-Systemic-Security-Risks_Proposals-for-the-Next-US-Administration_2020_10.pdf).” The briefer offers policy ideas for consideration by the national security leaders of the next Presidential Administration, and covers three important areas of global strategic risk: biological threats, climate threats, and nuclear threats.
“Many of the most serious security threats facing the United States today arise from rapid developments spiraling across a complex and changing globe,” the report states. “Each of these risks will require an integrated approach across the Federal government, pairing the analytic systems of the Pentagon and intelligence community with the early warning capabilities of our diplomatic and development experts. To prevent the worst impacts, a well-rounded U.S. security community must be prepared and responsive as soon as a new strategic threat emerges.”
The proposals summarize ideas from across a wide range of recent research conducted by issues experts at the Council, and offer insights into structural and policy options to better orient government towards confronting these growing threats. To ensure leadership at the highest levels, the report proposes the creation of a dedicated White House Strategy on Confronting Strategic Security Risks that can integrate planning in the interagency process.
Speaking on the launch of the proposals, [_Christine Parthemore_](https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/about/leadership/christine-parthemore/), CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks said, “The next President can make tangible progress against the world’s gravest threats. We know the biological, climate, and nuclear threats we face, and the American people have the knowledge and technologies we need to address them. These bold yet relatively simple actions will do
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