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The Council on Strategic Risks is a nonprofit security policy institute focused on systemic risks including nuclear, biological, climate, and ecological threats. While not AI-specific, its converging risks framework and policy work are relevant to AI governance and existential risk reduction efforts.

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The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit security policy institute founded in 2017, focused on anticipating and addressing systemic risks including nuclear, climate, biological, and ecological threats. It hosts multiple institutes and fellowships, conducts original research, and produces policy recommendations. Its 'converging risks' methodology examines how global threats intersect and exacerbate one another.

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•CSR operates institutes on climate/ecological security, strategic weapons, catastrophic risks, and a Converging Risks Lab examining intersecting global threats.
•Founded in 2017 as an outgrowth of the Center for Climate and Security (est. 2010), with roots in nuclear and climate security policy communities.
•Runs fellowships in nuclear, climate, biological, and ecological security to develop next-generation security practitioners.
•Emphasizes de-siloing policy across risk domains, recognizing interconnections between climate, nuclear, and other catastrophic risks.
•Headquartered in Washington D.C. with a focus on expert policy recommendations and stakeholder-centric community building.

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Anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century

 

 The Council on Strategic Risks is a nonprofit, non-partisan security policy institute. CSR is devoted to anticipating, analyzing and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the ways in which these risks intersect and exacerbate one another, and finding novel ways to mitigate those risks.

 To further this mission, CSR currently hosts institutes on climate and ecological security, strategic weapons and other catastrophic risks, and a converging risks “lab,” an institute designed to deepen understanding of the threats and opportunities stemming from how global trends are intersecting and exacerbating one another. Regular output from these institutes includes original research , timely analysis, expert policy recommendations, and impactful convenings.

 CSR also brings together and helps to educate the next generation of security practitioners in these complex and converging risk spaces through multiple nuclear, climate, biological, and ecological security fellowships. These allow CSR to mentor and enhance the networks of active policy practitioners and implementers, future leaders of diverse fields, and scholars pursuing individual research and collaborative projects.

 CSR is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and its experts work around the United States and the world to contribute collaboratively to our shared mission.

 
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 Leadership

 CSR and its institutes are led by experienced policy practitioners, expert analysts, and next-generation innovators.

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 CSR Board

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 Mallory Stewart
 Chief Executive Officer

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 Catherine Dill
 Vice President of Programs

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 Scott Stinson
 Chief Operating Officer

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 Francesco Femia
 Co-Founder & Research Director

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 Andrew Facini
 Director of Communications

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 Erin Sikorsky
 Director, Center for Climate and Security

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 Christine Parthemore
 Director, Nolan Center

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 Caroline Baxter
 Director, Converging Risks Lab

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 History

 CSR, founded in 2017 by Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell , is an outgrowth of the longer-running Center for Climate and Security (CCS), established in 2010 by the same founders. 

 CCS launched with an innovative methodology for creating smart policies and driving their implementation. Highly stakeholder-centric, its foundational elements were elevating attention to an underappreciated security risk, conducting deep analysis to establish sound knowledge of said risk, and building novel communities of practice to unite and share ideas among those directly involved with addressing the risk. This involved the creation of the Climate Security Working Group and th

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