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Global Risks

In this channel you will find summaries on acute threats or worrisome trends such as terrorism, climate-change, corruption or deadly pandemics.

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Summaries

9 Book
Kathleen Belew and Ramon Gutierrez
UC Press, 2021
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The Only Plane in the Sky

An Oral History of 9/11
Garrett M. Graff
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The Global Risks Report 2023

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Sophie Heading and Saadia Zahidi
World Economic Forum, 2023
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MegaThreats

Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How to Survive Them
Nouriel Roubini
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Nomad Century

How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World
Gaia Vince
Flatiron Books, 2022
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Signals

The 27 Trends Defining the Future of the Global Economy
Jeff Desjardins
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Freezing Order

A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
Bill Browder
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The Precipice

Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
Toby Ord
Hachette Book Group USA, 2020
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The Ungrateful Refugee

What Immigrants Never Tell You
Dina Nayeri
Catapult, 2019
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Global Risk and Compliance Report 2021

How data, technology and collaboration are reshaping risk
Refinitiv LSEG
Refinitiv, 2021
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Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the US

Hannah Dreier traveled to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia for this story and spoke to more than 100 migrant child workers in 20 states.
Hannah Dreier
The New York Times, 2023
8 Podcast
Wendy Edelberg and David Dollar
Brookings Institution, 2023