Americans increasingly have to grapple with the impacts of numerous global risks like nuclear weapons, pandemics, and natural disasters. The threat of nuclear weapons is rising as nuclear weapons states increase their arsenals’ numbers and role in national security, COVID-19 revealed a significant lack of biorisk preparedness by the federal government, and more communities are being devastated by hurricanes, floods, heat waves, and other disasters due to climate change, aging infrastructure, risky developments, and other factors. These challenges must be addressed to ensure human safety and stability.
Recognizing these issues, FAS’ Global Risk portfolio has developed a set of new policy recommendations via actionable memos to help inform and guide Congress and the Executive Branch to enhance disaster and biorisk preparedness, to improve oversight of nuclear weapons-related programs, and to reduce nuclear risk.
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