Posts tagged 'What If'

  • Risk Response Network Article

    What if a deadly new virus jumped from animals to humans?

    By: Nathan Wolfe

    Nathan Wolfe is Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University and the Chief… more

  • Risk Response Network Article

    What if soil runs out?

    By: John Crawford

    John Crawford is Head of Sustainability and Complex Systems in the Charles… more

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    What if there was a large-scale Internet failure?

    By: Mustaque Ahamad

    Mustaque Ahamad, Computing Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, says that… more

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    What if there was no more space in space?

    By: Brian Weeden

    Brian Weeden is the Technical Advisor for the US Secure World Foundation, which promotes… more

  • Risk Response Network Article

    What if space was the next frontier for war?

    By: Theresa Hitchens

    Theresa Hitchens has been Director of UNIDIR since January 2009. Previously, she was Director of… more

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    What if we lost the use of antibiotics?

    By: Otto Cars

    Otto Cars, Professor of Infectious Diseases at Uppsala University, warns that the… more

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    What if rich countries shut the door on immigration?

    By: Ian Goldin

    Ian Goldin, Director of the Oxford Martin School, warns that a backlash… more

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    What if a hacker caused a large-scale Internet outage?

    By: Rod Beckstrom

    Rod Beckstrom on what would happen if the Internet “went dark” –… more

  • Global Agenda Councils Article

    What if illicit trade goes unchecked?

    By: Steven Broad

    Steven Broad on the impact of the illegal trade in everything from… more

  • Global Agenda Councils Article

    What if women made up half of the world’s decision makers?

    By: Laura Liswood

    Laura Liswood argues that our ability to solve problems would improve if… more

  • Global Agenda Councils Article

    What if there were no more coral reefs?

    By: Pavan Sukhdev

    The loss of coral reefs could threaten the livelihoods of 500 million people,… more

  • Global Agenda Councils Article

    What if the Internet collapsed?

    By: Rob Wainwright

    Rob Wainwright, the Director of Europol, on how the infrastructure underpinning the… more

  • Global Agenda Councils Article

    What if globalisation went into reverse?

    By: Rolf Alter

    Rolf Alter questions whether 150 years of progress could be eroded in… more

  • Global Agenda Councils Article

    What if there was a global cyber pandemic?

    By: Robert Madelin

    Robert Madelin on how a cyber attack could threaten the fabric of modern… more

  • Global Agenda Councils Event

    What if oil hit $200 a barrel?

    World Economic Forum on Africa 2012

    09 - 11 May 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Global Agenda Councils Article

    What if global institutions fail?

    By: Douglas Rediker

    Douglas Rediker on how a smouldering financial crisis could push existing power… more

  • Global Agenda Councils Article

    What if frustrated young people see no alternative to terrorism?

    By: Ikram ul-Majeed Sehgal

    Ikram ul-Majeed Sehgal, who has rehabilitated former terrorists, on the risks of… more

  • Global Agenda Councils Article

    What if unemployment threatens our democratic way of life?

    By: Sharan Burrow

    Sharan Burrow warns that we face a downward spiral without coordinated international… more