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Overview
Modern societies have reached unprecedented levels of prosperity,
yet they remain vulnerable to a wide range of possible disruptions.
One significant reason for this growing vulnerability is the
developed world’s reliance on an array of interlinked, interdependent
critical infrastructures that span nations and even continents.
The advent of these infrastructures over the past few decades has
resulted in a tradeoff: the United States has gained greater productivity
and prosperity at the risk of greater exposure to widespread
systemic collapse. The trends that have led to this growing strategic
fragility show no sign of slowing. As a result, the United States faces
a new and different kind of threat to national security.
Modern societies have reached unprecedented levels of prosperity, yet they remain vulnerable to a wide range of possible disruptions. One significant reason for this growing vulnerability is the developed world’s reliance on an array of interlinked, interdependent critical infrastructures that span nations and even continents. The advent of these infrastructures over the past few decades has resulted in a tradeoff: the United States has gained greater productivity and prosperity at the risk of greater exposure to widespread systemic collapse. The trends that have led to this growing strategic fragility show no sign of slowing. As a result, the United States faces a new and different kind of threat to national security.
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