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In the US, we just had our Memorial Day weekend. For many, this is the unofficial start of the summer season. People take the “long weekend” (Friday as well the Monday holiday) to...
CBI just hosted another webinar in our series on InternationalModels of Emergency Management. Again, the turnout was large, reflecting the widespread professional...
The skills of an emergency manager are the product of his or her continuous training combined with experience in the field. There is one thing, however, that an emergency manager cannot learn from...
“NATO Allies support andstand in solidarity with the United States, following its 15 April announcementof actions to respond to Russia’s destabilising activities. Allies are...
If you Google on the question “What makes a good emergency manager?”,you will find that Emergency Managementis an evolving discipline with a broadening...
CBI’s recent webinar on NATO and International Models of Emergency Management attracted a large number of participants. This corresponds to a...
A few years back, just after finishing a spring semester at my university, I got a message from a parent of a student who had just taken a class with me. For a faculty member, such messages can be...
In our CMDR class offered through the University of California Irvine, we have a lot of thought-provoking discussions. A recent one...
At the time of its founding in 1949, NATO’s objective was a simple one: “collective defense,” meaning that an attack against one ally...
A former student contacted me recently to pitch an idea for a podcast series that would present key principles, realities, and hot topics in American politics. She observed that so much of the...
In our NATO CMDR course (offered through theUniversity of California Irvine), we have had vibrant discussions with ourstudents on a number of topics. One concerned the use of...