Please join us on
Monday, April 1 from 4-5:30 pm in Gaylord Hall in the Worner Campus Center for the latest installment of the Marianne Lannon Lopat Memorial Lecture series, “
Understanding and Managing Our New Age of Danger.” Thom Shanker ’78 will present his idea for a better national security apparatus, arguing for expanding the definition of national security to truly keep Americans safe in this new “age of danger.” He states that American taxpayers pay for a national security machine that costs $1 trillion a year, yet too often the U.S. government gets it wrong on critical issues.
Shanker argues that yes, traditional threats remain from sources such as superpowers China and Russia, rogue states like Iran and North Korea, and well-organized and well-armed terrorist organizations. But just as importantly, he believes we must also understand that we need to prepare for emerging threats like climate change, food insecurity, forced migration, pandemics, cybers attacks, and drones.
