January 21, 2021

The Universe of Resilience: From Physics of Materials Through Psychology to National Security

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A light display shines from where the World Trade Center used to be, New York, Sept. 11. The two beams of light are illuminated each year on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Ronald Bucca, a New York fire marshal, died on in the attack. On the ninth anniversary of his death his family was presented with a flag from the former Iraq detention facility bearing his name.
A light display shines from where the World Trade Center used to be, New York, Sept. 11. The two beams of light are illuminated each year on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Ronald Bucca, a New York fire marshal, died on in the attack. On the ninth anniversary of his death his family was presented with a flag from the former Iraq detention facility bearing his name.

Dmitri Teperik

Oksana Iljuk

Oksana Iliuk

The analysis highlights instrumentalisation of resilience for mitigating security threats, especially in the discourse on NATO deterrence and defence.

As a military alliance, NATO has agreed seven baseline requirements for national resilience against which preparedness can be measured; however, these are narrow and are oriented towards enabling and facilitating successful military defence. Even so, whatever the field of study, resilience has a shared set of characteristics making it even more useful in the context of hybrid threats to a modern society. In addition to tracking the concept’s definitional history and its migration across various fields, this analysis highlights instrumentalisation of resilience for mitigating security threats, especially in the discourse on NATO deterrence and defence.

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