News & comment: The linguistic gymnastics of declaring war, and the importance of resilience in organisational decision-making.

Strait talk: Energy consumption trends and the US-Iran conflict; national continuity in the Gulf; multi-vector crisis and classic risk management; rewriting crisis management playbooks in the Gulf; the use of crisis communication to disseminate narratives; ecological effects of conflict.

Knots of crises: The cost-of-living crisis and its implications for societal resilience; European green transition fragility; Greenland and the world’s rule-based order; community resilience as the defence against global events; safety protocols for Jewish communities in Europe.

Risks & mechanisms: The exclusion of women in resilience decision-making; language inflation and workplace culture; transcultural competency education for humanitarian response; agrifood supply chain resilience; decision erosions and failing response mechanisms; and AI for emergency call systems.

Lines of response: Martyn’s Law; lessons from the fire at Le Constellation, Switzerland; testing protocols for emergency drones; AI-powered digital twins for traffic management; and dry decontamination for early response.

Decisions & leaders: Military language and crisis management; risk fatigue and filtering the noise; optimism bias; the ‘high five’ framework for decision-making; AI and leadership culture.

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