In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world, responses by governments
to global shocks will vary in substance and rate of success. We argue that policymakers can …

In recent years, we have witnessed a series of spectacular crises and disasters: 9/11, Madrid
and London, the Asian tsunami, the Mumbai attacks, the implosion of the financial system …

The frequency of high-impact, low-probability (HILP) events in the last decade such as
Hurricane Katrina, the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster and the nuclear crisis and tsunami in …

Governments are confronted with crises that may spread beyond national borders and
trigger significant economic knock-on effects. Managing crises is a key responsibility for …

In this paper, we apply an ensemble of research methods to study the crisis perceptions and
behavior of the People's Republic of China. The results suggest two important desiderata …

I became interested in studying uncertainties in crisis during my master study, because I
personally experienced a crisis in China, the Songhua River pollution crisis. In 2005, an …

In recent years the EU has been increasingly involved in development and implementation
of crisis policy as a component of its development and security policy. This process is …

A crisis is an event that poses a “serious threat to the basic structure or the fundamental
values and norms of a system, which under time pressures and highly uncertain …

This survey of the literature on crises and disasters reveals that crisis and disaster scholars
remain focused on 'classic'natural disaster types and on our ability to prepare and respond …

The policy literature has generally conceptualised crises as urgent public threats with clearly
demarcated 'focusing events'. Consequently, most studies have identified the main …