1. The Challenges of Uncertainty: An Introduction
2. Thinking about Catastrophe
Part I. Cases: Looking Back
3. Slow Surprise: The Dynamics of Technology Synergy
4. U.S. Intelligence Estimates of Soviet Collapse: Reality and Perception
5. Econoshocks: The East Asian Crisis Case
Part II. Cases: Looking Ahead
6. The Once and Future DARPA
7. Fueled Again? In Search of Energy Security 8. Emerging Infectious Diseases: Are We Prepared?
Part III. Forecasting
9. Ahead of the Curve: Anticipating Strategic Surprise
10. Can Scenarios Help Policymakers Be Both Bold and Careful?
11. Innovation and Adaptation: IT Examples Part IV. What Could Be
12. Cassandra versus Pollyanna: A Debate between James Kurth and Gregg Easterbrook
13. Global Discontinuities: A Discussion with Owen Harries, Itamar Rabinovich, Niall Ferguson, and Scott Barrett
14. American Scenarios: A Discussion with Walter Russell Mead, Eliot Cohen, Ruth Wedgwood, Anne Applebaum, Bernard-Henri Levy, Josef Joffe, Peter Schwartz, and Francis Fukuyama
15. Afterword
Notes
Contributors
Index
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