Strategic Assessment

Public Affairs / National Risk

Edward A. Corcoran

Threats& Challenges

Strategies in a New Century

A strategic assessment of the evolving natural, internal, and external threats facing the United States.

  • Natural
  • Internal
  • External
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The Framework

A three-part structure for assessing national pressure

The book organizes risk across three domains. Each is distinct, yet each operates within the same strategic landscape.

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Domain 01

Threat Category

Natural

Disasters, environmental events, and destabilizing conditions that challenge national resilience.

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Domain 02

Threat Category

Internal

Domestic fractures, institutional strain, and structural vulnerabilities within the nation.

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Domain 03

Threat Category

External

Foreign pressures, geopolitical competition, and security risks beyond U.S. borders.

About the Book

A broader lens on national strategy

Written in a measured, policy-minded voice, the book argues that the United States needs a fuller method for understanding the risks shaping its future.

Threats & Challenges examines a strategic blind spot in American statecraft: the nation has security doctrine, but no truly comprehensive method for assessing the full range of pressures shaping national resilience.

Rather than treating danger only as the product of hostile actors, the book argues for a broader framework that accounts for natural disruption, internal strain, and external pressure in one integrated national view.

About the Author

About Edward A. Corcoran

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A strategic assessment of the evolving natural, internal, and external threats facing the United States.

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