Poland: 'Be Ready' civilian training campaign launched. Aiming to train more than 500,000 people by the end of 2026... h/t @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social #civilprotection #societalresilience
Poland has launched a voluntary civilian training initiative called “Be Ready,” offering courses in first aid, survival, cybersecurity and emergency response.
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Poland: 'Be Ready' civilian training campaign launched. Aiming to train more than 500,000 people by the end of 2026... h/t @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social #civilprotection #societalresilience
Canada: Defence Mobilization Plan (DMP). Seems a 'Tiger Team' was set-up in June to start advancing the initiative. Note the current number of supplemental reservists: 4,384. The proposed uplift to 300K is an incredible target! #civilprotection #societalresilience ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Canadian military wants mobilization plan in place to boost reserves to 400,000 personnel
Mobilization plan would see Canadian Forces reserves increased to 400,000
ottawacitizen.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Canada: Defence Mobilization Plan (DMP). Seems a 'Tiger Team' was set-up in June to start advancing the initiative. Note the current number of supplemental reservists: 4,384. The proposed uplift to 300K is an incredible target! #civilprotection #societalresilience ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Finland-Sweden: "This project will promote the security & security of supply of the whole of Finland..." Funding to finally open the Tornio-Haparanda connection, enabling cross-border rail movement across the #BothnianArc... #criticalinfrastructuresecurity #societalresilience yle.fi/a/74-20195051
Suomesta voi matkustaa junalla muualle Eurooppaan ehkä jo keväällä – valtiolta 1,9 miljoonan lisärahoitus
Suomen ja Ruotsin välisen rataliikenteen käynnistymiseen tulee 1,9 miljoonan vuosittainen rahoitus valtiolta. Alueen kuntien aktiivisuudella oli ministerin mukaan merkitystä.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Finland-Sweden: "This project will promote the security & security of supply of the whole of Finland..." Funding to finally open the Tornio-Haparanda connection, enabling cross-border rail movement across the #BothnianArc... #criticalinfrastructuresecurity #societalresilience yle.fi/a/74-20195051
Canada: a 300,000 future volunteer recruitment target. But "[t]he plan has not been approved by the government in its current form". Does anyone know what the next steps are or could be? #civilprotection #societalresilience
We love to see it. Great initiative by Canadian defense for civil disaster response force.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
The military plans for a volunteer force to defend Canada
Faced with rising threats from competing states and climate change, the top military minds in the Canadian Armed Forces are drafting a plan to bolster the nation’s defences by creating a civil force m...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Canada: a 300,000 future volunteer recruitment target. But "[t]he plan has not been approved by the government in its current form". Does anyone know what the next steps are or could be? #civilprotection #societalresilience
UK: “Our greatest natural hazard is flooding, & we don’t prepare people for it”... #civilprotection #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
UK: “Our greatest natural hazard is flooding, & we don’t prepare people for it”... #civilprotection #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ukraine: civil response... #societalresilience
The video shows volunteers who, immediately after the Russian strike on #Kharkiv, went to feed and support rescuers, utility workers, police officers, and all the caring people helping to deal with the aftermath of the Russian attack.
📹: fond_roksana_ta_komanda
📹: fond_roksana_ta_komanda
October 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ukraine: civil response... #societalresilience
Institutional Collapse and Renewal open.substack.com/pub/augurnom... #InstitutionalCollapse
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Institutional Collapse and Renewal
End-stage bureaucracy, networked resilience, and new legitimacy
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Generational Trust in Fracture open.substack.com/pub/augurnom... #InstitutionalCollapse
#SystemsThinking
#Governance
#SocietalResilience
#Complexity
#CollapseAndRenewal
#Foresight
#Cybernetics
#PostCivilization
#Augurnomics
#InstitutionalDesign
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#CulturalSystems
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Generational Trust in Fracture
An Augurnomics Readers Companion Essay
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
UK: article suggests delayed but not yet confirmed as being formally withdrawn. Prompts three thoughts: #1 - to paraphrase @edrusi.bsky.social from a recent RUSI article 'Until politicians are clearly preparing... why should society?'... 1/3 #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/environment/...
National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn
Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
UK: article suggests delayed but not yet confirmed as being formally withdrawn. Prompts three thoughts: #1 - to paraphrase @edrusi.bsky.social from a recent RUSI article 'Until politicians are clearly preparing... why should society?'... 1/3 #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Germany: "...they should be asking critical questions about long-term resilience, rather than sensationalizing scenario planning & crisis exercises." #futuresliteracy #societalresilience
Very cool piece on the importance of strategic foresight and forward-looking strategy by @bressansar.bsky.social for @gppi.bsky.social :
gppi.net/2025/10/08/g...
gppi.net/2025/10/08/g...
Germany’s National Security Council Must Be Futures-Literate
Germany has finally established a national security council. To truly make German security policy strategic, the council must seriously consider foresight, and imagine possible future developments and...
gppi.net
October 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Germany: "...they should be asking critical questions about long-term resilience, rather than sensationalizing scenario planning & crisis exercises." #futuresliteracy #societalresilience
Sweden: "The aim is to generate knowledge that can be directly applied to build resilience against information influence..." Malign information influence (MII) & #societalresilience
Researchers at the Swedish Defence University are launching a new study to explore how to strengthen democratic resilience against information influence - by testing countermeasures and sharing findings with the public through a new web platform.
New pilot study to strengthen resilience against malign information influence
Information influence from authoritarian states is a growing threat to democratic societies. Through misleading narratives, foreign actors seek to undermine trust in institutions and create division. ...
fhs.se
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sweden: "The aim is to generate knowledge that can be directly applied to build resilience against information influence..." Malign information influence (MII) & #societalresilience
UK: "The time has come not only to ‘think the unthinkable’ but to act on it – treating war as a real & imminent threat. As our adversaries will target societal cohesion & health systems, resilience must be moved from an aspiration to a political priority..." #civilprotection #societalresilience
Russia's playbook in Ukraine includes bombs, cyberattacks, misinformation, and supply disruptions—all aimed at healthcare resilience. As European militaries ready themselves for war, the UK risks making medical readiness an afterthought, write @edrusi.bsky.social and Si Horne.
European Medical Provision in Times of War
As European militaries ready themselves for war, creating resilient medical systems remains an afterthought for the UK.
www.rusi.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
UK: "The time has come not only to ‘think the unthinkable’ but to act on it – treating war as a real & imminent threat. As our adversaries will target societal cohesion & health systems, resilience must be moved from an aspiration to a political priority..." #civilprotection #societalresilience
Norway: "Total preparedness must also apply to medicines..." #totaldefence #societalresilience www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Norske myndigheter må starte opp en offentlig legemiddelproduksjon
Tiden er inne for at norske myndigheter igangsetter en offentlig legemiddelproduksjon.
www.aftenposten.no
October 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Norway: "Total preparedness must also apply to medicines..." #totaldefence #societalresilience www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
#ResilienceDilemma: "We now have enough data to state that deterrence by resilience does not work". Challenging a broadly held idea of a part of resilience's underlying strategic rationale. "Deterrence by punishment is now the avenue that Europe needs to explore..." #totaldefence #societalresilience
This week’s short Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social:
Deterrence by denial doesn’t work in hybrid warfare because denying effect doesn’t stop Russia from continuing the attacks. What a nice life we all could have had if Russia had just become a normal country after the Cold War. Alas
Deterrence by denial doesn’t work in hybrid warfare because denying effect doesn’t stop Russia from continuing the attacks. What a nice life we all could have had if Russia had just become a normal country after the Cold War. Alas
The Resilience Dilemma
In this week’s Europe Dispatch, Minna Ålander reflects on the fact that deterrence by resilience clearly does not work.
open.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#ResilienceDilemma: "We now have enough data to state that deterrence by resilience does not work". Challenging a broadly held idea of a part of resilience's underlying strategic rationale. "Deterrence by punishment is now the avenue that Europe needs to explore..." #totaldefence #societalresilience
Finland: Nasta! Important initiative, but level of interest continues to outstrip funding. Yet new innovations, such as the Cyber Crisis Management & Communications course (as part of the larger PikkuNASTA Leopardi 2025 exercise)... #comprehensivesecurity #societalresilience naistenvalmiusliitto.fi
September 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Finland: Nasta! Important initiative, but level of interest continues to outstrip funding. Yet new innovations, such as the Cyber Crisis Management & Communications course (as part of the larger PikkuNASTA Leopardi 2025 exercise)... #comprehensivesecurity #societalresilience naistenvalmiusliitto.fi
UK: Subsea resilience & crisis preparedness... #criticalinfrastructuresecurity #societalresilience
It has been published: the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy's report on undersea cables.
It was a privilege to be involved in the inquiry and see some of my suggestions picked up by the committee.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
It was a privilege to be involved in the inquiry and see some of my suggestions picked up by the committee.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
September 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
UK: Subsea resilience & crisis preparedness... #criticalinfrastructuresecurity #societalresilience
Finland: "Preparedness must be proactive, inclusive and deeply integrated into national strategy..." Food system resilience & Huoltovarmuuskeskus, or the National Emergency Supply Agency (NESA), & its work... #comprehensivesecurity #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Finland is ready for the next crisis, with stockpiled food and 72-hour kits – Europe should be too | Miika Ilomäki
The next pandemic or geopolitical shock could be close at hand. To look after our people, we’re looking after our supply chains, agriculture and fuel reserves, says Miika Ilomäki of Finland’s National...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Finland: "Preparedness must be proactive, inclusive and deeply integrated into national strategy..." Food system resilience & Huoltovarmuuskeskus, or the National Emergency Supply Agency (NESA), & its work... #comprehensivesecurity #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spain: new #civilprotection education initiative, crossing different school-age groups, & designed to provide “the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes & values needed to deal with emergency situations in a safe & effective way”... #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Spanish schools to teach pupils how to cope with climate crisis disasters
Children as young as three will have lessons on wildfires and flooding under 10-point emergency response plan
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Spain: new #civilprotection education initiative, crossing different school-age groups, & designed to provide “the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes & values needed to deal with emergency situations in a safe & effective way”... #societalresilience www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
UK: ministerial leadership during crises. This is very insightful. Step beyond opinions on the individuals interviewed or referenced & frame from with the central role of government in effecting response to major civil contingency emergencies & their impacts on #civilprotection & #societalresilience
In my latest piece for the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk I share some top tips from our newest research and podcast on how ministers can step up and lead the government through a crisis:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/mini...
#crisisleadership #ministers
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/mini...
#crisisleadership #ministers
August 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
UK: ministerial leadership during crises. This is very insightful. Step beyond opinions on the individuals interviewed or referenced & frame from with the central role of government in effecting response to major civil contingency emergencies & their impacts on #civilprotection & #societalresilience
UK: highlighting the relationship between hybrid warfare, #civilprotection & #societalresilience...
August 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
UK: highlighting the relationship between hybrid warfare, #civilprotection & #societalresilience...
Australia: Whilst noting a recent narrative shift towards 'resilience', this is an interesting alternative 'national safety' framing from @aspi-org.bsky.social, counterposed to national security... #societalresilience www.aspistrategist.org.au/home-affairs...
July 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Australia: Whilst noting a recent narrative shift towards 'resilience', this is an interesting alternative 'national safety' framing from @aspi-org.bsky.social, counterposed to national security... #societalresilience www.aspistrategist.org.au/home-affairs...
EU: launches new integrative Stockpiling & Medical Countermeasures Strategies, as part of the Preparedness Union Strategy, "ensuring continuity of essential goods & lifesaving medical supplies at all times..." #societalresilience civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories...
EU Stockpiling and Medical Countermeasures Strategies to strengthen crisis readiness and health security
The European Commission launches today two initiatives under its Preparedness Union agenda: an EU Stockpiling Strategy and a Medical Countermeasures Strategy. Both are designed to improve access to es...
civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu
July 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
EU: launches new integrative Stockpiling & Medical Countermeasures Strategies, as part of the Preparedness Union Strategy, "ensuring continuity of essential goods & lifesaving medical supplies at all times..." #societalresilience civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories...
UK: "The new way of thinking about collective resilience was based on the social identity approach..." As we mark the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks, an important thread from @profjohndrury.bsky.social... #societalresilience #civilprotection bsky.app/profile/did:...
1/10 On this day 20 years ago, I was with @chriscocking.bsky.social and Steve Reicher at the Royal Society summer exhibition in London, presenting our work on how people behave in emergency evacuations. As I tried to travel to the exhibition venue, I was part of a crowd of
July 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
UK: "The new way of thinking about collective resilience was based on the social identity approach..." As we mark the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks, an important thread from @profjohndrury.bsky.social... #societalresilience #civilprotection bsky.app/profile/did:...
June 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Quite. And one of the "...five and a half other securities”. Opinions may differ on: 1) the 'half' (prospective vs emerging) & 2) whether the framing should solely be focused within climate-related drivers of change... #societalresilience #nationalpreparedness www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
May 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Quite. And one of the "...five and a half other securities”. Opinions may differ on: 1) the 'half' (prospective vs emerging) & 2) whether the framing should solely be focused within climate-related drivers of change... #societalresilience #nationalpreparedness www.theguardian.com/politics/202...