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Russia announced massive drills of its nuclear forces today, supervised personally by President Putin. No Russian delegation will attend the Munich Security conference, the first no-show in years. Malawi has declared a polio outbreak with the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa discovered in more than five years. Analysis: The Grid, the Weather and the Glacial Path Toward Resilience.

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A rundown of important global risk developments in markets, in business, and region by region. 

Analysis: The Grid, the Weather and the Glacial Path Toward Resilience

The last several years have conclusively taught us two things. First, we can no longer be surprised by extreme weather events in the US. And second, failure to rapidly and adequately shore up the resilience of our national electrical grid exacerbates the devastation caused by disruption.

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